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vfe them, they doe wath the feedes or meale from them when they vfethem. Another 
way is, that hauing gathered the faireft ripe grapes, they are to be caft vpon threds or 
~ ftrings that arc faftened at both endsto the fide walks of a chamber,necrevnto the fee- 
ling thereof, that no one bunch touchanother, which will bee fo kept a great while, 
yetthe chamber mutt be well defended from the frofts, and cold windes thar pierce in 
atthe windowes, leftthcy perifhthefooner : and fome will dippe the ends of the 
branchesthey hang vp firftin molten pitch, thinking by feating vp the ends tokcepe 
the bunches the better ; but I doe not fee any great likelihood therein. Your chamber 
or clofetyou appoint out for this purpofe mutt alfo bee kept fomewhat warme, but e- 
{pecially in the more cold and froftie time of the yeare, left it {poileall your coft and 
paines, and fruftrate you of all your hopes: but alchough the frofts fhould pierce and 
{poile fome of the grapes on a bunch, yet if you be carefull to keepe the place warme, 
the fewer will be fpoiled. Andthus hane I fhewed you thebeft direétions to order this 
Orchard rightly,and all the waies I know are vfed in ourCountrie to re grapes good 
anie long time after the gathcring,in regard wee haue notthat comfort of a hotter Sun 
to preferue them by its heate, a ae Beis Bee S 
The fruits them({elues fhall follow eerie one in their order ; the lower fhrubbes or 
bufhes firlt,andthegreaterafterwards, ts : 
