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haue hay aftur be wheder be som tyme more and som tyme 

 lesse and loke bat be howse be close so that no eyre may 

 com to f crethe & eiiy nyght put newe strawe vnder bem & 

 se y f howse be made clene eSy fortunyght onys and so 

 shall ye haue the more dunge and more profete off bem as 

 yeff bey lay in yo~ folde and yeff yo z motons lye in howse 

 for tempaste loke bat bey ly by bem selfe & not withe none 

 ob shepe and let bein haue of be gretiste haye J»at ye can 

 fynde & elis let f hay be meled withe whete strawe or elis 

 with ote strawe & i shall tell you whye by cawse off be 

 tempaste & evill wheder Y K7 m yg n * not fede when bey 

 were vpon f pasture so bat when bey com in to be howse 

 bey are so hungered Y be strong shepe put be ffeble fro f 

 mete and ben for J?is cawse bey swalowen b mete all holle 

 withe ovte chewynge & specyaly be smale haye & when be 

 shepe hathe etyn ]? fyll he lythe downe and chewith his 

 cude & ben be mete Y * s not chewed comythe not vpe with 

 bat at is chewed but it lythe styll in be shepis body tyll it 

 be rotyn by his owne kynde & ]? off many shepe sone be 

 pished & yeff yo s haye be meled withe strawe bey shall 

 chewe it be bet? by cawse off be gretenys off be strawe and 

 yeff ye haue defaute off strawe or off grete hay l togeder for 

 it is good mete for shepe and yeff )>e evill fall amonge J?em 

 ]?at is callid ]?e werwes sodenly let ]?em be sprenkled wele 

 with watur and J?en put f>em in a howse as long whylle as 

 it is from )?e morowe to noone & let }>em chause wele on 

 shepe with ano]? for it is good medsine for )?e sekenys and 

 it is for ]?e evill Y ^ s ca hid pokkes & yeff ye se at morowe 

 a dewe vpon )?e grounde that is callid webe off arayne 

 hongynge vpon J?e grasse betwixt ]>e firste feeste off oure 

 lady & ]>e feeste off seynt martyne let not youre shepe ovt 

 off J?e fold tyll J?at ]>e vnholsom dewe be clene gone off ]>e 

 grounde and let yo z sheperd do yo z shepe arise and stond 

 vpon J?er fete a good while or j?ey go ovte off ]?e folde & aftur- 

 warde dryve J?em in to f pasture & for as moche as ]?ey were 

 longe kept in at morowe by cawse off the vnwholsome dewe 

 let ]?em pasture lenger at evyn when \q sterris be on }>e 



1 [take lynge and haye medled], Wynkyn de Worde's edition. 



