Called Goosetoft, that hath neither fallow’d land
Or woods or any fertile pasture ground,
But is with wat’ry fens incompast round.
The people there have neither horse nor cowe,
Nor sheep, nor oxe, nor asse, nor pig, nor sowe;
Nor cream, curds, whig, whey, buttermilk or cheese,
Nor any other living thing but geese.
The parson of the parish takes great paines,
And tythe-geese only are his labour’s gaines;
If any charges there must be defrayed