Maies abstract.

Chap. 39.

1
Put lambe from eawe,
to milke a [feawe].

2
Be not too bold,
to milke and to fold.

3
Fiue eawes alow,
to euerie cow.

4
Shéepe wrigling taile
hath [mads] without faile.

5
Beat hard in the réede
where house hath néede.

6
Leaue cropping from May
to Mihelmas day.
Let [Iuie] be killed,
else trée will be [spilled].

7
Now threshers warne
to rid the barne.

8
Be suer of hay
till thend of May.