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The x chapitur tellithe howe ye shall change all maner 

 off catell in seasone. 



The xi chapitur tellithe howe ye shall norishe your 

 werkyn beestf and wayne yo z calvis & what approumentf 

 ye shall haue off your kyne & ewene in chese and butur. 



The xij chapitur tellithe howe ye shall norishe yo z 

 swynne and yo 2 peggf. 



The xiij chapitur tellithe off norishynge off shepe and 

 off dyuerse medsyons for them. 



The xiiij chapitur tellithe what enpproumetf ye shall 

 haue off yo z gesse and hennys. 



The xv chapitur tellithe howe ye shall by and sell and 

 preve your weyght in all seasons off the yere. 



The xvj chapitur tellithe off acompte & off avewe off 

 yo" baylis throughe of be yere. 



The xvij chapitur tellithe howe ye shall graffe & plante 

 all treis & vynys off all frut£ . l 



The firste chapitur. 



The ffader in his old age seithe to his sonne leve wisely 

 and discretly aftur god & be world & thynke on the harde 

 change off ffortune howe by lytell & lytell yt attaynyth to 

 richis & by lytell it discendithe to pouerte & aftur in 

 to myche vnease or wrechenys wherefore i cownsell you to 

 ordeyne yo z lyuinge aftur the extente off yo = lyvelode & 

 not more ben ye may dispende in a yere by yo" lyvelod 

 and yeff ye may approwe and make yo 3 londis bet? by 

 wyning or ellis by store off catell or eny ober approuynge 

 more )?en thextente off yo z lyvelode amonuthe as moche ben 

 it is more in valewe thextente kept & dispende it not for yeff 

 yo z store off catell dye yeff yo~ corne fayle it may stonde 

 you in good stede for yef you dispende the value off yo" 

 lyvelode in a yere & mysaventure fall vpon you ye haue no 

 rekeS by yo~ approwmentf for )>e wiseman seithe he y 

 approvith to oj? men often tymis he wastithe his owne for 

 it is seyne bat many men haue bothe londis & tenement t 

 & can not leve f vpon for enchesone y ]?ey lyve w* ovt 



1 But the treatise ends with the sixteenth chapter. 



