8
Who goeth[3] a borrowing,
goeth a sorrowing.[E69]
Few lends (but fooles)
their working tooles.[4]
9
Gréene rie haue some,
er Mihelmas come.
10
Grant soile hir [lust],
sowe rie in the dust.
11
Cleane rie that sowes,
the better crop mowes.
12
Mix rie aright,
with wheat that is [whight].
13
Sée corne sowen in,
too thick nor too thin.
For want of séede,
land yéeldeth wéede.
14
With sling or bowe,
kéepe corne from Crowe.
15
Trench hedge and forrow,
that water may [thorow].
Déepe dike saues much,
from drouers and such.
16
Amend marsh wall,
Crab holes and all.
17
[Geld] bulles and rams,
[sewe] ponds, amend dams.
Sell [webster ]thy wull,
fruite gather, grapes pull.
For fear of drabs,
go gather thy [crabs].