Pease stack. 
Leaue 
gleaning for 
the poore. 
Pay trulie 
haruest 
folke. 
Thanke God 
for all. 
132 Augusts husbandrie. 
24 Stack pease vpon houell abrode in the yard, 
to couer it quicklie, let owner regard : 
Least Doue and the cadow, there finding a smack, 
with ill stormie weather doo perish thy stack. 
25 Corne carred, let such as be poore go and gleane, 
and after, thy cattle to mowth it vp cleane. 
Then spare it for rowen, till Mihel be past, 
to lengthen thy dairie no better thou hast. 
26 In haruest time, haruest folke, seruants and all, 
should make all togither good cheere in the hall: 
And fill out the black boule of bleith to their song, 
and let them be merie all haruest time long. 
27 Once ended thy haruest, let none be begilde, 
please such as did helpe thee, man, woman, and childe. 
Thus dooing, with alway such helpe as they can, 
thou winnest the praise of the labouring man. 
28 Now looke vp to Godward, let tong neuer cease 
in thanking of him, for his mightie encrease : 
Accept my good will, for a proofe go and trie: 
the better thou thriuest, the gladder am I. 
[End of Augusts Husbandry in 1577.] 
Works after Haruest.’ 
29 Now carrie out compas, when haruest is donne, 
where barlie thou sowest, my champion sonne: 
Or laie it on heape, in the field as ye may, 
till carriage be faire, to haue it away. 
1 Not in editions previous to 1580 (M.). 
Husbandry 1577.—ED. 
Portions are in Septembers 
