Aprils abstract.
Chap. 37.
1
Some
champions laie,
to fallow in Maie.
2
When tilth plows breake,
poore cattle cries creake.
3
One daie er ye plow,
spred compas ynow.
4
Some fodder buieth,
in fen, where it lieth.
5
Thou champion wight,
haue cow meat for night.
6
Set hop his pole,
make deepe the hole.
7
First, bark go and sell,
er timber ye fell.
8
Fence copie in,
er heawers begin.
9
The straightest ye knowe,
for staddles let growe.
10
Crab tree preserue,
for plough to serue.
11
Get timber out,
er yeere go about.
12
som cūtries lack plowmeat
& some doe want cowmeat.
13
Small commons, & bare,
yeelds cattell ill fare.
14
Som common with geese,
and sheepe without fleese.
Som tits thither bring,
and hops without ring.
15
Some champions agree,
as waspe doth with bee.
16
Get swineherd for hog,
but kill not with dog.
Wher swineherd doth lack
corne goeth to wrack.
17
All goes to the Deuill,
where shepherd is euill.
18
Come home from land,
with stone in hand.
19
Man cow prouides,
wife dairie guides.
20
Slut Cisley vntaught,
hath whitemeat naught.
21
Some bringeth in gaines,
some losse beside paines.
22
Run Cisse, fault known,
with more than thine own.
Such Mistris, such Nan,
such Maister, such Man.
Thus endeth Aprils abstract, agreeing with Aprils husbandrie.
