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For rooting of pasture ring hog ye had neede,
which being wel ringled the better do feede:
Though yong with their elders wil lightly keepe best,
yet spare not to ringle both great and the rest.
Yoking of swine.
30
Yoke seldom thy swine while the [shacktime][28] doth last,
for diuers misfortunes that happen too fast:
Or if ye do fancie whole eare of the hog,
giue eie to il neighbour and eare to his dog.
Hunting of hogs.
31
Keepe hog I aduise thee from medow and corne,
for out aloude crying that ere he was borne:
Such lawles, so [haunting], both often and long,
if dog set him [chaunting] he doth thee no wrong.[E98]
[Ringling] of hogs.
32
Where loue among neighbors do beare any stroke,
whiles shacktime indureth men vse not to yoke:
Yet surely ringling is needeful and good,
til frost do [enuite] them to brakes in the wood.
Carriage of brakes.
33[29]
Get home with thy brakes, er an sommer be gon,
for [teddered] cattle to sit there vpon:
To couer thy houel, to brewe and to bake,
to lie in the bottome, where houel ye make.
Sawe out thy timber.