262 Notes and Illustrations. 
Kett in 1549, say in their list of Grievances: ‘“‘ We p[rjay that 
noman vnder the degre of a knyght or esquyer, kepe a dowe-house, 
except it hath byn of an ould auzchyent costome.”—See Ballads 
from Manuscripts, ed. Furnivall, i. 149. 
30. 9. ‘To buie at the stub,” that is, to buy on the ground or 
on the spot, and do the carriage oneself. A.S. s¢yb, Dutch stobbe= 
a stump; whence Eng. stubborn, stubble. 
30. 13. ‘“‘Edder and stake;” still in common use in Kent, 
Sussex, etc. See Ray’s Glossary, s.v. Yeather. 
35. 15. “So far as in lopping,” etc., seems to imply that the 
tops will take root of themselves without planting. 
30. 18. Spenser uses “‘ Prime” in the sense of ‘‘ Spring-time.” 
See Fairy Queene, Canto ii. st. 40, iv. 17, and vi. 13. 
35. 23. “‘ Beliue”=in the night, according to Tusser Redivivus, 
but wrongly. See Mr. Skeat’s note in Ray’s Glossary, s.v. Beliue. 
30. 25. Hugh Prowler is our Author’s name for a night walker. 
—T.R. 
39. 28. Harrison, ed. 1587, fo. 42, speaks of sheep, ‘‘ such as 
bring foorth but one at a time,” as anelimgs, from which it would 
seem that /wznlings mean sheep such as bring forth twins and not the 
twins themselves. Dr. Mavor says: ‘‘'Twin lambs are supposed to 
perpetuate their prolific quality, and are therefore kept for breeders.” 
In some parts of Norfolk and Lincoln they will keep none but /wzn- 
Zins, but then it is in rich land as Mershland and Holland.—T. R. 
*“Peccantem” should be feccav?, which is the reading of the 
editions of 1573, 1585, and 1597. 
35. 31. “ For yoke or the paile:’ 
or for the dairy. 
35. 34. The strongest pigs are observed to suck foremost, be- 
cause there they find milk in the greatest abundance.—M. 
35. 38. ‘“ Yoong fils.” We should certainly read, as required by 
the rhythm of the line, f//zes, which is found in the editions of 
1573, 1577, and 1597. 
39. 45. ‘As concerning Arbors, Seats, etc., in Orchards and Gar- 
dens, |advise men to make them of Fruit trees, rather then of Prive/, 
or other rambling stuffe, which yeelds no profit, but only for shade. 
If you make them of Cherry-trees, Plum-trees, or the like, there will 
be the same advantage for shade, and all the /ruzts superadded. 
All that can be objected is, that /ruzt-trees are longer in growing 
up then Privet, Virgine Bower, or the like, whereof avbors are com- 
monly made. It is answered. Though /ru:f-trees are something 
longer in covering an Avéor, then some other things, yet they make 
sufficient amends in their /asting and bearing fruits.”—Austen’s 
Treatise of Fruit Trees, 1657, p. 61. 
39. 46. Oats sown in January would be most likely to rise free 
from weeds, but it is not often that the season and the soil will 
admit of such early culture. The whole stanza is somewhat enig- 
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whether intended for the yoke 
