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12. ^ Howe all maner come shoulde be sowen. 



Bvt yet me thynkethe it is necessarye to declare, howe [FoI. 10.] 

 all maner of come shuld be sowen, and howe moch 

 vpon an acre most comonly, and fyrste of pease and 



4 beanes. An acre of grounde, by the statute, that is to say An acre of 

 xvi. fote and a half to the perche or pole, foure perches 

 to an acre in bredth, and fortye perches to an acre in 

 lengthe, may be metelye well sowen with two London j^"*^"" 



8 busshelles of pease, the whyche is but two strykes in 

 other places. And if there be the .iiii. parte beanes, than 

 wylle it haue halfe a London bushelle more : and yf it be 

 halfe beanes, it wyll haue thre London bushels : and if it 

 12 be all beanes, it wyll haue foure London busshelles fullye, 

 and that is half a quarter ; bycause the beanes be gret, and 

 grow vp streight, & do not sprede and go abrode as 

 pease do. An acre of good beanes is worth an acre & a Beanswonh 



* " more than 



16 half of good pees, bycause there wylle be more busshelles. p**^- 

 And the beste propertie that belongeth to a good 

 husband is, to sowe all maner of come thycke ynough, 

 and specially beanes and barley. For commonly they be 



20 sowen vpon ranke ground, and good grounde wylle haue 

 the burthen of come or of wede. And as moche 

 plowynge and harowjTige hath an acre of grounde, and 

 sowe thervppon but oone busshelle, as yf he sowed .iiii. [Foi. lo*.] 



24 busshelles. And vndoutedly .i. busshell may not g)iie so 

 moche come aga}Tie, as the .iiii. busshels, though the .iii. 

 bushels, that he sowed more, be alowed and set aparte. 

 And i. busshel and an halfe of white or grene pees, wyll "White, 



green, and 



28 sowe as moche grounde, as two busshels of gray pees: grey peas, 

 and that is bycause they be so smal, and the husband 

 nedeth not to take so great an handful. In some 

 countreys they begyn to sowe pees soone after Christ- 



32 masse : and in some places they sowe bothe pees and 

 beanes vnder forowe : and those of reson must be sowen 



