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oxon on ]> fete for ]>e ploughe off hors is more costfull ]?en 

 is J?e ploughe off oxon & yet shall ]?e ploughe off oxon do as 

 moche werke in a yere as J?e ploughe off hors for thoughe 

 yeff ye dryve yo z ploughe off hors faster J>en yo z ploughe 

 of oxon yet on what ground so it be yo z ploughe off oxon 

 yef ye tyll yo~ lande wele & evynly ]?ey shall do as moch 

 oo day wythe another as yo z ploughe off hors & yeff ]?e 

 grounde be thoughe the oxon shall werke }> where as J?e 

 hors shall stonde styll & yeff ye will wit howe moche Y ]>e 

 tone is costilychere j?en ]>e to)? is i shall tell you it is 

 costom Y beestf whiche go to ploughe shall werke fro )>e 

 feeste off seynt luke vnto \q feeste of seynt elyne of holy- 

 roode in may Y is to say xxv wekf & yeff ]>e hors shuld be 

 kept in good plyght to do his jorney he moste haue dayly 

 at J?e leste ]?e sext parte off a bushell off otys J>e pryse a ob. 

 in grasse in soffi seasone xij d. at the leste & euy weke Y ne 

 stondith to drye mete one withe another ob. in strawe for 

 let? & in shoynge as often tymis as he is shode on all iiij 

 fete iiij d. at ]>e leste ]?e som of his expensys in J>e yere is 

 x s. & v d. ob. besydis haye & chaffe & of J?yng£ & as for J>e 

 oxon ye may kepe hym in good plyght dayly for to do his 

 jorney yevynge J?em euy weke in ote shevis ]>e prise a j d. 

 for be cawse }>at x ote shevis yeldyn a bushell of otys yeff 

 \>ey be made by thextente & it be in somer seasone he 

 moste haue xij d. in grasse the hole som here off is off 

 expensis in a yere iij s. j d. be sydis strawe & chaffe where 

 as a hors is wered and oQ set and brought downe by labur 

 it is to aventur yeff he oir rekeu it and thoughe yo z ox by 

 labored & be so wered & o3 set and brought downe ye shall 

 for xij d. in somer haue hym so pastured Y ne sna H ^ e 

 strong inowghe ayen to do yo z werke yeff ye will or ellis 

 he shall be so fate Y ve ma y fr^ fayne sell hym ffor as 

 moche money as he coste hym. 



The v chapitur. 

 In aprell it is good seasone to falowe land yeff it be 

 broke wele afore J>e ploughe ffor in Y seasone it is nother 

 to wite ne to drye but he Y hathe moche to do may not 



