1. ^ Here beg^neth the boke of husbandry, and fyrste ^^^^ ,3 

 where-by hnsbande-men do lyne. 



The mooste srenerall Ivuvnore that husbandes can haue, Husband- 

 is by plowynge and sowyng of theyr comes, and rerj-nge ^^^ ^''""at^ 

 or bredynge of theyr cattel, and not the one withoute *'^- 

 4 the other. Than is the ploughe the moste necessaryest 

 instrumente that an husbande can occupy. Wherfore 

 it is conuenyent to be knowen, howe a plough shulde 

 be made. 



2. ^ Dyuers maners of plowes. 

 There be plowes of dyuers makynges in dyuers Different 



kinds of 



countreys, and in lyke wyse there be plowes of yren ploughs, 

 of dyuers facyons. And that is bycause there be many 



4 maner of groundes and soyles. Some whyte cley, some 



redde cley, some grauell or chyltume, some sande, some 



meane erthe, some medled with marie, and in many 



places heeth-grounde, and one ploughe wyll not serue 



8 in all places. Wherfore it is necessarye, to haue dyuers 



maners of plowes. In Sommersetshyre, about Zelcester, [Foi. 16.] 

 the sharbeame, that in many places is called the ploughe- shire, 

 hedde, is foure or fyue foote longe, and it is brode and 



1 2 thynne. And that is bycause the lande is verye toughe, 

 and wolde soke the ploughe into the erthe, yf the shar- 

 beame were not long, brode, and thynne. In Kente Kent, 

 they haue other maner of plowes, somme goo with 



16 wheles, as they doo in many other places, and some wyll 

 toume the sheldbredth at euery landes ende, and plowe 

 all one waye. In Buckynghamshyre, are plowes made h^msyfe 



ire. 



