Notes (12. 8—17. 29). 133 



section is re-written, merely to alter the language. Fitzherbert speaks again of 

 ' the seed of discretion ' in the Book of Surveying, c. 39. 



12. 8. strykes in other places] two Northeme strikes. And as the measure 

 Northward is greater, so are their Akers larger. 



13. quarter] quarter, or halfe a seame. 



31. Christmassel Christmas, as for the most part Northward, or generally vpon 

 fat clay grounds. 



13. 7. landes] land and the balke. 



18. sprot-barleye\ sport- Barley. So also in 1. 19. 

 28. lyke pecke-zukeie] like to an eare of Wheate. 



40. I. R. adds — " but how so euer the season of the yeare is, that Barley 

 naturally of it selfe is a withered, deepe, yellow Come, that yeldeth much bran, 

 & but litle flower. Barley for the most part chiefly in clay grounds would be 

 sown vnder furrow, that is, a cast or two about the Land, then ploughed, then 

 sowne agayne, and so harrowed." " 



14. 15. I. R. adds — " These are for the most barranest Heath or forrest ground 

 that may be, as in Darbishiere, where they call them Skeyggs, and not Gates." 



*»* After section 14, I. R. introduces section 34, to bring all the kinds of 

 sowing together. 



15. This is section 17 in the edition of 1598. 



7. mochel bigge (which is a gloss). So also in 1. 24, 



8. shotes} flores. But this can hardly be right See below. 



II. slote'] slope. But this can hardly be right. It is clear that the right word is 

 slote, with the sense of ' cross-bar,' the bulls being the thicker bars of the harrow. 

 13. w/V/4<f] withy. 24. slated and tinded "] ^oitd. 2j\A tyned. 



27. about Ryppon] in Notinghamshire and more Northward. 



28. bulder-stones'] bolder-stones. Also spelt bulder-stones in the Book on Sur- 

 veying, c. 40. 



41. kombers] humbers. withed'\ writhed. 



42. tresses'] traces (in both places). 



50. after a shoure, &c.] with great roles of wood, which Virgill much commends, 

 and doubtless is very good after a shower of raine, to make the ground euen to 

 mow. And note that the dryer your Lands be when you clot them, the sooner 

 wil your clots break, and the more mold you shall haue. 



16. 3. forwhete, St'c] on which fallowes the next yeare following, you shall 

 sow your Rye, Wheat and Barly. 



24. stere] stirre (which is a later form). 



35. I. R. adds — " To fallow withall, sixe Oxen, or sixe Horses are no more 

 then sufficient" 



17. 29. L R. adds — " Also let not your heapes stand too long ere they be spread, 

 for if they doo, the goodnesse of your manure, chiefely if it take a shower of raine, 

 will runne into the ground where the heape stands, and the rest when it is spread 

 vrill little profit" 



29-35- I- R- makes a new section of this, headed " Chapter 20. Of the diuers 

 kindes of Manure, and which is the best." It is as follows. 



There be diuers sorts of Manures, and first of those that bee worst, as Swines 

 dunge, which Manure breedeth and bringeth vp thistles ; the scourings of Hay- 

 bames or Come bames, which bringeth yp simdry weedes and quirks [quicks ?]; 



