Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry: As Well for the Champion Or Open Country, as for the Woodland Or Several; Together with A Book of Huswifery. Being a Calendar of Rural and Domestic Economy, for Every Month in the Year; and Exhibiting a Picture of the Agriculture, Customs, and Manners of England, in the Sixteenth CenturyLackington, Allen, and Company, 1812 - 374 pages |
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... observation . The ill state of his wife's health , together with the too probable embarrassment of his affairs , and reinforced by a restless disposition , at length induced him to change his si- tuation at Katwade ; and we find him ...
... observation . The ill state of his wife's health , together with the too probable embarrassment of his affairs , and reinforced by a restless disposition , at length induced him to change his si- tuation at Katwade ; and we find him ...
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... observations , perhaps passed the copies from father to son , till they crumbled away in the bare shifting of the pages , and the mouldering relict only lost its value , by the casual mutilation of time . Of early dates , few remain ...
... observations , perhaps passed the copies from father to son , till they crumbled away in the bare shifting of the pages , and the mouldering relict only lost its value , by the casual mutilation of time . Of early dates , few remain ...
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... observed and compared . " Five hundreth points of good husbandrie : as well for the Champion or open countrie , as ... observations on the work , on the 1 1610. Printed for the Company of Stationers * . 1614. Preliminary Dissertation . 21.
... observed and compared . " Five hundreth points of good husbandrie : as well for the Champion or open countrie , as ... observations on the work , on the 1 1610. Printed for the Company of Stationers * . 1614. Preliminary Dissertation . 21.
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... observation . " - The English Improver , or a New Survey of Husbandry , by Walter Blith . 1649 . Lond . " He that hath little , and spendeth much , is called a prodigall foole , he that hath much and spendeth little , a miserable carll ...
... observation . " - The English Improver , or a New Survey of Husbandry , by Walter Blith . 1649 . Lond . " He that hath little , and spendeth much , is called a prodigall foole , he that hath much and spendeth little , a miserable carll ...
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... observations of the amiable and intelligent . Stillingfleet , in his " Memoranda for a History of Hus- bandry , " I shall conclude these critical notices on Tusser . They are more valuable than all the rest , and are given with little ...
... observations of the amiable and intelligent . Stillingfleet , in his " Memoranda for a History of Hus- bandry , " I shall conclude these critical notices on Tusser . They are more valuable than all the rest , and are given with little ...
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Page 2 - Tide flowing is feared, for many a thing, Great danger to such as be sick, it doth bring ; Sea ebb, by long ebbing, some respite doth give, And sendeth good comfort, to such as shall live.
Page xl - North winds send hail, South winds bring rain, East winds we bewail, West winds blow amain; North-east is too cold, South-east not too warm, North-west is too bold, South-west doth no harm.
Page 275 - Wife, some time this week, if the weather hold clear, An end of wheat sowing we make for this year : Remember thou therefore, though I do it not, The seed-cake, the pasties, aud furmenty pot. Twice a-week Roast. Good plowmen, look weekly, of custom and right/ For roast meat on Sundays, and Thursdays at night.
Page xxxix - At Christmas play and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year.
Page 23 - HUSWIFERIE, over and besides the booke of Huswiferie, corrected, better ordered, and newlie augmented to a fourth part more, with divers other lessons, as a diet for the Farmer, of the properties of Winds...
Page 20 - No sooner a sowing, but out by and by, with mother or boy, that alarum can cry; And let them be armed with sling or with bow, to scare away pigeon, the rook, and the crow.
Page 169 - It strengtheneth drink, and it flavoureth malt, And being well brewed, long kept it will last, And drawing abide — if ye draw not too fast.
Page 277 - In sickness, hato trouble ; seek quiet and rest. Remember thy soul; let no fancy prevail; Make ready to God-ward ; let faith never quail : The sooner thyself thou submittest to God, The sooner he ceaseth to scourge with his rod.
Page 14 - When gains were gone, and years grew on, And death did cry, from London fly, In Cambridge then, I found again, A resting plot ; In college best, of all the rest, With thanks to thee, O Trinity ! Through thee and thine, for me and mine, Some stay I got.
Page 75 - To welcome good neighbour, good cheer to have some. Good bread and good drink, a good fire in the hall, Brawn, pudding, and souse, and good mustard withal. Beef, mutton, and pork, shred pies of the best, Pig, veal, goose, and capon, and turkey well drest, Cheese, apples, and nuts, jolly Carols to hear, As then in the country, is counted good cheer.