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& yeff J?e corne be grete & large J?en bothe at J?e grete 

 bushell and at )>e smale bushellis both falsenys & grete 

 disceite yeff yo z londe yeld agayne but thre tymis as moche 

 corne as ye sowen ]> upon ye shall wynne nojnnge \ by but 

 yeff corne hapyn to be at a gret j prise ]>en it was when it 

 was sowe for ye shall vnderstonde y a acre off lande shall 

 haue iij erthis or ]?an it be sowen & som more and euyche 

 off these erthis is worthe vj d. ]?e harowyng a j d. & of the 

 seid acre off londe shall be sowe ij bushelis wete J?e price 

 xij d. & J?e wedynge f off ob. J?e sheryng v d. J»e ledyng in to 

 }>e berne j d. and the strawe & ]>e chaffe shall aquite ]>e 

 threshyng & so iij tymis )?e seede off the same londe is vj 

 bushelis & yeff a quartur off whete be worthe but iiij s. 

 aftur myghelmas j?en yo z vj bushelis are worthe iij s. & yo z 

 costis done vpon ]>e seid acre drawithe iij & j d. ob. be syde 

 J?e rente off )>e ferme y ]?e lorde hathe \ fore. 



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And yeff ye haue eny londe where vpon is store off 

 catell may be norished & kepte let it be stored aftur y it 

 may bere for yeff it be wele stored & J?e store well kepte & 

 tendid it shall answere you off as moche as thextent off 

 yo z lande amountithe but loke y ye drawe and serche yo z 

 store off all man) catell onys in J?e yere and betwene ester & 

 withsonday & change those y be not good to kepe & y as 

 wele off yo z carte hors & oxon as off all o]> catell and those 

 y be not goode to kepe put to grasse for yeff ye make J?em 

 fate withe grasse ye shall haue wynynge ]> by and ye shall 

 withe y ]>e feble ox costithe as moche and more J?en ]?e 

 beste ox for yeff he be a wayster ox he moste be ]?e more 

 spared and by y sparynge J?e best ox is J?e more greuyd 

 & yeff ye shall by yo z store off catell by it betwene estere 

 and withsontid for j?en beestes ben lene & good chepe lok 

 y you chaung yo z carte hors or ]?an ]>ey be sore worne or 

 spent ffor withe as lytell coste shall ye brynge vpe yeng 

 hors as for to kepe styll J? old and yeff ye by and sell in 

 seasone it shall avayle you more ]>en for to kepe styll yo z 

 old tyll )?ey be worne. 



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