30. How to tithe com. 37 



that the nethennoste codde growe styll on the stalke ; 

 12 and whan they be bounden, they are the more redyer 

 to lode and vnlode, to make a reke, and to take fro 

 the mowe to thresshe. And soo be not the repes. 



30. •[ Howe all maner of comes shulde be tythed. [FoI. 22«.] 



Nowe that all these comes before specyfyed be How to 

 shome, mowed, reped, bounden vp, and layde vppon 

 the r}dge of the lande, lette the housbande take 

 4 hede of goddes commaundemente, and let hym goo 



to the ende of his lande, and begynne and tell .ix. Count g 



°-' sheaves, and 



sheues, and let hym caste out the .x. shefe in the ^j'^°"' ''"^ 

 name of god, and so to pervse fro;» lande to lande, 

 8 tyll he haue trewely^ tythed all his come. And beware, 

 and take hede of the sayinge of our lorde by his 

 prophete Malachias, the whiche saythe. Quia michi non MaUcW iH. 



8, 9. 



dedisti decimas et primitias, id circo in fame et penuria 



12 maledidi esiis. That is to saye, Bycause ye haue not 

 g}-uen to me your tythes, and your fyrste-fruytes, there- 

 fore ye be cursed, and punysshed with honger and 

 penury. And accordynge to that saynte Austyn saythe : Augustine. 



16 Da decimas, alioqui incides in decimam. partem angelorum 



qui de celo corruerunt in infemum. That is to say, Gyue Give tithes 

 thy tythes truely, or els thou shalt fall amonge the tenthe 

 parte of aungelles that felle from heuen in-to hell, the 



20 whiche is an harde worde to euery man, that oughte to 



gyue tythes, and doth not gyue them tmely. But saynte [Foi. 23.] 

 Austyne saythe a comfortable worde again, to them that Augustine, 

 gyue theyr tythes traely, that is to saye : Decimce sunt 



24 tributa egentium animarum : Tythes are tributes or Tithes are 

 rewardes to nedye soules. And ferther he saythe: ^/' the needy" 

 decimam dederis, non solum abundantiam fructum recipies, 

 sed etiam sanitatem corporis et animaz consequeris. That 



28 is to saye, If thou haue gyuen thy tythes truely, thou 

 shake not onely recejnie the profite, and the abundaunce 



