¶ 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.