3. TJie parts of the plough. 1 1 



dow[n]e, and is pynned behynde, and the same ploughe- 

 20 tayle is set faste in a morteys, in the hynder ende of the 



sharebeame. The plough-stylte is on the ryghte syde of [Foi. 2^.] 



^ '^ J J Kj J Plough-stut, 



the ploughe, whervpon the rest is set ; the rest is a lyttell Rest, 

 pece of woode, pynned fast vpon the nether ende of the 

 24 stylt, and to the sharebeame in the ferther ende. The 



sheldbrede is a brode pece of wodde, fast pinned to the Shieid- 



^ '■ board. 



ryghte side of the shethe in the ferther ende, and to the 



vtter syde of the stylte in the hynder ende. The fen- Fen-board. 



28 brede is a thyn borde, pj-nned or nayled moste commonly 

 to the lyft syde of the shethe in the ferther ende, and to 

 the ploughe-tayle in the hynder ende. And the sayde 

 sheldbrede wolde come ouer the sayde shethe and fen- 



32 brede an inche, and to come past the myddes of the 

 share, made with a sharpe edge, to receyue and tume the 

 erthe whan the culture hath cut it. There be two roughe Rough 

 staues in euery ploughe in the hynder ende, set a-slope 



36 betwene the ploughe-tayle and the stilt, to holde out 

 and kepe the plough abrode in the hynder ende, and the 

 one lenger than the other. The plough-fote is a lyttell piough-foot. 

 pece of wodde, with a croked ende set before in a mor- 



40 teys in the ploughe-beame, sette fast with wedges, to 

 dryue vppe and downe, and it is a staye to order of 

 what depenes the ploughe shall go. The ploughe-eare Plough- ear. 

 is made of thre peces of yrcn, nayled faste vnto the ryght 



44 syde of the plough-beame. And poore men haue a [Foi. 3.] 

 croked pece of wode pynned faste to the ploughbeame. 

 The share is a pece of yren, sharpe before and brode Share, 

 behynde, a fote longe, made with a socket to be set on 



48 the ferther ende of the share-beame. The culture is a Coulter, 

 bende pece of yren sette in a morteys in the myddes of 

 the plough-beame, fastened with wedges on euery syde, 

 and the backe therof is halfe an inche thycke and more, 



52 and three inches brode, and made kene before to cutte 

 the erthe clene, and it must be wel steeled, and that 



