68. Horses and triares for draught. 59 



be well prouyd, to take two oxe-calues, both of one kynde, 

 of one mak}Tige, and both of one age ; gelde one of 

 them, and let the other goo forthe and be a bull, and 

 8 put theym bothe in one pasture, tyll they be foure or A gelt calf 

 fyue yere olde : and than shall ye se the oxe-calfe ferre bigger than 



^ ^ a bull. 



greatter euery waye than the bull ; there is noo cause but [FoI. 40.] 

 the geld}Tige; and yf thou gelde them not tyll they be 

 1 2 a yere olde, there is more ieopardye, he shall be lesse of 

 bodye, and shorte-homed. 



68. \ Horses and mares to dxawe. 

 A husbande maye not be withoute horses and mares. Horses and 



■' mares. 



or bothe ; and specially, if he go with a horse-ploughe, he 

 muste haue both his horses to drawe, and his mares to 

 4 brynge coltes, to vpholde his flocke, and yet at manye 

 t\Tnes they maye drawe well, if they be well handled. 

 But they maye not beare sackes, nor be r)-dden vppon 

 noo ioumeys whan they be with foole, and specyally 

 8 whanne they haue gone with foole .xx. or .xxiiii. wekes, 



for than is the greateste ieopardy. For }-f she be rj'dden Take care of 

 vppon, and sette vp hotte, or toumed out and take cold, 

 she wil caste her foole, the whiche woll be a greatte losse 



1 2 to the housbande. For she wyll labour and beare whan 

 she hath fooled, and drawe whan she is with foole, as 

 well as the horse. It is conuenient for the husbande to 

 knowe, whanne his mare wolde be horsed. It is the 



16 common sayenge, that she w)ll take the hors within .ix. or [Foi 40*.] 

 .X. dayes, nexte after that she hath fooled : but that saying 

 I holde not with, for and she do so, she wyll not holde 

 therto, for the hors dothe dryue her to it. But .xx. 



20 days after, is tymely ynoughe to br)*nge her to a hors. 

 For she wyl not holde to it, excepte she be kene of hors- 

 yng, and that shal ye knowe by her shap, for that wyll twyrle 

 open, and close aga}Tie, many tymes in an houre : and than 



2+ brynge her to a hors, and let her be with hjrm a day or a 



