Champion.
2
There swineherd that keepeth the hog,
there [neatherd], with cur and his horne,
There shepherd with whistle and dog,
be [fence] to the medowe and corne.
There horse being [tide] on a [balke],
is readie with theefe for to walke.
3
Where all thing in common doth rest,
corne field with the pasture and [meade],
Though common ye doo for the best,
yet what doth it stand ye in [steade]?
There common as commoners vse,
for otherwise shalt thou not chuse.[3]
4
What [laier] much better then there,
or cheaper (thereon to doo well?)
What drudgerie more any where
lesse good thereof where can ye tell?
What gotten by Sommer is seene:
in Winter is eaten vp cleene.
5
Example by Leicester shire,
what soile can be better than that?
For any thing hart can desire,
and yet doth it want ye see what.
[Mast], [couert], close pasture, and wood,
and other things needfull as good.
Enclosure.
6
All these doo enclosure bring,
experience teacheth no lesse,
I speake not to boast of the thing,
but onely a troth to expresse.
Example (if doubt ye doo make):
by Suffolke and Essex go take.[E385]
Seuerall.
7
More plentie of mutton and biefe,
corne, butter, and cheese of the best,
More wealth any where (to be briefe),
more people, more handsome and [prest],
Where find ye? (go search any [coast])
than there where enclosure is most.
8
More worke for the labouring man,
as well in the towne as the feeld:
Or thereof (deuise if ye can)
more profit what countries doo yeeld?
More seldome where see ye the poore,
go begging from doore vnto doore?