14 5. The plough^ cart ^ and wain. 



5. ^ The necessary thynges that belonge to a ploughe, 

 carte, and wayne. 



Bows, yokes, Bvt Or he bcgyn to plowe, he muste haue his ploughe 



and his ploughe-yren, his oxen or horses, and the geare 

 that belongeth to them ; that is to say, bowes, yokes, 

 4 landes, stylkynges, wrethynge-temes. And or he shall 

 lode his come, he muste haue a wayne, a copyoke, a 

 payre of sleues, a wayne-rope, and a pykforke. This 



The wain. wayne is made of dyuers peces, that wyll haue a greate 



8 reparation, that is to saye, the wheles, and those be made 



of nathes, spokes, fellyes, and dowles, and they muste 



be well fettred with wood or yren. And if they be yren 



bounden, they are moche the better, and thoughe they 



[Foi. 5.] 1 2 be the derer at the fyrst, yet at lengthe they be better 



Iron-bound chcape ; for a payre of wheles yren bounde wyl weare vii. 



or viii. payre of other wheles, and they go rounde and 



lyght after oxen or horses to draw. Howbeit on marreis 



16 ground and soft ground the other wheles be better, 



bycause they be broder on the soule, and will not go so 



Axle-tree, depe. They must haue an axiltre, clout with .viii. 



linch-pins, 



and axle- waiucloutes of yren, ii. lyn-pinnes of yren in the axiltre- 



20 endes, ii. axil-pynnes of yren or els of tough harde 

 wodde. The bodye of the wayne of oke, the staues, the 

 nether rathes, the ouer rathes, the crosse somer, the keys 

 and pikstaues. And if he go with a hors-ploughe, than 

 24 muste he haue his horses or mares, or both his bombers or 

 collers, holmes whyted, tresses, swyngletrees, and togwith. 

 The cart. Alsoo a carte made of asshe, bycause it is lyghte, and 



lyke stuffe to it as is to a wayne, and also a cart-sadel, 

 28 bakbandes, and belybandes, and a carte-ladder behinde, 

 whan he shall carye eyther come or kyddes, or suche 

 Cart- other. And in many countreys theyr waynes haue carte- 



ladders bothe behynde and before. Also an husbande 

 Axe, 32 muste haue an axe, a hachet, a hedgyngebyll, a pyn-awgur, 



hatchet, &c. 



