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dunge off yo z shepe be put next yo z sede ffor so it is 

 mooste worthy at )>e firste feste off oure lady ordeyngne 

 hidles aftur y ye haue shepe & rere yo z folde for in y 

 seasone ]?ey haue mooste dounge & aftur mydsonl let yo z 

 corne be wedid and made clene and not affore ffor yeff ye 

 kyt thistelis xx or xv or viij dayis afore y tyme for euy one 

 thistill iij or iiij shall growe ayeyne let yo z medowis be 

 wele and clene mowen by J>e advyce and vewe off yo z bayle 

 and se welle y yo z mowere hold not his ryght honde afore 

 to hyghe be hynde hym so }>at he kyt a sonder \e grasse 

 in )>e mydis and J?is defaute is callid forsyng & many men 

 take lytell hede p to & it is a grete defaute & a grete losse 

 off hay let yo z corne be wysely shorne and gedrid & laied 

 in yo z berne and let yo z thresers be sworne to thresse it 

 clene neu )?e lesse take heede to J?em J?at ]>ey haue no 

 poketf nor grete purses where as )?ey myght stelle & bere 

 away your corne also se J>at yo z wenyheris haue no poketf 

 betwene f leggf to stelle withe yo z corne shall be take out 

 off yo z berne purvey you off a trewe man ffor to oil se yo z 

 bayly for it is often seyne y all )>q offecers bene off one 

 asente to avayle )?em selfe and hurt ]>e lorde se also y yo z 

 corne be mesured withe a trewe mesure that is to say a 

 trewe bushell & y euy bushell be strekyn and se J»at ]?e 

 mesures haue a clothe vnder J?er fete to kepe ]?e corne J?at 

 falithe when it is put in to ]>e sekkis also be wele ware 

 off mesurynge off yo z bushell y is vphepide for J? in is 

 grete disceythe & i shall tell you howe when J?e bayle hath 

 made his acompte off |?e corne let ]?e bushell where by ye 

 reseyuid )?e corne be previd with his accompte ffor yeff it 

 be a large bushel iiij bushelis vphepid makithe v strekyn 

 or lytel more or lytell lesse or elis v bushelis vphepid 

 makithe vij bushelis strekyn yeff ]?e bushell be not so large 

 or som what more & yeff }>e bushell be neu so smale vj 

 bushelis vphepid makyn vij strekyn & so euy bushell som 

 tyme more and som tyme lesse \ be som baylis J»at yevyn 

 at f accompte for viij bushelis vphepid but ix bushelis 

 strekid and wheder ]>e bushell be lytell or mykyll f in is 

 grete disceyte for at J?e grete bushell he stelithe ij bushelis 



