Fiue hundred pointes of good husbandrie
by Thomas Tusser
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Contents
- Preface
- Biographical Sketch of the Author
- The Last Will of Thomas Tusser
- A Lesson
- The Table of Husbandrie
- 1. ¶ The Author's Epistle to the late Lord William Paget, wherein he doth discourse of his owne bringing vp, and of the goodnes of the said Lord his master vnto him, and the occasion of this his booke
- 2. ¶ To the Right Honorable and my speciall good Lord and Master, the Lord Thomas Paget of Beaudesert, sone and heire to his late father deceased . Chap. 2
- 3. ¶ To the Reader. Chap. 3
- 4. ¶ An Introduction to the Booke of Husbandrie . Chap. 4
- 5. ¶ A Preface to the buier of this booke. Chap. 5
- 6. The commodities of Husbandrie. Chap. 6
- 7. Chap. 7
- 8. ¶ The description of Husbandrie. Chap. 8
- 9. ¶ The Ladder to thrift. Chap. 9
- 10. ¶ Good husbandlie lessons worthie to be followed of such as will thriue. Chap. 10
- 11. ¶ An habitation inforced better late than neuer, vpon these words Sit downe Robin and rest thee. Chap. 11
- 12. [Not in 1577.] ¶ The fermers dailie diet. Chap. 12
- 13. [Not in 1577.] A description of the properties of windes all the times of the yeere. Chap. 13
- 14. [Not in 1577.] ¶ Of the Planets. Chap. 14
- 15. ¶ Septembers Abstract. Chap. 15
- 16. ¶ Septembers husbandrie. Chap. 15
- 17. A digression to husbandlie furniture
- 16 contd
- 18. ¶ Octobers abstract. Chap. 16
- 19. ¶ Octobers husbandrie. Chap. 17
- 20. ¶ Nouembers abstract. Chap. 18
- 21. ¶ Nouembers husbandrie. Chap. 19
- 22. ¶ Decembers abstract. Chap. 20
- 23. ¶ Decembers husbandrie. Chap. 21
- 24. ¶ A digression to hospitalitie. Chap. 22
- 25. ¶ A description of time, and the yeare. Chap. 23
- 26. ¶ A description of life and riches. Chap. 24
- 27. ¶ A description of housekeeping. Chap. 25
- 28. ¶ A description of the feast of the birth of Christ, commonly called Christmas. Chap. 26
- 29. ¶ A description of apt time to spend. Chap. 27
- 30. ¶ Against fantasticall scruplenes. Chap. 28
- 31. ¶ Christmas husbandlie fare. Chap. 29
- 32. ¶ A Christmas Caroll of the birth of Christ vpon the tune of King Salomon. Chap. 30
- 33. ¶ Januaries abstract. Chap. 31
- 34. Of trees or fruites to be set or remooued
- 35. ¶ Januaries husbandrie. Chap. 32
- 36. ¶ Februaries abstract. Chap. 33
- 37. ¶ Februaries husbandrie. Chap. 34
- 38. ¶ Marches abstract. Chap. 35
- 39. Seedes and herbes for the Kitchen
- 40. Herbes and rootes for sallets and sauce
- 41. Herbes and rootes to boile or to butter
- 42. Strowing herbes of all sortes
- 43. Herbes, branches, and flowers, for windowes and pots
- 45. Necessarie herbes to growe in the garden for Physick, not rehersed before
- 46. ¶ Marches husbandrie. Chap. 36
- 47. ¶ Aprils abstract. Chap. 37
- 48. ¶ Aprils husbandrie. Chap. 38
- 49. ¶ A lesson for dairie maid Cisley, of ten toppings gests
- 50. ¶ Maies abstract. Chap. 39
- 51. Maies husbandrie. Chap. 40
- 52. ¶ Junes abstract. Chap. 41
- 53. ¶ Junes husbandrie. Chap. 42
- 54. ¶ Julies abstract. Chap. 43
- 55. ¶ Julies husbandrie. Chap. 44
- 56. ¶ Augusts abstract. Chap. 45
- 57. ¶ Augusts husbandrie. Chap. 46
- 58. ¶ Corne Haruest equally deuided into ten partes. Chap. 47
- 59. ¶ A briefe conclusion, where you may see, Ech word in the verse, to begin with a T. Chap. 48
- 60. [ Mans age deuided into twelue seauens. 1614.]
- 61. ¶ Another diuision of the nature of mans age. Chap. 50
- 62. Comparing good husband with vnthrift his brother, The better discerneth the tone from the tother. Chap. 51
- 63. ¶ A comparison betweene Champion countrie and seuerall. Chap. 52
- 64. ¶ The description of an enuious and naughtie neighbour. Chap. 53
- 64.*
- 65. ¶ A sonet against a slanderous tongue. ¶ Chap. 54
- 66. ¶ A sonet vpon the Authors first seuen yeeres seruice. Chap. 55
- 67
- 68. To the right Honorable and my especiall good Ladie and Maistres, the Ladie Paget
- 69. ¶ To the Reader
- 70. ¶ The Preface to the booke of Huswiferie
- 71. As true as thy faith, Thus huswiferie saith
- 72. ¶ A description of Huswife and Huswiferie
- 73. Instructions to Huswiferie
- 74. A digression
- 75. ¶ Huswiferie
- 76. ¶ Breakefast doings
- 77. ¶ Huswifely admonitions
- 78. ¶ Brewing
- 79. ¶ Baking
- 80. ¶ Cookerie
- 81. ¶ Dairie
- 82. ¶ Scouring
- 83. Washing
- 84. Malting
- 85. ¶ Dinner matters
- 86. ¶ Afternoone workes
- 87. ¶ Euening workes
- 88. ¶ Supper matters
- 89. ¶ After supper matters
- 90. ¶ The ploughmans feasting daies
- 91. ¶ The good huswifelie Physicke
- 92. ¶ The good motherlie nurserie
- 94. ¶ A comparison betweene good huswiferie and euill
- 95. For men a perfect warning How childe shall come by larning
- 96. ¶ The description of a womans age by vi. times xiiij yeeres prentiship, with a lesson to the same
- 97. ¶ The Inholders posie
- 98. ¶ Certaine Table Lessons
- 99. ¶ Lessons for waiting servants
- 100. ¶ Husbandly posies for the hall
- 101. ¶ Posies for the parler
- 102. ¶ Posies for the gests chamber
- 103. ¶ Posies for thine owne bed chamber
- 104. ¶ A Sonet to the Ladie Paget
- 105. ¶ Principall points of Religion
- 106. ¶ The Authors beleefe
- 107. Of the omnipotencie of God, and debilitie of man
- 108. Of Almes deedes. Eleemosyna prodest homini in vita, in morte, & post mortem. Out of S. Augustine
- 109. Of malus homo. Malus homo , out of S. Augustine
- 110. Of two sorts of people. Of two sorts of men, the tone good, and tother bad, out of S. Augustine
- 112. ¶ Eight of S. Barnards verses, both in Latine and English with one note to them both
- 113. ¶ Of the Authors linked Verses departing from Court to the Country
- 114. The Authors life
- 115
- ¶ A hundreth good pointes of husbandrie
- Glossary