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Fiue hundred pointes of good Husbandrie

as well for the Champion, or open countrie, as also for the woodland, or Seuerall, mixed in euerie Month with Huswiferie, ouer and besides the booke of Huswiferie, corrected, better ordered, and newly augmented to a fourth part more, with diuers other lessons, as a diet for the fermer, of the properties of winds, planets, hops, herbes, bees, and approoued remedies for sheepe and cattle, with many other matters both profitable and not vnpleasant for the Reader. Also a table of husbandrie at the beginning of this booke: and another of huswiferie at the end: for the better and easier finding of any matter conteined in the same. Newly set foorth by Thomas Tusser

Tusser, Thomas (1524?-1580)

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A lesson how to confer euery abstract with his month, and how to finde out huswiferie verses by the Pilcrowe, and Champion from Woodland.

The Authors Epistle to the late Lord William Paget, wherein he doth discourse of his owne bringing vp, and of the goodnes of the said Lord his master vnto him, and the occasion of this his booke, thus set forth of his owne long practise.

To the right Honorable and my speciall good Lord and Master, the Lord Thomas Paget of Beaudesert, sone and heire to his late father deceased.

To the Reader.

[THE BOOKE OF HUSBANDRIE.]

The points of Huswiferie, vnited to the comfort of Husbandrie, newly corrected and amplified with diuers good lessons for housholders to recreate the Reader, as by the Table at the end hereof, more plainlie may appeere. Set forth by Thomas Tusser Gentleman.

To the right Honorable and my especiall good Ladie and Maistres, the Ladie Paget.

To the Reader.

The Preface to the booke of Huswiferie.

A description of Huswife and Huswiferie.

Instructions to Huswiferie.

Huswiferie.

The ploughmans feasting daies.

The good huswifelie Physicke.

The good motherlie nurserie.

Thinke on the poore.

A comparison betweene good huswiferie and euill.

[For men a perfect vvarning]

The description of womans age by vj. times xiiij. yeeres prentiship, with a lesson to the same.

The Inholders posie.

Certaine table lessons.

Lessons for waiting seruants.

Husbandly posies for the hall.

Posies for the parler.

Posies for the gests chamber.

Posies for thine owne bed chamber.

A Sonet to the Ladie Paget.

Principall points of religion.

The Authors beliefe.

Of the omnipotencie of God, and debilitie of man.

Eleemosyna prodest homini in vita, in morte, & post mortem.

Malus homo, out of S. Augustine.

Of two sorts of men, the tone good, and tother bad, out of S. Augustine.

Diabolo cum resistitur, est vt formica: Cum verò eius suggestio recipitur, fortis est vt leo.

Eight of Saint Barnards verses, both in Latine and English, with one note to them both.

Of the Authors linked verses departing from Court to the countrie.

The Authors life.

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Christmas husbandlie fare.

Chap. 29.

Ggod husband and huswife, now cheefly be glad,
things handsom to haue, as they ought to be had.
They both doo prouide, against Christmas doo come:
to welcome good neighbour, good cheere to haue some.

Christmas cuntrie fare.

Good bread and good drinke, a good fier in the hall,
brawne, pudding and souse, and good mustard withall.

Beefe, mutton and porke, shred pies of the best,
pig, veale, goose and capon, and turkey well drest.
Cheese, apples and nuts, ioly Carols to heare:
as then in the countrie, is counted good cheare.

What cost to good husband is any of this?
good houshold prouision, onely it is.
Of other the like, I doo leaue out a menie:
that costeth the husbandman neuer a penie.