6. T lie Jwrse-plough a7id ox-plough. 1$ 



a rest-awgur, a flayle, a spade, and a shouell. And howe- 

 be-it that I gyue theym these names, as is most comonly 

 vsed in my contrey, I knowe they haue other names in [F0I.5J.] 



35 other contreyes. But hereby a manne maye perceyue 



many thynges that belonge to husbandry, to theyr greate jf'^Pf"^ °^ 

 costes and charges, for the mayntenance and vpholdyng 

 of the same. And many moo thynges are belongynge to 



40 husbandes than these, as ye shall well perceyue, er I 

 haue made an ende of this treatyse. And if a yonge 

 husbande shulde bye all these thj-nges, it wolde be 

 costelv for h\Tn : wherfore it is necessarve for hjTn to itisbetterto 



' make than 



44 leme to make his yokes, oxe-bowes, stooles, and all buy. 

 maner of plough-geare. 



6. % Whether is better, a plough of horses or a plough of 



oxen. 



It is to be knowen, whether is better, a plough ofo^rP'oig** 



^ ° and horse- 



horses, or a plough of oxen, and therin me semeth piongh. 



oughte to be made a distinction. For in some places an 



4 oxe-ploughe is better than a horse-plough, and in somme 



places a horse-ploughe is better : that is to say, in euery 



place where-as the husband hath seueral pastures to put 



his oxen in whan they come fro theyr warke, there the oxe- 



8 ploughe is better. For an oxe maye nat endure his The ox. 



warke, to labour all daye, and than to be put to the [Foi.6.] 



commons, or before the herdman, and to be set in a folde 



all nyghte without meate, and go to his labour in 



12 the mornynge. But and he be put in a good pasture all 

 nyghte, he wyll labour moche of all the daye dayely. 



And oxen wyl plowe in tough cley, and vpon hylly 

 grounde, where-as horses wyll stande st[i]ll. And where- 



16 as is noo seuerall pastures, there the horse-plowe is better, The horse, 

 for the horses may be teddered or tyed vpon leys, balkes, 

 or hades, where as oxen maye not be kept : and it is not 

 vsed to tedder them, but in fewe places. 



