THE OFFICE OF SENESCHAL 119 



see when the cows make a stone of cheese and butter, and 

 when the ewes make a stone of the same, that they may be 

 able the more surely to answer in the account. No cow 

 shall be milked or suckled after Michaelmas, and no ewe 

 after the feast of our Lady, for the reason aforesaid. 



The dairymaid ought to help to winnow the corn when 

 she can be present, and she ought to take care of the geese 

 and hens and answer for the returns and keep and cover 

 the fire, that no harm arise from lack of guard. 



Here ends the book of the office of seneschal. 



