38. Ewes and their lambs. 43 



20 saynt Mychaell the archangel. And for the poore Sept. 29. 

 hoasbande of the Peeke, or suche other, that dwell in 

 hylly and hyghe groundes, that haue no pastures, nor 

 common fieldes, but all-onely the comon hethe, Sj-mon 



24 and Jude daye is good tyme for theym, and this is the Oct. 28. 

 reason why. An ewe goth with lambe .xx. wekes, and 

 shall yeane her lambe in the .xxi. weke ; & if she haue 

 not conueniente newe grasse to eate, she maye not gyue 



28 her lambe mylke : and for wante of mylke, there be 

 manye lambes peiysshed and loste : and also for pouertye, 

 the dammes wyll lacke mylke, and forsake theyr lambes, 

 and soo often tymes they dye bothe in suche harde 



32 countreys. 



38. ^ To make an ewe to lone her lambe. 



If thy ewe haue mylke, and wyll not loue her lambe, 

 put her in a narowe place made of hordes, or of smothe 

 trouse, a yarde wyde, and put the lambe to her, and 

 + socle it, and yf the ewe smjie the lambe with her n 

 heed, b}Tid her heed with a heye-rope, or a corde, to fFoi.z;^] 

 the syde of the penne : and if she wyl not stande j^*^ tT"^ 

 syde longe all the lambe,* than gyue her a lyttell hey, •'"'•e^'i- 

 8 and tye a dogge by her, that she maye se hym : and 

 this wyll make her to loue her lambe shortely. And 

 if thou haue a lambe deed, wherof the damme hath 

 moche mylke, fley that lambe, and tye that sk>Tine vpon Pntadead 



12 an other lambes backe, that hath a sory damme, with iTi'nve'^'* 

 l}ttell mylke, and put the good ewe and that lambe to- ii^nge"^ " 

 gether in the penne, and in one houre she wyll loue ^^' 

 that lambe; & than mayst thou take thy sory weyke 



16 ewe awaye, and put her in an other place: and by this 

 meanes thou mayste fortune to saue her lyfe, and the 

 lambes bothe. 



a ewe 



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* Printed ewe, which gives no sense. 



