41
Kéepe sloes vpon bow,
for [flixe] of thy cow.
42
Of [vergis] be sure,
poore cattel to cure.
Thus endeth Octobers abstract, agréeing with Octobers husbandrie.
¶ Other short remembrances.[11]
[43]
Cisse, haue an eie
to bore in the stie.
By malt ill kept,
small profit is [rept].
[44]
Friend, ringle thy hog,
for feare of a dog.
Rie straw up stack,
least Thacker doe lack.
[45]
Wheat straw drie saue,
for cattell to haue.
Wheat chaffe lay vp drie,
in safetie to lie.
[46]
Make handsome a bin,
for chaffe to lie in.
[47]
(Séede thresht) thou shalt
thresh barlie to malt.
Cut bushes to hedge,
fence medow and redge.
[48]
[Stamp] crabs that may,
for rotting away.
Make vergis and [perie,][E103]
sowe kirnell and berie.