49. Pocks in sheep. 49 



49. ^ The pockes, and remedy therfore. 



The pockes appere vppon the skyn, and are lyke reed ^"^cks in 

 pymples, as brode as a farthynge, and therof wyll dye 

 many. And the remedy therfore is, to handle all thy 



4 shepe, and to loke on euery parte of theyr bodyes : and 



as many as ye fynde taken therwith, put them in fresshe [Foi. 32.] 

 newe grasse, and kepe them fro theyr felowes, and to 

 loke thy flocke ofte, and drawe theym as they nede. And 



8 if it be in sommer tyme, that there be no froste, than 



washe them. Howe be it some shepeherdes haue other "Wash them. 

 medycines. 



50. ^ The wode euyll, and remedy therfore. 

 There is a sickenes among shepe, and is called the 

 wode euyll, and that cometh in the spr}nge of the yere, !"Wood-ev:r 

 and takethe them moste commonly in the legges, or in 

 4 the necke, and maketh them to halt, and to holde theyr 

 necke awry. And the mooste parte that haue that sick- 

 nes, wyl dye shortely in a day or two. The best remedy is, 

 to wasshe theym a lyttell, and to chaunge theyr grounde. Wash them 

 8 and to bryng them to lowe grounde and freshe grasse. their 



pasture. 



And that sycknes is moste commonly on hylly grounde, 

 ley grounde, and ferny grounde, And some men vse to let 

 them bloudde vnder the eye in a vaine for the same cause. 



61. ^ To washe shepe. 

 In June is tyme to shere shepe, and er they be shorne, Wash and 



shear sheep 



they muste be very well wasshen, the whiche shall be to 'i J"°e. 



the owner great profyte in the sale of his woll, and also to [FoI. 32*.] 

 4 the clothe-maker ; but yet beware, that thou put not to many 



shepe in a penne at one tyme, neyther at the washyng, 



nor at the sheryng, for feare of murtheryng or ouer-press- 



yng of their felowes, and that none go awaye, tyll he be 

 8 cleane washen, and se that they that hold the shepe by 



the heed in the water, holde his heed hye ynoughe for 



drownynge. 



