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Some pilfering thresher will walke with a staffe,
will carrie home corne as it is in the chaffe,
And some in his [bottle] of leather so great[E126]
will carry home daily both barlie and wheat.
Kéepe dry thy straw.
16
If houseroome will serue thee, lay stouer vp drie,
and euerie sort by it selfe for to lie.
Or stack it for litter, if roome be too poore,
and thatch out the residue noieng thy doore.[5]
Euery wéeke rid thy barne flower.
17
Cause weekly thy thresher to make vp his flower,
though slothfull and pilferer thereat doo lower:
Take tub for a season, take sack for a shift,
yet garner for graine is the better for thrift.
18
All maner of strawe that is scattered in yard,
good husbandlie husbands haue daily regard,
In pit full of water the same to bestowe,
where lieng to rot, thereof profit may growe.
Digging of hedlonds.
19
Now plough vp thy hedlond,[6] or [delue] it with spade,
where otherwise profit but little is made:
And cast it vp high, vpon hillocks to stand,
that winter may rot it, to compas thy land.
Trenching of garden.
Clensing of priuies.