28 18. How to set out a sheep-fold. 



18. \ To set out the shepe-folde. 



The sheep- Also it is tyme to set out the shepefolde in May, 



and to sette it vppon the rye-grounde, if he haue any, 



and to flyte it euery mornynge or nyght : and in the 



4 mornynge, whan he cometh to his folde, let not his 



[Foi 15*.] shepe out anone, but reyse theym vp, and let them 



stande stylle good season, that they may donge and 



See if the pysse. And go amonge them to se whether any of 



maggots. 8 them haue any mathes, or be scabbed : and se them 



thre or foure tymes on the oone syde, and as ofte on 



the other syde. And whan the kelles begonne besyde 



the grounde, than lette theym out of the folde, and 



12 dryue theym to the soundest place of the felde. But 



Folding he that hath a falowe felde, seueral to hym-selfe, let 



sheep is not 



a good plan. hym occupie no folde. For foldynge of shepe maketh 



them scabbed, and bredeth mathes ; and whanne a 



1 6 storme of yll wether commeth in the night, they can 



nat flee nor go awaye, and that appeyreth them sore 



of their flesshe. But lette that man that hath such a 



Drive stakes seueral falowc-fclde, driue twentie, thyrty, or forty stakes, 



in the field. 



20 accordynge to the nombre of his shepe, vpon his falowe, 



where he wolde sette his folde, and specially in the 



farthest parte of the fyelde frome thense as they comme 



in, for the goynge vppon dothe moche good. And 



24. lette the sheparde brynge his shepe to the stakes, and 



The sheep the sheeoc wylle rubbe them on the stakes. And lette 



will rub "^ 



against the sheparde goo aboute them, tyll they be sette, and 



thus serue theym two or three nyghtes, and they wyll 



28 folowe those stakes, as he flytteth them, and syt by 



[Foi. 16, them. And if any yll wether come, they will ryse vp, 



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^4-] and go to the hedge. And this maner of foldynge 



shall brede noo mathes nor scabbe, nor appeyre theym 



32 of theyr flesshe, and shall be a greate sauegarde to the 



shepe for rottynge : and in the mornynge put them out 



of theyr pasture, and thou shake not nede to bye any 



