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'Well, among the other ways he had iv gettin' up in the world, he always kep a power iv turkeys, and all soarts iv poultrey; an' he was out iv all rason partial to geese an' small blame to him for that same for twice't a year you can pluck them as bare as my hand an' get a fine price for the feathers, an' plenty of rale sizable eggs an' when they are too ould to lay any more, you can kill them, an' sell them to the gintlemen for goslings, d'ye see, let alone that a goose is the most manly bird that is out.
Alsop, at the Angel and Bible, in the Poultrey. 1684. This is the most searching treatise that has ever fallen under our notice.
Joan Flower and her two daughters had been employed as charwomen in Belvoir Castle, the home of the Rutlands. One of the daughters, indeed, had been put in charge of "the poultrey abroad and the washhouse within dores."
London: Printed for N. Ponder at the Peacock in the Poultrey. This same sentiment is well expressed in Bunyan's verses at the conclusion of the Pilgrim, part First. 'Nor let my figure or similitude Put thee into a laughter or a feud; Leave this to boys and fools, but as for thee, Do thou the substance of my matter see.
The countrey is much subiect to colde, answerable for such a climate, and yet yeeldeth some fruites, and sufficient maintenance for the people contented so poorely to liue. There is plentie ynough of Poultrey, store of egges, fish, and foule. For their bread they haue Oaten Cakes, and their drinke is Ewes milke, and in some partes Ale.
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