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same season, take a fayr yerde of grene hasyll, 

 and bethe him euen and streyghte, and lete it 

 drye wyth the staffe; and whan they ben drye, 

 make the yerde mete unto the hole in the 

 staffe, unto halfe the length of the staffe; and 

 to perfourme that other halfe of the croppe, 

 take a fayr shote of blacke thornn, crabbe tree, 

 medeler, or of jenypre, kytte in the same season, 

 and well bethyd and streyghte, and frette 

 theym togyder fetely, soo that the croppe maye 

 justly entre all into the sayd hole; and thenne 

 shaue your staffe, and make hym tapre were ; 

 thenne vyrell the staffe at bothe endes wyth 

 long hopis of yren, or laton, in the clennest 

 wise, wyth a pyke at the nether ende, fastynd 

 wyth a rennynge vyce, to take in and out your 

 croppe; thenne set your croppe an haridfull 

 wythin the ouer ende of your staffe, in suche 

 wise that it be as bigge there as in ony other 

 place about; thenne arme your croppe at the 

 ouer ende, downe to the frette, wyth a lyne of 

 VJ heeres, and dubbe the lyne, and frette it 

 faste in the toppe wyth a bowe to fasten on 

 your lyne ; and thus shall ye make you a rodde 

 soo prevy, that ye may walke therwyth; and 

 there shall noo man wyte where abowte ye goo." 

 The Dame Juliana must have been a lady 

 of powerful "thews and sinews," not very much 

 macerated by fasting and prayer, prioress of a 



