[26]
Thus ends in bréefe,
Of herbes the chéefe,
To get more skill,
Read whom ye will,
Such mo to haue,
Of field go craue.

[1] Betany, in 1577. Thus mistakes in synonyms arise.


[46.]

Marches husbandrie.

Chap. 36.

March dust to be sold,
Worth ransome of gold.

Forgotten month past,
Doe now at the last.

[Sowing of white peason. 1577.]

1
White peason, both good for the pot and the purse,[1]
by sowing too timelie, [prooue] often the wurse.
Bicause they be tender and hateth the cold,
prooue March er ye sowe them, for being too bold.