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lengthe & iiij in brede and the mesure off a perche is xvj 

 fote and so \>e brede off a acre off londe is xlvj [sic] fote so go 

 withe youre ploughe xxxiij tymis vpe & downe ]?e lande and 

 se )?at }>e firste foroughe be a fote & all ]>e toder forowis off 

 lyke quantyte & y is a acre ered and when )>e forough is 

 as straythe as it may be ]?en it is xxxvj tymis vpe & downe 

 J>e lande with J?e ploughe thoughe it be a large acree & \>e 

 ploughe be neQ so feble ]>en yet at )>e moste ye haue go 

 but lxxij vpe and down )>e lande & y is but v myle way 

 nowe trewely ]?e ox or ]?e hors is ryght febyll ]?at fro ]>e 

 morowe may not go softely iij myle fro his home and com 

 agayne be noone and by Jns o]>ev reasone ensuynge j shall 

 shewe you }>at it may be do as moche ye knowe wele J?at 

 J? erne in ]?e yere lij wekis & viij wekis for holydays and 

 o}?er letyngf and yet f levithe behynde xliiij wekis to werke 

 in these xliiij wekis be xiij xx & iiij day is be syde sondays & 

 it is to wite ]?at a ploughe shall erye iij tymis in a yere y 

 is to say in wyntur in lentyn and in lyke seede tyme in 

 wyntur a ploughe may erye iij rodis & a halfe on ]>e day & 

 in eche off ]>e of seasons a acree off J?e day at ]?e leste nowe 

 knowe ye wheder it may be do or nay but by cawse J>at 

 ploughe men carteris and oJ?er seruantf feyne & werke not 

 trewly it is behoue full J?at men ffynde a remedy ayenste 

 ther seruntf where fore it is neccessary J?at ]?e bayle or som 

 off J?e lordis offeceris be withe J?em )>e firste day off erynge 

 falowinge & sowynge to see y J?ey do trewly ]?er werkis & 

 aftur y let ]>em answere dayly off as moche werke as J?ey 

 did on ]>e firste day as when ]?ey were ou sayne but yeff }?ey 

 can fynde a resonable excuse off ?her J distorbance also it 

 is neccessary J?at your bayle oQ se yo z werke men onys a 

 day to wite yeff J>ey do ]? werke soffecyently as J?ey ought 

 to do and he fynde J?em ]?e contrarye he for to chastice )?em 

 resonable ]? fore. 



The iiij chapitur. 



The ploughe off oxon is bet? ]>en the ploughe off hors 

 but yeff it be vpon stony grounde whiche grevithe sore the 



