35. How to thresh and winnow corn. 41 



44 and dryed, and wyll not make whyte breade, but it wyl 

 growe vpon colde grounde. 



35. ^ To thresshe and wynowe come. 



This wheate and rye, that thou shalte sowe, ought to ^,^^^^J^^, 

 be very cleane of wede, and therfore, er thou thresshe *^°™- 

 thy come, open thy sheues, and pyke oute all maner of 



4 wedes, and than thresshe it, and wynowe it cleane, 

 and so shalt thou haue good clene come an other 

 yere. And in some countreys, aboute London specyallye, jl^g^ff^/""* 

 and in Essex and Kente, they do fan theyr come, the **'»'^«<=°™- 



8 whiche is a ver}-e good gise, and a great saueguarde for 



shedynge of the come. And whan thou shalte sell it, 



if it be well wynowed or fande, it wyll be solde the 



derer, and the lyghte come wyll serae the husbande in 



12 his house. 



36. \ To seuer pees, beanes, and fytches. 

 Whan thou haste thresshed thy pees, and beanes, Sift your 



J ^ ' peas and 



after they be wynowed, and er thou shalte sowe or selle ''^ans. 

 them, let theym be well reed with syues, and seuered in 

 4 thre partes, the great from the small, and thou shalte gette [FoI, 26.] 

 in euer)-e quarter a London busshell, or there about. For 

 the small come lyeth in the holowe and voyde places of Separate 



small from 



the greate beanes, and yet shall the greate beanes be solde i^rge. 

 8 as dere, as if they were all together, or dferer, as a man 

 may proue by a famylier ensample. Let a man bye 

 .C. hearynges,^ two hear}-nges for a penye, and an other 120 herrings, 

 •C. hearynges, thre for a peny, and let hym sell these cost 5 slu"/' 

 1 2 .CC. hearinges agayne .v. heringes for .ii. d. ; nowe hath 

 he loste .iiii. d. For C. hearinges, .ii. for i. d., cost v. s., 

 and C. hearynges, .iii. for a peny, coste .iii s. and .iiii d., "oherrings, 



, . at 3 a penny, 



the whiche is .viii. s and .iiii. d. ; and whan he selleth costa^. 4^.; 



or &i. 4z^. m 



16 .V. her}nges for .ii. d., xx. heringes cometh but **^- 



^ Note that the symbol "C." here does not mean lOO, but the great 

 huTtdred, i.e. I20. 



