21. How to weed com. 31 



21. \ Howe to wede come. 

 Nowe it wolde be knowen, howe these comes shulde be How to 



weed. 



weded. The chyefe instrument to wede with is a paire 

 of tonges made of wode, and in the farther ende it is 

 4 nycked, to holde the wed faster ; and after a shoure of 

 raine it is beste wedynge, for than they maye be pulled 

 vp by the rotes, and than it cometh neuer aga)Tie. And 

 if it be dr\'e wether, than muste ve haue a wedynge-hoke "Weeding- 



^ ' -^ ° hook. 



8 with a socket set vpon a lyttel stafFe of a yarde longe, and 

 this hoke wolde be well steeled, and grounde sharpe bothe 

 beh}Tide and before. And in his other hande he hath a Forkedstick. 

 forked stycke a yarde longe, and with his forked stycke 



12 he putteth the wede from hym, and he putteth the hoke [F0I.18.] 

 beyond the rote of the wede, and pulleth it to h}Tn, and 

 cutteth the wede fast by the erthe, and with his hoke he 

 taketh up the wede, and casteth it in the reane, and if 



16 the reane be full of come, it is better it stande styll, 

 whan it is cut, and wyddre : but let h}Tn beware, that he 

 trede not to moche vppon the come, and specyallye after 

 it is shotte, and whan he cutteth the wede, that he cut Cnt not the 



20 not the come : and therefore the hoke wolde not passe 

 an inche wyde. And whanne the wede is soo shorte, 

 that he can not with his forked stycke put it from hym, 

 and with the hoke pull it to hym, thanne muste he set 



24 his hoke vppon the wede, fast by the erthe, and put it 

 from h}-m, and so shall he cutte it cleane. And with 

 these two instmments, he shall neuer stoupe to his warke. Stoop not. 

 Dogfenell, goldes, mathes, and kedlokes are yll to wede 



28 after this maner, they growe vppon so many braunches, 



harde by the erthe : and therfore they vse most to pul P"" «>p 



'^ darnel. 



them vppe with the}T handes ; but loke well, that they 

 pull not vppe the come with all ; but as for terra, there 

 32 wyll noo wedynge serue. 



