33. TJie second stirring. 39 



8 for swyne and catel, and the grounde wyll rotte -the [Foi- 24-] 

 bottom, and the scafFolde saueth both hedgynge and 

 rottynge : but they must be well couered bothe. And the 

 husband may set shepe or catel vnder the same scaffold Thescafibid. 

 1 2 and wyll serue hym in stede of an house, if it be well 

 and surely made, &c. 



33. % The second' stnrrynge. 

 In August, and in the begynnyng of September, is August. 



Second 

 stirring. 



tyme to make his seconde sturrj-nge, and most commonly Second 



it is cast downe and plowed a meane forowe, not to depe 

 4 nor to ebbe, so he turne it clene. And if it be caste, it 



wolde be water-forowed bytwene the landes, there-as f^ow'the 

 the reane shulde be, and it wyll be the drjer, whan the ^ " 

 lande shall be sowen. And if the landes lie high in 

 8 the ridge, & highe at the reane, & lowe in the 

 myddes of the side, that the water may not ronne easely 

 in-to the reane, as I se dayly in many places : than let 

 the husband set his plough .iii. or .iiii. fote frow the 



12 r}dge, and cast all the rydge on bothe sydes, and whan rid^k'up. 

 the rydge is cast, set his plough there-as he began, and 

 r)^dge vp the remenant of the lande, and so is the land 

 bothe cast and r}'dged, and all at one plowynge. And this 



1 6 shall cause the lande to lye rounde, whan it is sowen f^°'- *4*-l 

 at the nexte tyme, and than shall it not drowne the come. 



34. Crf- To sowe wheat and rye. 



Aboute Myghelmasse it is tyme to sowe bothe wheate m^. ** ' 

 and rye. Wheate is mooste commonlye sowen vnder the ^07 wheat 



■" ■' and rye. 



forowe, that is to saye, caste it vppon the falowe, and 

 4 than plowe it vnder. And in some places they sowe theyr 



wheate vppon theyr pees-stubble, the whiche is neuer \l^^^ *'"^" 

 soo good, as that that is sowen vppon the falowe : and 

 that is vsed, where they make falowe in a fyelde euer}' 

 ^ Misprinted fyrst. 



