Pay thy tithes.
3
Pay iustly thy tithes whatsoeuer thou bee,
that God may in blessing send foison to thee.
Though Vicar[1] be bad, or the Parson as euill,
go not for thy tithing thy selfe to the Deuill.
4
Let hay be well made, or [auise else auouse],[E342]
for [molding] in [goef],[2] or of firing the house.
Lay [coursest] aside for the ox and the cow,
the finest for sheepe and thy gelding alow.
5
Then downe with the hedlonds, that groweth about,
leaue neuer a dallop vnmowne and had out.
Though grasse be but thin, about barlie and pease,
yet picked vp cleane ye shall find therein ease.
Thry fallowing.
6
Thry fallow[E343] betime, for destroieng of weede,
least thistle and [duck][3] fall a blooming and seede,
Such season may chance, it shall stand thee vpon,
to till it againe, er an Sommer be gon.
¶ Gathering of garden beanes.
7
Not [rent][4] off, but cut off, ripe beane with a knife,
for hindering stalke of hir [vegetiue] life.
So gather the lowest, and leaning the top,
shall teach thee a trick, for to double thy crop.[E344]
¶ Gather yellow hempe.
8
Wife, pluck fro thy seed hemp the [fiemble] hemp clene,
this looketh more yellow, the other more grene:
Vse [ton] for thy spinning, leaue Mihel the [tother],
for shoo thred and halter, for rope and such other.[E345]