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yo z lyvelode & f vpon rule your dispencys prudently as 

 j haue cownseled you before also loke ye take a redy 

 rekenynge off yo z bayle yerely in J?e monethe off juyn howe 

 many quarteris off all man! off come is sowen vpon yo z 

 demayn londis and ]?en loke your extente & goo in to yo z 

 feldes f w* & take a vewe off e8y pece off londe ]?at is 

 sowen & paraventur ye shall fynde more come & more 

 londe sowen J?an he gevithe you acompte off J>e whiche he 

 wold kepe counsell & kepe prevely to his pper vse behove 

 & advayle or elis paventur more corne sowen vpon yo z 

 lande J?en nedithe & ]>is shall ye knowe for very sertente 

 wheder yo z bayle be good & profetable for you or no and 

 yeff it lyke you ye may depart yo z londis in iij partis The 

 firste parte to be soven w* wyntur corne J>e secunde parte 

 to be sowen withe lenten corne as with otys pecys barly & 

 soyche of graynes The thirde parte to be falowed & somer 

 layd & yeff ye wyll ye may departe yo z lande in ij partis 

 Y one f off myght be sowen with wynter seede & lenten 

 seede y of parte to be falowed & sonl layde & ]>is shall a 

 ploughe wele tyll viij xx acres off lande in a yere f fore loke 

 yo z extente & se howe many acres off lande ye haue and 

 comaunde yo z bayle stray tly to kepe J>is man) off gydynge 

 in telthe. 



The secunde chapitur. 



It is to wite J>at iij barley cornys J?at is in \>e mydiste 

 off ]?e eyre makithe a enche and xii enchis makithe a foote 

 & xvj fote and a halfe makithe a pche & fourti pchis in 

 lengthe & foure in brede makithe a acre off londe & iiij 

 acres makithe a yerde of londe and v yerdis makithe a 

 hyde off lande & viij hydis makythe a knyghtC fee. 



The thirde chapitur. 



Som men seyne y a ploughe may not tyll nor susteyne 

 viij xx acres or ix xx acres of lond in a yere but i shall preve 

 you by good resone that a ploughe may do yt for ye shall 

 vnderstonde y a acre off londe is in mesure xl perchis in 



