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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... wives assigned to the sons , ex- cept to Clement , who married Ursula Petts , and had issue , John , who en- tered the pedigree , Edward , and Jane , all three unmarried in 1570 , The mother of THOMAS was ( 1 ) a daughter of Thomas ...
... wives assigned to the sons , ex- cept to Clement , who married Ursula Petts , and had issue , John , who en- tered the pedigree , Edward , and Jane , all three unmarried in 1570 , The mother of THOMAS was ( 1 ) a daughter of Thomas ...
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... wife , daughter of Prestin , Esq . Com . Lanc . three sons and five daughters . His eldest son Henry succeeded him in the title ; but dying in 1568 , the peerage descended to his next brother Thomas , whom Tusser claims also for a ...
... wife , daughter of Prestin , Esq . Com . Lanc . three sons and five daughters . His eldest son Henry succeeded him in the title ; but dying in 1568 , the peerage descended to his next brother Thomas , whom Tusser claims also for a ...
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... wife's health , together with the too probable embarrassment of his affairs , and reinforced by a restless ... wife , " the only epithet by which she is known ! at West Dereham , and at Norwich . Soon after the loss of his first wife ...
... wife's health , together with the too probable embarrassment of his affairs , and reinforced by a restless ... wife , " the only epithet by which she is known ! at West Dereham , and at Norwich . Soon after the loss of his first wife ...
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... wife to , must husband as well as the man , Or farewel thy husbandry do what thou can . Imprinted at London , in Flete strete , within Temple barre , at the sygne of the hand and starre , by Richard See British Bibliographer , No. III ...
... wife to , must husband as well as the man , Or farewel thy husbandry do what thou can . Imprinted at London , in Flete strete , within Temple barre , at the sygne of the hand and starre , by Richard See British Bibliographer , No. III ...
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... wife , To save a pound , In house or ground , Each other week ? What more for health , What more for wealth , What needeth less , Run , Jack , help Bess To stay amiss , Not having this Far off to seek ? I do not crave More thanks to ...
... wife , To save a pound , In house or ground , Each other week ? What more for health , What more for wealth , What needeth less , Run , Jack , help Bess To stay amiss , Not having this Far off to seek ? I do not crave More thanks to ...
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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.