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for they will mate more tardily another year, and the 

 lambs shall be worth less; and let no sheep be flayn 

 before it be seen and known for what fault it died, for if 

 the ewe die before shearing then must the skin be worth 

 a fleece, and if it die after shearing then the shepherd 

 must answer for the lamb and the fleece and the fresh 

 carcase with the skin. And if a wether die before shearing, 

 he must answer for a good skin and for the carcase, if it be 

 fresh ; and if it be after shearing he must answer for the 

 fleece and for the fresh carcase and the skin and the hog. 

 Let no lamb be given or marked, nor any wool or skin 

 be given, unless before the bailiff. Let good gelded sheep 

 with good wool be with the ewes at the time of mating. 

 Let the ewes and the wethers and the hogs be inspected 

 three times a year by men who know their business, and 

 the draft picked out and sold in the way aforesaid. 



The office of dairymaid. 



The dairymaid ought to be faithful and of good repute, 

 and keep herself clean, and ought to know her business and 

 all that belongs to it. She ought not to allow any under- 

 dairymaid or another to take or carry away milk, or butter, 

 or cream, by which the cheese shall be less and the dairy 

 impoverished. And she ought to know well how to make 

 cheese and salt cheese, and she ought to save and keep the 

 vessels of the dairy, that it need not be necessary to buy 

 new ones every year. And she ought to know the day 

 when she begins to make cheese and of what weight, and 

 when she begins to make two cheeses a day, of how much 

 and of what weight, and then the bailiff and the provost 

 ought to inspect the dairy often and the cheeses, when they 

 increase and decrease in weight, and that no harm be 

 done in the dairy, nor any robbery by which the weight 

 shall be lessened. And they ought to know and prove and 



