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A00883	Here begynneth a newe tracte or treatyse moost p[ro]fytable for all husba[n]de men and very frutefull for all other persones to rede, newly correcte [sic] [and] amended by the auctour, with dyuerse other thynges added thervnto.; Book of husbandry	Fitzherbert, John, d. 1531.; Fitzherbert, Anthony, Sir, 1470-1538.	1530 (1530)	STC 10995; ESTC S112249	77,392	140

repe it as they do pees and made it drye than it wyll be good fodder There be other wedes not spoken of as d ee nettyls dodder and suche other do moche harme ¶ How to wede corne NOw it wold be knowē how these cornes shold be weded The chefe instrument to wede with is a payre of tonges made of wode and in y● farther ende it is nycked to holde the wede faster and after a shoure of rayne it is best wedynge for than they may be pulled vp by y● rotes than it cometh neuer agayn And yf it be drye wether thā must ye haue a wedyng hoke with a socket set vpō a lytell staffe of a yarde lōge this hoke wolde be well steeled groūde sharpe bothe behynde before And in his other hand he hath a forked stycke a yarde longe with his forked stycke he putteth the wede frō hym he putteth y● hoke beyonde the rote of the wede pulleth it to hym cutteth y● wede fast by y● erth with his hoke he taketh vp the wede and casteth it in the reyne yf y● reyne be full of corne it is better to stande styll whan it is cut wydre but let hym beware y● he trede not to moche vpō the corne and specyally after it be shotte whan he cutteth the wede y● he cut not the corne therfore the hoke wolde not passe an inche wyde And whan y● wede is so short that he can not with his forked pyke put it fro hym with y● hoke pull it to hym than must he set his hoke vpon the wede fast by the erthe put it fro hym so shall he cut it clene And with these two instrumētes he shal neuer stoupe at his wacke Dogfenell goldes mathes kedlokes are yll to wede after this maner they grow vpon so many braunches hard by the erth and therfore they vse most to pull them vp with theyr handes but loke well y● they pull nat vp y● corne with all but as for terre there wyll no wedynge serue ¶ The fyrst sturrynge ALso in June is tyme to rygge vp thy falowe the which is called the fyrst sturrynge and to ●lowe it as depe as he can for to turne the rotes of the wedes vpwarde that the sonne y● drye wether may kyll them And an husband can not cōuenyētly plow his lande and lode oute his donge bothe vpon a daye with one draught of bestes but a husbande may well lode out his donge before none to lode hey or corne at after none or he may plow before none and lode hey or corne after none with the same draught no hurt to the cattell bycause in lodynge of hey or corne the cattell is alway eatynge or beytynge and so they can not do in lodynge of donge and plowynge ¶ To mowe grasse ALso in y● later ende of June is tyme to begyn to mow yf thy medowe be well growen but how so euer they be growen in July they must nedes mow for dyuers causes One is it is not conuenyent to haue hey corne bothe in occupacyon at one tyme An other is the yonger and the grener that the grasse is the softer and the sweter it wyll be whan it is hey but it wyll haue the more wyddrynge and the elder the grasse is the harder and dryer it is and the worse for all maner of catell for the sedes be fallen whiche is in maner of prouandre and it is the harder to eate and chowe And an other cause yf drye wether come it wyll drye and burne vpon the grounde and wast it awaye Take hede thy mower mowe clene and holde downe the hynder hande of his sythe that he do not endente the grasse and to mow his swathe clene thorowe to that that was last mowē before that he leue nat a mane betwene and specyally in the comon medowe but in the seuerall medowe it maketh the lesse charge and that the moldywarpe hylles be spredde the styckes clene pyked out of thy medow in Apryll or in the begynnynge of Maye ¶ How forkes and rakes sholde be made A Good husbande hath his forkes rakes made redy in the wynter before and they wolde be gote bytwene Myghelmasse and Martylmasse and beyked and set euen to lye vpryght in thy hand and than they wyll be harde styffe drye And whan the husbande sytteth by the fyre and hath nothynge to do than may he make them redy tothe the rakes with drye wethy wode bore the holes wyth his wymble bothe aboue vnder dryue the tethe vpwarde fast harde than wedge them aboue with drye wode of oke for that is harde wyll dryue neuer come out And yf he gete them in sappe tyme al the beykyng dryenge that can be had shall not make them hard styffe but they wyll alway be plyeng for they be most comynly made of hasel withe these be the trees that blome and specyally hasell for it begineth to blome as soone as the lefe is fallen and yf the rake be made of grene wode the heed wyll not abyde vpon the stele the teth wyll fall out whan he hath moost nede to them let his warke lose moche hey And se that thy rake and forke lye vpryght in thy hand for and the one ende of thy rake or the syde of thy forke hange downe warde than they be not handsome nor easy to worke with ¶ To tedde and make hey wHan thy medowes be mowed they wolde be well tedded layde euen vpon the grounde yf the grasse be very thycke it wolde be shaken with handes or with a shorte pykforke for good teddyng is the chefe poynt to make good hey for than shall it be wyddred all in lyke or els not whan it is well wyddred on the ouersyde and drye thā turne it clene before noone as soone as the dew is gone And if thou dare trust the wether than let it lye so all nyght and on the next day turne it agayn before none toward nyght make it in wyndrowes than in smal heycockes so to stande one nyght at the leste swete on the next fayr day cast it abrode agayn turne it ones or twyse and than make it in greater heycockes to stand so one nyght or more that it may vngyue and swete for it swet not in the heycokes it wyll swete in the mowe thā it wyll be dusty not holsom for hors bestes nor shepe And whan it standeth in the cockes it is better to lode and the more hey may be loded at a lode and the faster it wyll lye Quyche hey cometh of a grasse called crofote groweth flat after the erth beareth a yelowe floure halfe a yarde hygh more hath many knottes towarde the rote it is the best hey for horses bestes and the swetest yf it be well

to lay it vpon his lande after it be ones sturred it is moche better than to laye it vpon his falowe for dyuers causes One is yf it be layde vpon his falowe all that falleth in the holowe rygge shal do lytel good for whan it is rygged agayne it lyeth so depe in the erth it wyll not be plowed vp agayne excepte that whan he hath spred it that he wyll with a shouell or a spade cast out all that is fallen in the rygge And yf it be layde vpon the sturynge at euery plowynge it shall meddle the donge and the erthe togyder the whiche shall cause the corne moche better to grow and encreace And in some places they lode not theyr donge tyll haruest be done that is vsed in the farther syde of Darbysshyre called Scaresdale Halomshyre and so northwarde towarde ●orke Ryppon and that I call better than vpō the falowe and specyally for barley but vpon the fyrste sturrynge is best for whete and rye and that his donge be layde vpon small hepes nyghtogyder to sprede it euenly and to leue no dong there as the mucke hepe stode for the moystnes of the donge shall cause the groūde to be ranke ynough And yf it be medled witherth as sh●lynges and such other it wyll last the lenger better for barley than for whete or rye bycause of wedes Horse donge is the worst donge that is The dong of all maner cattell that chewe theyr cudde is very good And the donge of douues is best but it must be layde on the grounde very thynne ¶ To set out the shepe folde ALso it is tyme to set out the shepefolde in May to sette it vpon the rye grounde yf thou haue any and to flyt it euery mornynge or nyghte and in the mornyng whan he cometh to his folde let not his shepe out anone but reyse them vp let them stande styll a good season that they may donge pysse And go amonge them to se whether any of them haue any mathes or be scabbed se them thre or foure tymes on the one syde as ofte on the other syde And whan the kelles be gone besyde the grounde than let them out of the folde dryue them to the soundest place of the felde But he that hathe a falowe feelde seuerall to hym self let hym occupy no folde for foldyng of shepe maketh them scabbed bredethmathes and whan a storme of yll wether cometh in the nyght they can not flye nor go away that appeyreth them sore of theyr flesshe But let that man that hath such a seuerall falowe felde let hym dryue rx or .xxx. or .xl. stakes accordyng to the nōbre of his shepe vpon his falow where he wolde set his felde specyally in the farthest part of the felde from thens as they com in for the goynge vpon doth moche good And let the shepard bryng his shepe to the stakes the shepe wyll rubbe thē on the stakes And let the sheparde go aboute them tyll they be set thus serue them two or thre nyghtes they wyll folowe those stakes as he flytteth them syt by them And yf any yll wether come they wyll ryse vp and go to the hedge And this maner of foldyng shall brede no mathes nor scabbes nor apeyre thē of theyr flesshe and shal be a great saue garde to the shepe for rottynge and in the mornynge put them out of theyr pasture thou shalt nat nede to bye any hurdels nor shepeflekes but how ye shal salue them or dresse them ye shall vnderstande it in the chapyter of shepe after ¶ To cary wode and other necessaryes ANd in May whā thou hast falowed thy groūd and set oute thy shepefolde and caryed oute thy dong or muke yf thou haue any wode cole or tymbre to cary or such other besynes that must nedes be don with thy carte or wayne than is it tyme to do it For than the waye is lyke to be fayre and drye and the dayes longe and that tyme the husbande hathe leeste to do in husbandry Perauenture I set one thynge to be done at one tyme of the yere and yf the husbande sholde do it it sholde be a greater losse to hym in an other thynge wherfore it is mooste conuenyent to do that thynge fyrste that is moste profytable to hym as sone as he can to do the other labour ¶ To knowe dyuers maner of wedes IN the later ende of Maye the begynnynge of June is tyme to wede thy corne There be dyuers maner of wedes as thystyls kedlokes dockes cocledrake darnolde gouldes haudodes dog●enell mathes terre dyuers other small wedes But these be they that greue moost The thystyll is an yll wede rough sharpe to handell freteth awaye the cornes nygh it causeth the sterers not to shere clene Kedlo kes hath a lefe lyke rapes beareth a yelowe floure is an yll wede groweth in almaner corne hath small coddes groweth lyke mustarde sede Dockes haue a brode lefe dyuers hygh spyres very small sede in the toppe Cockole hath a longe small lefe and wyll beare v. or vi floures purple colour as brode as a grote the sede is rounde blacke and may well be suffred in brèèd corne but not in sede for therin is moche floure Drake is lyke vnto rye tyll it begyn to ●ede it hath many sedes lyke fenell sedes hangeth downwarde and it may well be suffred in breed for there is moche floure in the sede and it is an opinyon that it cometh of rye ce Dernolde groweth vp streyght lyke an hye grasse and hath longe sedes on eyther syde the sterte there is moche floure in that sede and groweth moche amonge barley and it is sayde that it cometh of small barley Goldes hath a shorte iagged lefe and groweth halfe a yarde hygh and hath a yelowe floure as brode as a grote and is an yll wede and groweth comynly in barley pees Hawdod hath a blewe floure and a fewe lytell leues and hath fyue or syxe braunches floured in the toppe and groweth comynly in rye vpon leane grounde dothe lytell hurte Dogsenell mathes is bothe one and in the comynge vp is lyke fenell beareth many whyte floures with a yelowe sede and it is the worst wede that is excepte terre and it cometh moost comynly whan greate wete cometh shortly after y● corne be sowen Terre is the worst wede and it neuer doth appere tyll the moneth of June and specyally whan there is great wete in that mone or a lytell before groweth moost in rye it groweth lyke fytches but it is moche smaller and it wyll growe as hye as the corne with the weyght therof it pulleth the corne flat to the erth and freteth the eares away wherfore I haue sene husbādes mowe downe the corne and it togyder And also with sharpe hokes to