Thomas Tusser
Thomas Tusser
Thomas Tusserwas an English poet and farmer, best known for his instructional poem Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry, an expanded version of his original title, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, first published in 1557...
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debate fool good hundred money points soon
A fool and his money be soon at debate (Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry)
affairs husbands weather
Some respite to husbands the weather may send,/ But housewives' affairs have never an end.
bear buying pig selling wit
In doing of either, let wit bear a stroke,/ For buying or selling of pig in a poke.
few lend
Who goeth a borrowing/ Goeth a sorrowing./ Few lend (but fools)/ Their working tools.
christmas xmas cheer
At Christmas play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year.
sweet spring flower
Sweet April showers do spring May flowers.
dykes february
February, fill the dyke with what thou dost like.
owing-a-debt borrowed-money borrowing
Who goeth a borrowing. Goeth a sorrowing.
meat mouths
God sendeth and giveth both mouth and the meat.
medicine sauce hunger
Make hunger thy sauce, as a medicine for health.
agriculture gold good-husband
Ill husbandry braggeth To go with the best: Good husbandry baggeth Up gold in his chest.
august dry harvest
Dry August and warm, Doth harvest no harm.
money italian taxation
A fool and his money are soon parted. - Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry.
sea giving sick
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.