\paperw5085 \margr0\margl0\ATXph16380 \plain \fs20 \f1 \fs22 In the country in ShakespeareÆs day timber-framed houses were usually set in small gardens. Various books on gardeni
ng were available, including the \i Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry\i0 , a practical, down-to-earth guide in rhymed couplets published in 1573:\par
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\i In March and April, from morning to night,\par
In sowing and setting, good housewives del
ight;\par
To have in a garden, or other like plot,\par
To trim up their house, and to furnish their pot...