44 THE HERB-GARDEN 



' Time and ages to sow or to gather be bold, 

 But set to remove when the weather be cold : 

 Cut all things or gather, the moon on the wane, 

 But sow in increasing, or give it its bane. 



' Now sets do ask watering with pot or with dish, 

 New-sown do not so, if ye do as I wish : 

 Through cunning with dibble, rake, mattock and spade. 

 By line and by level the garden is made. 



' Who soweth too lateward, hath seldom good seed, 

 Who soweth too soon, little better shall speed ; 

 Apt time and the seasons, so diverse to hit. 

 Set aier and layer, help practice and wit.' 



