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A00884 The boke of husbandry· Fitzherbert, John, d. 1531.; Fitzherbert, Anthony, Sir, 1470-1538, attributed name. 1540 (1540) STC 10996; ESTC S122112 79,240 196

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catel_n fol._n lii_o ¶_o to_o get_v set_v and_o set_v they_o fol._n liii_o ¶_o to_o make_v a_o dyche_n fol._n liiii_o ¶_o to_o make_v a_o hedge_n fol._n eod_a ¶_o to_o plasshe_n and_o pleche_v a_o hedge_n fol._n eod_a ¶_o to_o mend_v a_o high_a way_n foe_fw-mi lv_o ¶_o to_o remove_v and_o set_v tree_n foe_n lvi_o ¶_o tree_n to_o be_v set_v without_o root_n and_o grow_v fol._n lvii_o ¶_o to_o fell_a wood_n for_o houssholde_n or_o to_o sell_v fol._n eodem_fw-la to_o shrede_n lop_n or_o crop_v tree_n fol._n lviiii_o how_o a_o man_n shall_v shrede_n lop_v or_o crop_n tree_n fol._n eod_a to_o sell_v wood_n or_o tymbre_n fol._n lix_o to_o keep_v spring_v wood_n foe_fw-mi lx_o necessary_a thing_n belong_a to_o graffing_n fol._n eod_a what_o fruit_n shall_v be_v first_o graff_v fol._n lxi_o how_o to_o graft_v fol._n eod_a to_o graft_v bytwene_v the_o bark_n and_o the_o tree_n fol._n lxii_o to_o nourysshe_v all_o manner_n of_o stone_n fruit_n and_o nut_n fol._n lxiii_o a_o short_a information_n 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or_o bygge_n will_v be_v sow_v upon_o light_n and_o dry_a ground_n and_o have_v a_o ear_n three_o ynche_n of_o length_n or_o more_o set_v four_o square_a like_o peck_n wheat_n small_a corn_n and_o lyttel_n flower_n and_o that_o be_v the_o worst_a barley_n and_o four_o london_n bushel_n be_v suffycient_a for_o a_o acre_n and_o in_o some_o country_n they_o do_v not_o sow_v their_o barley_n till_o maye_n and_o that_o be_v mooste_o common_o upon_o gravel_n or_o sandy_a ground_n but_o that_o barley_n general_o be_v never_o so_o good_a as_o that_o that_o be_v sow_v in_o march_n for_o if_o it_o be_v very_o dry_a wether_n after_o it_o be_v sow_v that_o corn_n that_o lie_v above_o lie_v dry_a and_o have_v no_o moisture_n and_o that_o that_o lie_v undernethe_v come_v up_o and_o when_o rain_n come_v than_o sprut_v that_o that_o lie_v above_o and_o oftentimes_o it_o be_v green_a when_o the_o other_o be_v ripe_a and_o when_o it_o be_v thresshen_n there_o be_v moche_n light_v corn_n etc._n etc._n 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