[11] "Those that thrive best with us are the small black Grape, the white Muscadine, and the Parsley grape."—T.R.
[12] "This Article is very much unregarded by Farmers at present, for fear, I suppose, of falling into Popery and Superstition; but lay that quite aside, and let us consult our Interest, Health, and Gratitude."—T.R. The writer of Tusser Redivivus here enlarges on the advantages, personal and national, of fish diet. Under Marches Husbandry, stanza 3, he mentions "Salt Fish, Furmity, Gruel, Wigs, Milk, Parsnips, Hasty-pudding, Pancakes, and twice a week Eggs," as the Farmer's Lenten Diet.
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¶ Marches abstract.
Chap. 35.
1
White peason sowe,
scare hungry crow.
2
Spare meadow for hay,
spare marshes at May.
3[1]
Kéepe shéepe from dog,
kéepe lambes from hog.
If foxes [mowse][2] them,
then watch or howse them.