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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14705	Boke of husbandry; Dite de hosbondrie. Englsh	Henley, Walter de.; Grosseteste, Robert, 1175?-1253, attributed name.	1508 (1508)	STC 25007; ESTC S108151	15,689	25

barly cornes take oute of y e myddes of the eere maketh an ynche and. xii ynches maketh a fote And. xvi fote and an halfe maketh a perche and. xi perches in length and. iiii in brede maketh an acre of londe and. iiii maketh a yerde of londe and. v. yerdes maketh an hyde of londe and. vii hydes maketh a knyghtes fee. ¶ The. iii chapytre SOme men say y t a plough may not tele viii score or ix score acres of londe a yere But I shall preue it by good reason y t a plough may do it ¶ For ye shall vnd̄stonde that an acre of londe is in msure xl perches in lengthe and. iiii in brede and the mesure of a perche is xvi fote an halfe ¶ And so y e brede of an acre of londe is lxvi fote and so ye go with youre plough xxxiii tymes vp and doune the londe se the fyrst forowe be a fote eche of the other be in lyke quantyte than is an acre cred And whan the forowe is as strayte as it may be than is it xxxvi tymes vp doune the londe though it be a large acre And the plough be neuer so feble atte moste ye haue gone but. lxxii tymes vp doune y e londe whiche is but. v. myle way ¶ Now truly the hors or oxe is feble that frome the morowe maye not go softely iii. myle frome home and come agayn by none ¶ And by this other reason ye vndstonde that there be lii wekes in in the yere take viii wekes for holy days other lettynges there remaneth behynde xliiii to werke in the se. xliiii wekes ben CC. lx dayes besyde sondayes ¶ Also a plough shall ere thryes in the yere y t is to say in the wynter in lenten and in leke sede tyme. ¶ In wynter a plough shall ere iii. rodes and an halfe a daye And on eche other seasons an acre on the day at the lest ¶ Now knowe ye whether it maye be done or not but by cause plough men carters other fayne and werke not truly ¶ It is behouefull y t men fynde a remedy agaynst theyr seruauntes And therfore it is necessary that the balyfor some of the lordes offycers be with them the fyrste daye of doynge folowynge and so wynge to se yf they do theyr werkes truly let theym answer you as moche werke as they dyde the fyrste daye ¶ Also it is necessarye that youre balyf ouer se youre werke men ones in a daye to wete yf they do theyr werke truly as they ought to do and yf ye fynde theym contrary he shall chastyse theym resonable therfore and by dyscrecyon ¶ The. iiii chapytre THe plough of oxen is better than the plough of hors but yf it be vpon stony grounde y e whiche greueth fore the oxen in theyr fete ¶ And y e plough of hors is more costly than y e plough of oxen yet shal your plough of oxen doo as moche werke in a yere as youre plough of hors though ye dryue your hors faster than ye do your oxen yet in what groūde so euer it be youre plough of oxen yf ye tele your londe wel euenly they shal do as moche werke one daye with a nother as your plough of hors the groūde be tough your oxen shall werke where youre hors shall shall stande styll ¶ And yf ye wyll knowe how moche the one is costlyer than y e other I shal teche you It is a costume y t bestes y t go to the plough shall werke from y e feste of saynt Luke vnto the fest of saynt Elene in Maye that is to saye xxv wekes and yf youre hors sholde be kepte in a good plyght to werke he muste haue dayly the syxt parte of a bushel of otes pryce ob in gresse in somer season xii d. And euery weke that he standeth at drye mete one with an other ob in strawe for lytter ¶ And in shoȳge as often as he is shodde on all foure fete iiii d at the leste ¶ The somme of his expenses in the yere is ix s.vi.d.ob besyde hay and chafe and other thynges ¶ And as for the oxe ye maye kepe hym in good plyght dayly to doo his Journey gyuynge hym euery weke thre oten sheues pryce i.d. by cause x. oten sheues yelde abusshell of otes yf they be made by the extent and in somer season xii d in gresse ¶ The somme of his expenses by the yere is iii. S i. d. besyde strawe and chafe ¶ And yf a hors be ouerset and brought downe with labour it is aduenture euer he recouer it And yf your oxe be ouersette and brought doune with labour ye shall for xii d. in somer season haue hym so pastured that he shal be stronge ynough to do your werke or elles he shall be so fatte that ye may selle hym for as moche moneye as he coste you ¶ The.v. chapytre IN Apryll is good season to falowe londe yf it be well broken before the plough For in that season is neyther to wete ne to dry but he that hath moche to doo may not abyde all the good seasons of the yere Neuertheles whan so euer ye ere yf it be in good soyle ere depe with a square forowe so that some of y e good londe may reste And yf your londe lye in feble soylery ere not depe but falowe it clenly so y t y e londe be neyther couered ne vncouered ¶ And at the seconde falowe ere not to depe but so as ye maye dystroy thystelles and other wedes ¶ For yf youre londe lye marras or watry grounde and it be to depe at y e seconde falowe whiche is to saye youre plough shall not come to no harde grounde but go shotynge all in myre ¶ And yf youre plough go an ynche deper in sede tyme thenne it dyde all the seconde falowe it shall fynde good grounde and elles the tylthe of y e myre and make good erynge ¶ The. vi chapytre AT y e sowynge of your sede lay your lōde narowe togyder so y t your sede may falle euen vpō y e londe For yf youre londe be wyde a sonder it shall cause grete hurte For the londe sowen the harowe shall caste the corne in holles and vayles that ben betwene the gates of the plough so that the corne that is one the rydge shall be vncouered cause lytell or noughte to growe vpon the londe ¶ And yf ye wyll preue it whā your corne is growe out of the erthe go to the hede of your londe loke towarde y e other ende ye shal se whether that I say soth or nay ¶ And yf ye sowe your londe vnder the forowe let it be ered leyde small nere to gyder so y t y e rydge of londe bytwene the forowes be narowe ynough togyder lyke a creste in the myddes of the londe the rydge vnder the lefte syde fote whā

they drye the londe agayne kerue it wyth your plough so that the fyrste erynge may be ouer turned thā shall your londe be narowe ynough to gyder ¶ The. vii chapytre LOke that ye sowe youre wynter corne tymely so that youre londe sadde and youre corne rote or that grete wynter come for yf a grete rayne falle w t in xx dayes after the sowynge of your corne there vpon endurynge ii or iii dayes The froste shall make the corne to perysshe that is newe sowen by cause it is but tender and y e rote therof but newely budded or put out ¶ All suche clay londes and stony londes as ye purpose to sowe w t lenten sede sowe them or Maye come for it causeth cley londes to wexe harde and stony londes dry and comynly the londe openeth for drynesse therfore it is nedefull to sowe suche maner of landes tymely so y t the sede that is sowen theron may haue his nourysshynge ¶ As for sondy londes it nedeth not to sowe them so tymely for it is not good to plough suche maner of londes in grete moysture yf they be a lytell wete with a dewe at the sowynge it shall not noye it but do it moche good And yf your londe lye in marras or in watry groūde make good depe furowes there so that y e ridges may be delyuerde of the water ¶ The. ix chapytre LOke ye chaunge your sede euer yere at Myghelmas for it shall be more auayle to sede your londes with sede y t groweth vpon other mennes londes thā with sede y t grewe vpon youre owne londes And yf ye wyll make a preue therof ere two peces of londe in luste lyke in soyle and sowe them at ones that one with that sede y t grewe vpon your owne londe that other with sede grewe vpon other mennes londes ye shall fynde yf I saye sothe or nay Also take not the stubble of your lōde leste ye haue nede therof for couerȳge of youre houses ¶ The. ix chapytre MAke youre donge and medle it with erth that is fresshe make clene your shepecote euery xiiii nyght and medle y e donge that cometh therof with fresshe erth or claye or suche mater as men caste out of dykes strewe it well with strawe chaf And yf ye haue more strawe than youre store wyll spende strewe it in your folde or shepecote lete that donge as well within as without be gadred to gyder layde vpon an hepe And whan ye shall cary it to your londe take hede y t your carters do truly theyr werke lete theym answere you duly as moche werke as they dyde you the fyrste daye whan they were ouersene leste they fynde a resonable excuse of theyr lettynge ¶ And whan ye delyuer your carte horse shone sadelles or ony other stuffe here a rekenynge of the olde or els lete it be acompted on y e carters wages yf it be loste thrughe theyr neclygence And y e grees y t ye delyuer to your carters lete it be medled with terre or harde sope and it shal be the better for your carte yf y e carter grees theyr shone theyrwith it shal brenne them rote them to donge Also the donge that is medleo with erth put it vpon sondy groūde yf ye haue ony for in somer the weder is hote the sonde is hote by kynde the whiche two hetes whan they mete to gyder after mydsomer it causeth the corne to wexe passynge shorte that groweth on suche sondy londes but it be remedyed by this maner of donge as is before sayd ¶ Whan ye drye donge in y e groūde to sowe corne dry it not to depe for y t wasteth your dōge ¶ Now shall I tell you what wynnynges ye shal haue by your donge that is medled with erth Donge y t is roten by it selfe with without erthe shall laste two or thre yere and after the londe be hote or colde And donge that is medled with erthe shall laste double as longe but it shall not be so sharpe ne so ranke berynge also medled erth lasteth lenger than donge not medled by cause whan the donge and the erthe is medled togyder and spred vpon the londe and y t londe harowed the erthe kepythe the donge that it may not wast in dyscendynge as it wolde do And yf it rayne a lytell whan ye lay your donge on your londe it shall do it moche good for it causeth the donge and the londe Joyne togyder and ye put your donge vpon your londe at falowynge tyme at the seconde falowe it shall be torned vnder the erthe so that it be hydde with erthe at sowynge tyme. ¶ Also lete your shepe dōge be put nexte your sede for that is moost worthy and at y e fyrst feest of our lady ordeyne youre hyrdylles after that ye haue shepe kepe youre folde for in y t season they haue moste donge And after mydsomer lete your corne be weded and not byfore For yf ye cutte thystelles xx or xv or viii dayes before that tyme for euery thystell shall growe foure agayne And lette your medowes be well clene mowen by y e aduyse of your balyf And se that your mower holde not his ryght honde a fore to hygh behynde hym soo that the grasse be not cutte in the myddes And this defaute is called forsynge and it is a grete defaute and a grete losse of haye And lette your corne be wysely shorne and gadred to gyder and layde in your barne And lete your thresshers be sworne to thresshe it clene Neuer theles take hede of them that they haue no pokettes nor no grete purses to stele your corne in and se that youre wyndowers haue no pokettes bytwene theyr legges to stele your corne And whan your corne shall be mesured out of your berne purueye you a trewe man to ouersee youre baly for it is ofte seen that offecers ben of one assent to auayle theym selfe and hurte theyr lorde And se that youre corne be mesured with a trewe mesure y t is to saye with a trewe busshell and that euery busshell euery busshell be streken And se that they haue a clothe vnder theyr fete to kepe y e corne that fallyth whan it is put in y e sackes And beware of mesurynge of your busshell that is heped for therin is grete dysceit and I shall tell you how Whan the balyf hath made his acompte of the corne lette y e busshel that he resceyued the corne with be preued with his acompte For yf it be a large busshell foure busshels vp heped maketh v. busshels streken but lytel more or lytel lasse Or. v. busshels vp heped maketh vi busshels streken of and yf the busshell be not so large or some what more but yf the busshell be neuer so small yet vi busshels vp heped maketh vii stryken and so of euery busshell somtyme more somtyme lesse And