[4] to for seed. 1577.

[5] Sts. 14 and 15 are not in 1577.

[6] "I am told that 20s. an acre is the common Price for looking after a hop ground."—T.R.

[7] Misprinted "time."

[8] quamer. 1577.

[9] "The Proverb says, 'A Swarm in May is worth a Load of Hay.'"—T.R. 1710. Mavor says a swarm might fetch 15s. in his time (1812).

[10] The author of Tusser Redivivus and Mavor prefer fallow; though M. says that all standard editions read follow. Cf. [st. 9], above.

[11] gales. 1577.

[12] "In our Author's time, and not long since, the Yarmouth and Ipswich Colliers were laid up in the Winter, and then the Spring Market was always dearest."—T.R.

[13] "Most people stroak Garden Basil, which leaves a grateful Smell on the Hand; and he will have it, that such stroaking from a fair lady preserves the life of the Basil."—T.R.