Augusts husbandrve. 133 
30 Whose compas is rotten and carried in time, 
and spred as it should be, thrifts ladder may clime. 
Whose compas is paltrie and carried too late, 
such husbandrie vseth that many doo hate. 
31' Er winter preuenteth, while weather is good, Carnage of 
for galling of pasture get home with thy wood. 
And carrie out grauell to fill vp a hole: 
both timber and furzen, the turfe and the cole. 
32 Howse charcole and sedge, chip and cole? of the land, Mopeesecilt 
pile tallwood and billet, stacke all that hath band. 
Blocks, rootes,’ pole and bough, set vpright to the thetch: 
the neerer more handsome in winter to fetch. 
33 In stacking of bauen, and piling of logs, eee for 
make vnder thy bauen a houell for hogs, 
And warmelie enclose it, all sauing the mouth, 
and that to stand open, and full to the south. 
34 Once haruest dispatched, get wenches and boies, 
and into the barne, afore all other toies. 
Choised seede to be picked and trimlie well fide, 
for seede may no longer from threshing abide. 
35 Get seede aforehand, in a readines had, 
or better prouide, if thine owne be too bad. 
Be carefull of seede, or else such as ye sowe, 
be sure at haruest, to reape or to mowe. 
36 When haruest is ended, take shipping or ride, Provision 
Ling, Saltfish and Herring, for Lent to prouide. 
To buie it at first, as it commeth to rode, 
shall paie for thy charges thou spendest abrode. 
1 Stanzas 31-33 are in Septembers Husbandry. 1577. 
2 turfe. 1577. 
3 Block rootes. 1577. 
4 Sts. 36-46 appear as sts. 25-35 in Septembers Husbandry. 1577. 
