25
Corne carred, let such as be poore go and gleane,
and after, thy cattle to [mowth] it vp cleane.
Then spare it for [rowen], till [Mihel] be past,
to lengthen[E365] thy dairie no better thou hast.
26
In haruest time, haruest folke, seruants and all,
should make all togither good [cheere] in the hall:
And fill out the black boule of bleith[E366] to their song,
and let them be merie all haruest time long.
Pay trulie haruest folke.
27
Once ended thy haruest, let none be [begilde],
please such as did helpe thee, man, woman, and childe.
Thus dooing, with alway such helpe as they can,
thou winnest the praise of the labouring man.
Thanke God for all.
28
Now looke vp to Godward, let tong neuer cease
in thanking of him, for his mightie encrease:
Accept my good will, for a proofe go and trie:
the better thou thriuest, the gladder am I.
[End of Augusts Husbandry in 1577.]
Works after Haruest.[13]
29
Now carrie out compas, when haruest is donne,
where barlie thou sowest, my champion sonne:
Or laie it on heape, in the field as ye may,
till carriage be faire, to haue it away.
30
Whose compas is rotten and carried in time,
and spred as it should be, [thrifts ladder] may [clime].[E367]
Whose compas is [paltrie] and carried too late,
such husbandrie vseth that many doo hate.[E368]