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abyde J?e good season off ]?e yere neu 1 ]?e lesse when so eS 

 )?ey erye yeff it be good soyle eree depe w 4 a square forough 

 so Y som off ]>e good lande may reste & yeff J»e lande be 

 nother keued ne vnkeued at ]?e secunde falowe ereye not 

 depe but so as ye may stroye ]?e thistelis & other wedis for 

 yeff yo" land ly in marres or in watry grounde & it be 

 ereyd to depe at ]>e secunde falowe when ye erye to seede 

 yo z ploughe shall com to no harde grounde but go schoutyng 

 all in myrre and yeff yo z ploughe go a enche deppere in 

 seede tyme ]?en it did at the secunde falowe it shall fynde 

 good grounde & dense }?e telthe wele off ]?e myrre & make 

 good eryeing & clene. 



The vj chapitur. 



At sowing off yo z seede lay yo" lande narowe inowghe 

 togeder so ]?at yo 3 sede may fall evynly on yo z lande for 

 shortely to declare yeff ye lay yo z lande wyde asonder ye 

 shall do you?selfe l grete hurte for when ]?e lande is sowen 

 ]?e harowe shall caste ]?e come in ]>e hoolis & valeis y 

 betwixt J?e gatas off )>e ploughe so Y )?e corne y is in J?e 

 ryge off ]>e lande shall be vnkeued by cawse where off lytell 

 or nowght shall growe vpon yo z lande & yeff ye will prove 

 it when yo z corne is growen ovt off J?e erthe go to J>e hede 

 off yo z lande & loke towarde J?e tof end and ]?en shall ye 

 see whej? j say trewe or no and yeff sowe yo z lande vndJ 

 J»e foroughe let it be ereyd & layd small and neyghe togeder 

 so Y \ Q r yg e on? 1* londe betwene off J?e foroughes by 

 narowe inowghe togeder like a creste in ]>e mydis off ]>e 

 lond ryge vnder ]>e lefte foote & when J?ey ere J?e same lande 

 ayeyne kerue yt withe youre ploughe so that J?e firste 

 erynge may be ou turned & ]?an shall yo z lande lye neyght 

 inowghe togeder. 



The vij chapitur. 



Sowe yo z wyntur corne tymely so y your lande may be 

 sadid & yo z corne rotyd afore Y grete wyntur com for yeff 

 a grete rayne ffall withe in xx dayis aftur ]?e sowing off 



