134 Notes (17.30—23. n). 



and rotten Chafife, which diuers vse, but brings little good. The shoueling of 

 highwayes and streetes is very good, chiefely for Barley. Horse-dunge is reasonable. 

 The dunge of all maner of Cattel that chew the cudde is most excellent. Doues 

 dunge for colde ground is best of all, but it must be spred very thinne. For 

 grounds that are giuen to riue and chap, ashes is excellent, for they will binde 

 and knit together. Also for such grounds it is most singular to burne the stubble 

 on the ground, which is worth tenne manurings : for it fatneth (saith Virgill ) 

 the soyle, and yeeldeth a secrete force of nourishment vnto the seede. Also, 

 euery euill is tryed out by the fire, and the vnprofitable moisture is forced to 

 sweat out, it giueth a vent and passage for the iuyce that quickeneth the Come, 

 and it closeth the gaping vaines and holes of the earth, through which, eyther 

 extreame moysture, extreame heate, or wind, would blast the Corne. Also in 

 Cheshiere, Lankishiere, and other Countreys, they vse for manure a kinde of 

 blewe Marble-like earth, which they call Marie. This is for those Countries an 

 excellent manure, and though it be exceeding chargeable, yet through good 

 neighbour-hood it quiteth the cost : for if you manure your groundes once in 

 seauen or twelue yeares, it is sufficient, and look how many yeares he beareth 

 Corne, so many yeares he will beare grasse, and that plenty. Straw layd to rot 

 in the Winter, is good dung. 



30. sholynges ; i.e. shovellings. Note "the shoueling oi highwayes "in the 

 extract given just above. 



18. 3. Jiyte'] shift (which is a gloss). So also in 1. 28. 



10. kelles begonne'] kells be gone. This shews that the reading begonne in the 

 original is a misprint for be gone. 



17. appeyreth them sore] abateth them much. 



23. goynge vppon] treading or going upon with their feete. 



31. appeyre\ abate or diminish. 



33./^;-] from. This shews that the old idiomatic use oi for (= against) was 

 obsolescent in 1598. 



19. 5. charte] Cart. And perhaps we should read carte in the text ; the mean- 

 ing of charte is, of course, cart. 



8. Here I. R. inserts — "And for this purpose of carrying, I take the Horse- 

 Cart to be best, because they be most nimble, and goe with best speede ; & 

 if the Horses be good, they will not at any time loose company with his 

 neighbours." 



20. 3. cocledrake\ Cockell, Drake. And such should be the reading ; for see 

 11. 13, 17. 



4. darnolde'] Darnell. gouldes\ Golds. haudoddes\ Hadods. 

 6. roughe'] tough. 23. stertel stalke (a gloss). 



32. is] are. Fitzherbert makes is agree with one. 

 47. dee-nettles] Dee, Nettels (wrongly). 



21. 15. in the reane] away. I. R. omits the rest, down to wyddre. 



22. 10. at-after none] in the after-noone. But at-after is an old form, signifying 

 much the same as after. See Glossary. 



12. beytynge] resting. At the end of the section, I. R. adds — " For this stirring 

 foure horses are sufficient." 



23. 8. wyddrynge] withering (the later form). 



11. f^i3ze/^] chewe. 16. jwa^/z^] swaithe. 



