[51.]
Maies husbandrie.
Chap. 40.
Cold Maie and windie,
Barne filleth vp finelie.
Forgotten month past,
Doe now at the last.
Essex and Suffolke.
1
At [Philip and Jacob],[E305] away with the [lams]
that thinkest to haue any milke of their dams.
At Lammas leaue milking, for feare of a thing:
least (requiem æternam) in winter they sing.
Milking of eawes.
2
To milke and to fold them is much to require,
except yee haue pasture to fil their desire.
Yet manie by milking (such heede they doo take),
not hurting their bodies much profit doo make.