Fiue Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandrie (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Tudor Agricultural Verse on Seasonal Farming, Rural Life, and Early Modern HusbandryBy Thomas Tusser
Length13h 40m
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Thomas Tusser's Fiue Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandrie is a singular fusion of agricultural manual, moral instruction, and Tudor verse. Written in memorable rhyming couplets and arranged around the farming year, it offers advice on ploughing, planting, livestock, household management, thrift, and seasonal labour. Its plain, proverbial style places it within the didactic literature of the sixteenth century, yet its vivid attention to rural practice gives it unusual documentary value as a portrait of Elizabethan husbandry and domestic economy. Tusser himself was well fitted to compose such a work. Born in Essex around 1524, educated at Eton and Cambridge, and trained also in music, he moved between learned culture and practical rural life. His own uneven fortunes as a farmer, tenant, and observer of country customs seem to have sharpened his interest in prudence, discipline, and the moral obligations of household governance. This book is recommended to readers interested in early modern England, agricultural history, proverbial wisdom, or the literature of everyday life. It rewards attention not as a mere relic, but as a lively and carefully shaped guide to work, order, and survival in a changing rural world.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A succinct Introduction situates the work's timeless appeal and themes.
- The Synopsis outlines the central plot, highlighting key developments without spoiling critical twists.
- A detailed Historical Context immerses you in the era's events and influences that shaped the writing.
- A thorough Analysis dissects symbols, motifs, and character arcs to unearth underlying meanings.
- Reflection questions prompt you to engage personally with the work's messages, connecting them to modern life.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
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Table of contents
1Fiue Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandrie (Annotated)
135Comparing good husband with vnthrift his brother, The better discerneth the tone from the tother.
2Introduction
13663.
3Historical Context
137¶ A comparison betweene Champion countrie and seuerall.
4Synopsis (Selection)
13864.
5PREFACE.
139¶ The description of an enuious and naughtie neighbour.
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6BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR.
14064.*
7THE LAST WILL OF THOMAS TUSSER.
141To light a candell before the Deuill.
8A Lesson.
14265.
9A lesson how to euery abstract with his month,& how to finde out huswiferie verses by the , and Champion from Woodland.
143¶ A sonet against a slanderous tongue.
10The Table of Husbandrie.
14466.
11A Table of the pointes of husbandrie mentioned in this booke.
145¶ A sonet vpon the Authors first seuen yeeres seruice.
121.
14667.
13¶ 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, thus set forth of his owne long practise.
147¶ The Authours Dialogue betweene two Bachelers, of wiuing and thriuing by Affirmation and Obiection.
142.
14868.
15¶ 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 .
149To the right Honorable and my especiall good Ladie and Maistres, the Ladie Paget.
163.
15069.
17¶ To the Reader.
151¶ To the Reader.
184.
15270.
19¶ An Introduction to the Booke of Husbandrie .
153¶ The Preface to the booke of Huswiferie.
205.
15471.
21¶ A Preface to the buier of this booke.
155As true as thy faith, Thus huswiferie saith.
226.
15672.
23The commodities of Husbandrie.
157¶ A description of Huswife and Huswiferie.
247.
15873.
258.
159Instructions to Huswiferie.
26¶ The description of Husbandrie.
16074.
279.
161A digression.
28¶ The Ladder to thrift.
16275.
2910.
163¶ Huswiferie.
30¶ Good husbandlie lessons worthie to be followed of such as will thriue.
16476.
3111.
165¶ Breakefast doings.
32¶ An habitation inforced better late than neuer, vpon these words Sit downe Robin and rest thee.
16677.
3312.
167¶ Huswifely admonitions.
34¶ The fermers dailie diet.
16878.
3513.
169¶ Brewing.
36A description of the properties of windes all the times of the yeere.
17079.
3714.
171¶ Baking. [E439]
38¶ Of the Planets.
17280.
3915.
173¶ Cookerie.
40¶ Septembers Abstract.
17481.
4116.
175¶ Dairie.
42¶ Septembers husbandrie.
17682.
4317.
177¶ Scouring.
44A digression to husbandlie furniture.
17883.
45[16 contd. ]
179Washing.
4618.
18084.
47¶ Octobers abstract.
181Malting.
4819.
18285.
49¶ Octobers husbandrie.
183¶ Dinner matters.
5020.
18486.
51¶ Nouembers abstract.
185¶ Afternoone workes.
5221.
18687.
53¶ Nouembers husbandrie.
187¶ Euening workes.
5422.
18888.
55¶ Decembers abstract.
189¶ Supper matters.
5623.
19089.
57¶ Decembers husbandrie.
191¶ After supper matters.
5824.
19290.
59¶ A digression to hospitalitie.
193¶ The ploughmans feasting daies.
6025.
19491.
61¶ A description of time, and the yeare.
195¶ The good huswifelie Physicke.
6226.
19692.
63¶ A description of life and riches.
197¶ The good motherlie nurserie.
6427.
19893.
65¶ A description of housekeeping.
199¶ Thinke on the poore.
6628.
20094.
67¶ A description of the feast of the birth of Christ, commonly called Christmas.
201¶ A comparison betweene good huswiferie and euill.
6829.
20295.
69¶ A description of apt time to spend.
203For men a perfect warning How childe shall come by larning.
7030.
20496.
71¶ Against fantasticall scruplenes.
205¶ The description of a womans age by vi. times xiiij yeeres prentiship, with a lesson to the same.
7231.
20697.
73¶ Christmas husbandlie fare.
207¶ The Inholders .
7432.
20898.
75¶ A Christmas Caroll of the birth of Christ vpon the tune of King Salomon.
209¶ Certaine Table Lessons.
7633.
21099.
77¶ Januaries abstract.
211¶ Lessons for waiting servants.
7834.
212100.
79Of trees or fruites to be set or remooued.
213¶ Husbandly posies for the hall.
8035.
214101.
81¶ Januaries husbandrie.
215¶ Posies for the parler.
8236.
216102.
83¶ Februaries abstract.
217¶ Posies for the gests chamber.
8437.
218103.
85¶ Februaries husbandrie.
219¶ Posies for thine owne bed chamber.
8638.
220104.
87¶ Marches abstract.
221¶ A Sonet to the Ladie Paget.
8839.
222105.
89Seedes and herbes for the Kitchen.
223¶ Principall points of Religion.
9040.
224106.
91Herbes and rootes for and sauce.
225¶ The Authors beleefe.
9241.
226107.
93Herbes and rootes to boile or to butter.
227Of the omnipotencie of God, and debilitie of man.
9442.
228108.
95herbes of all sortes.
229Of Almes deedes.
9643.
230109.
97Herbes, branches, and flowers, for windowes and pots.
231Of malus homo.
9844.
232110.
99Herbes to in Sommer.
233Of two sorts of people.
10045.
234111.
101Necessarie herbes to growe in the garden for Physick, not before.
235Of what force the devil is if he be resisted.
10246.
236112.
103¶ Marches husbandrie.
237113.
10447.
238¶ Of the Authors linked Verses departing from Court to the Country.
105¶ Aprils abstract.
239114.
10648.
240The Authors life.
107¶ Aprils husbandrie.
241[115.]
10849.
242Of Fortune.
109¶ A lesson for dairie maid Cisley, of ten toppings gests.
243A Table of the points of Huswiferie mentioned in this Booke.
11050.
244¶ A hundreth good pointes of husbandrie.
111¶ Maies abstract.
245¶ To the right honorable and my speciall good lord and maister, the lord Paget, Lord priuie seale.
11251.
246¶ Concordia paruæ res crescunt Discordia maximæ dilabuntur.
113Maies husbandrie.
247¶ August.
11452.
248¶ September.
115¶ Junes abstract.
249¶ October.
11653.
250¶ November.
117¶ Junes husbandrie.
251¶ Decembre.
11854.
252¶ Christmas.
119¶ Julies abstract.
253¶ January.
12055.
254¶ Februarij.
121¶ Julies husbandrie.
255¶ Marche.
12256.
256¶ A digression from husbandrie: to a poynt or two of huswifrie.
123¶ Augusts abstract.
257¶ Aprill.
12457.
258¶ May.
125¶ Augusts husbandrie.
259¶ June.
12658.
260¶ Julii.
127¶ Corne Haruest equally deuided into ten partes.
261¶ A sonet or brief rehersall of the properties of the twelue monethes afore rehersed.
12859.
262NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS. (pt. 1)
129¶ A briefe conclusion, where you may see, Ech word in the verse, to begin with a T.
263NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS. (pt. 2)
13060.
264GLOSSARY.
131[ Mans age deuided into twelue seauens. 1614.]
265Analysis
13261.
266Reflection
133¶ Another diuision of the nature of mans age.
267Memorable Quotes
13462.
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