52 WALTEE OF HENLEY 



The xi chapitur. 



Geve yo z ploughe beestf sufficyaunt mete for to 

 susteyne w* f labur so y J?ey be not oBcharged ne oft 

 moche brought down withe labur for yeff J?ey be oil set it 

 shall coste you to moche or J?ey be rekeued ayeyne & 

 relevyd and also yo z werke shall be letyd $ by put not yo s 

 bestf in howses in rayne wheder nor in grete hete for ]>at 

 engenderithe a hete betwene J?e skynne and )>e fleshe & 

 betwene J?e leske and the thye whiche turnythe yo z catell 

 to grete hurte & yeff yo z catell haue e3y day provender let 

 it be highe day or )?ey haue it & J?en yet by J?e dylyuance 

 off yo z bayles & let yo z provynder be medled w* whete 

 chafe or ote chaffe but not with barle chafe for y hurtithe 

 ]>em in ]>e mowthe & specyaly hors ye shall wite whye that 

 provender is medled withe chafe y the kepers off )>e hors 

 stelle it not away and also ]>e chafe cawsith ]?e hors to hete 

 and drynke bet? ]?en J?ey shall elis do & to be fatere ]?en J?ey 

 shuld elis be also loke y f stable be eily day made clene 

 ffor y doythe hym moche good & loke you geue yo z oxon 

 no grete quantatye off strawe at onys but be lytell & often 

 tymis }>at doythe hym ete well and waiste but lytell for 

 when ]>ej haue a grete quantatye afore ]?em at onys J?ey ete 

 )>ev fell & J?en J?ey chewe there cude and blowithe on J»at of 

 mete whiche is lefte so y it wexithe drye and J?en ]?ey wyll 

 no more ete J> off & also loke y yo z oxon be dayly made 

 clene & robyd withe a wispe off strawe & ]>en )>ey shall lyke 

 J>em selfe )>e bet? let yo z kyne haue sufficyante mete and 

 let J?em haue J?e provender y your oxon & hors levyn oQ 

 nyght & yeff a male calfe be seke when it is calvid let it 

 haue J?e moderis mylke a monethe and it at J>e monethis ende 

 take fro it a pape & so at e3y wekis ende folowing a pape 

 tyll he haue soukyd firste & loste vij wekf & in y mone 

 seasone lay mete afore hym and lerne hym to ete let ]?e 

 femalis calvis haue J>e modris mylke iij wekis and at ]>e iij 

 wekis ende take from here a pape & so furthe wekely as ye 

 did off ]>e male calve & let yo z calvis haue watur inowe & 



