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orden a uce & purvyaunce made in due seasons & for )>ey 

 haue spent more ]?en f lyvelod may suffice & menteyne & 

 J?en ]?ey can none dpev shifte but fro J>e hande to J>e mowthe 

 & soo ]>ej fall in poSte & wrechidnes ]>er for be wise in yo z 

 demenynge desire none off yo z neghbours good wrongfuly 

 and kepe yo z owne wisely so y by reasone no man may 

 repreve you nother your werkis )>e good y god hathe lente 

 you dispose it wysely in yeftis and dispensis ye shall see 

 iiij ]?yngf ]?at shall be profetable to you. The firste is when 

 ye geve and to whom. The secunde is yeff ye shall geve 

 or make eny dispensis loke it be done withe good will and 

 J?en it shall be preysed ffor yeff yt ayenste yo z wyll ye lesse 

 as moche as ye yeve or dispende. The thirde is loke ye 

 geve to hym y may bothe forder you & hynder you. The 

 iiij is howe ye geve noj^er to moche ne to lytell but aftur 

 ]>e persons by y ye yeve to aftur your mater be mykyll or 

 lytell and aftur y ye haue to doo w* ]>e persones let yo z 

 landis be extendide by wyse men sworne and se what efly 

 parcell f off may be worthe in a yere more J>en thextente 

 as wele in yo z manor as in yo z gardynes doofe houses and 

 closis and afturwardis loke howe many acres be in yo z 

 closis & se what a acre f off is worth by yere see also howe 

 many acres off erybyll londe ye haue and what acre f off 

 is worthe by yere and off all oj? londis medewis pasturis in 

 lyke wyse and here by shall ye knowe what ye may dispende 

 in a yere w* ovt waste or distrucyone and of fre tenutres 

 acordynge howe moche e3y man holdithe off you and by 

 what servyse also what myls or fishyngis be worthe yeff ye 

 may haue withe in your lordshipis yerely oQ thextente and 

 in semable wise off all man) cotagC rentf fermes costomes 

 & all of Jjyngf whereby eny profet to you yerly may aryse 

 and loke howe moche seede shulde competentely sowe a 

 acre off lond off eche maner off graynes in his kynde and 

 loke howe moche store ye may haue wpon euyche off yo z 

 maneris & ]?is knowe ]?an se thextente off yo z lyvelode and 

 ye shall redely discerne off howe moche yo z baylyfe shall 

 answere you yerely by ]>e approwment o3 thextente & in 

 Jds shall ye vnderstonde veryly what is J?e yerely value of 



