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gadred togedere and layde vpon a hepe & when ye shall 

 carye it & lay it on ycr lande take hede J?at yo z carteris do 

 trewly ]?er werke & let ]?em answere you dayly off as moche 

 werke as ]?ey did on J?e firste day when ]?ey were oQ sayne 

 lesse J?em J?ey haue a resonable excuse and cawse off letyng 

 & when ye dylyu yo z carteris hors shone sadelis colouris 

 or of harnes loke y ]?ey delyii you all y is brokyn or 

 apayred or elis acompte it on J? wagis yeff it be loste 

 throughe j?er neglygence and w* ]?at grasse y ye dylyu e to 

 yo s carteris medell it w 1 harde sope or tarre and it shall 

 be betur for yo = carte & yeff yo z carteris gresse f shone ]> 

 withe it shall brenne and rote )?em to dung ]>e dounge y is 

 medled with erthe let it be put vpon sondy grounde yeff ye 

 haue eny for in son! J?e wheder is hote and ]>e sond is hote 

 be kynde whiche ij hetis when J?ey mete aftur mydsorn it 

 do ]>e corne to wex passyng sore growithe vpon soiche 

 sondy londis but yeff to be remedid by J>is man) of doungyng 

 as it is afore seide when ye erye dunge in the grounde to 

 sowe corne erye not to depe for that waistithe yo s dounge. 

 Nowe shall i tell you what wyning ye shall haue by yo z 

 dounge y is medled withe erthe J>e doung J?at is rotyn by 

 hym selfe w* out erth for it shall laste ij yere or iij len| 

 and yet aftur J?e lond ]>e hote or cold and dunge y is 

 medeled withe erthe shall leste double as moche tyme but 

 it shall not be so sharpe ne so ranke beryng ye shall knowe 

 ]?at marie lastithe lenge ]?en dunge for dung wastithe & 

 discendithe & marie mountithe & ascendithe dung medled 

 with erthe lastithe leng J?en dung not medled withe erthe 

 for be cawse when dung & erthe medled togeder is be spred 

 vpon the londe & J?e lond harowed J>e erthe kepithe ]?e 

 dunge J»at it may not waste in discendinge as it wold elis 

 do naturaly and j>erfor soyche dunge is beste & moste 

 profetable & yeff it rayne a litell when ye lay yo z doung on 

 yo s londe it doithe moche good for it cawsithe \>e dunge & 

 ]>e lond to joyne well togeder yeff J?at you put yo z dunge 

 vpon your londe at falowyng tyme at )>e secunde falowe it 

 shall be turnyd vnder )?e erthe so y it shall be clene vnder 

 ]?e erthe at sowyng tyme & y is not gretiste profete let ]?e 



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