1
Lay drie vp and round,
for barlie thy ground.
2
Too late doth kill,
too soone is as ill.
3
Maides little and great,
pick cleane séede wheat.
Good ground doth craue
choice séede to haue.
[Flaies][E101] lustily [thwack],
least plough séede lack.
4[1]
Séede first go fetch,
for [edish] or etch,
Soile perfectly knowe,
er edish ye sowe.
5
White wheat, if ye please,
sowe now vpon pease.
Sowe first the best,
and then the rest.
6[2]
Who soweth in raine,
hath wéed [to] his paine.
But worse shall he spéed,
that soweth ill séed.
7
Now, better than later,
draw furrow for water.
Kéepe crowes, good sonne,
sée fencing[3] be donne.
8[4]
Each soile no [vaine]
for euerie graine.
Though soile be but bad,
some corne may be had.
9
Naught proue, naught craue,
naught venter, naught haue.
10
One crop and away,
some countrie may say.