84 Malting
Ill malting is theft,
Wood dride hath a weft.
Malting.
1
House may be so handsome, and skilfulnes such,
to make thy owne malt, it shall profit thee much.
2
Som drieth with strawe, and some drieth with wood,
wood asketh more charge, and nothing so good.E442
Take heede to the kell,
Sing out as a bell.
3
Be suer no chances to fier can drawe,
the wood, or the furzen, the brake or the strawe.
4
Let Gillet be singing, it doth verie well,
to keepe hir from sleeping and burning the kell.
Best dride best speedes,
Ill kept, bowd breedes.
5
Malt being well speered, the more it will cast,
malt being well dried, the longer will last.
6
Long kept in ill soller, (vndoubted thou shalt,)
through bowds without number loose quickly thy malt.E443