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skye for the evyn dewe is holsome & shall do no shepe noo 

 harme & yeff ye haue pasture off more or elis off hethe yeff 

 it be drye sonl take away yo z shepe fro ]?at pasture ffor in 

 dry wheder ]>e stondyng watur whiche is in soyche man! off 

 pasture wexithe oj? blake grene or yelowe & these wateris 

 ben noting holsom for shepe nor for of beestC for yeff yo z 

 hors drynke f off he shall haue a evyll callid J>e caude pis 

 & yeff ]?e shepe drinke J? off it abidithe in f bodis so long y 

 it makithe J» fleshe to be corrupt for firste it cawsithe )>e 

 fleshe for to wex withe and aftur J;* yellowe & ]>en sone 

 aftur J?ey shall rotyn w 1 ovte remedy and ffor verey 

 prowe here off take som off ]?e shepe ]?at gone in soich 

 pastur abovte myghelmas tyme and se J?em & ye shall 

 fynde it J?at i say trewe yeff ye will save yo~ shepe in a 

 wete sonl take J?em ovte off wete pasture and put )?em in 

 dry pasture and at J?e feeste off seynt Symon and Iude sle 

 thre off yo z beste wedris & two off yo z beste ewen and yeff 

 ye thynke y J?ey be defaute let ]?em be sold & rather ]?en 

 ye shuld fayle off chepmen sell ]?em to festf so J>at ye may 

 be sure off yo z money ]?en geder these erbis vndJ writen in 

 herueste ]?at is to say ameroch oJ?er wise callid maydens 

 wede & dry it & at ]>e firste comynge in to J>e howse of yo z 

 shepe J>at is to say at martymas let ]?is erbe be medled 

 withe f haye and put som withe in J?e walis off J?e howse 

 for it will drye ]>e evyll humore j?at is withe in f bodis and 

 it is good for ]>e lyuer and also it distroythe ]?e wenne w* in 

 f bodis when \ lammes ben ewid let yo s sheperde take 

 away Ipe woll abowt J?er modris papis for it happithe often 

 tyme ]?at it falithe abowte ]?e lambis tethe and strangelith 

 J?em and som go in to J? bodis & cawsith J?em to perishe 

 and let the sheperde answer you off the woll that he 

 gederithe in ]?is man! wise & let it be put to yo z flees when 

 yo z shepe are shorne and loke ]?at ye make taylis betwixt 

 yo z sheperd and your tayle the wedris by ]?em selfe and )>e 

 ewis be ]?em selfe ]>e male hoges by J>em selfe J»e female 

 hoggf by hym selfe & J?e lambis by ]?em selfe & let yo z 

 sheperde answere off eche parte by ]?em selfe ij tymis in J>e 

 yere y is to say at J?e feeste off seynt martyne when |?ey 



