136 Notes (34. 1—43). 



bothe cast thy landes, and rigge them, and all at one plowyng. And this wyl 

 make the lande to lye rounde, the whyche is good bothe for come and grasse." 



34. This is Chapter 15 in I. R.'s edition. After rye (1. 2), I. R. adds— 

 " chiefely, if your ground be rich, clayie, and cold, but if it be dry and bote, then 

 may you stay the latter season, as till the latter end of October." 



6. Aittr falowe, I. R. adds — " and plow it vnder without harrowing." 



8. Aiier yere, I. R. adds — "as in other places euery third yeere, for the one 

 haue four fieldes, the other three." 



23. whyte wheate] OygtzxiQ '^\iQ?i\.e. So in 1. 31 below, he has " Oygrane or 

 white Wheate." 



25. attis] anns ; so also in 1. 29, and again in 11. 33, 36, 40, 42 ; we should 

 rather have expected the spelling auns. 



33. and wyll make white breed ] it yeeldeth the finest ilower of all. These three 

 sorts of Wheat must euer bee sowne eyther on the Pease stubble, or on a fallow 

 ground that is not very proud or rich, for too rich ground for these Wheats 

 wil make them mildewe and not prosper. 



35. After whyte wheate, I. R. adds — "but they are deceaued." 

 38. rudeste\ ruddiest. This is clearly the right sense. 



43. flyntered\ flintred. At the end of the section I. R. adds a long piece, as 

 follows. 



"Lastly, there is another Wheat, which is called hole-straw Wheat ; it hath 

 the largest eare of al Wheats, the boldest Corne, and yeeldeth the most, the finest, 

 though not the whitest floure ; it is foure-square, and hath short anns ; the straw 

 is not hollow, but hath a strong pith throughout, by reason wherof in his growth 

 no weather whatsoeuer can beare him downe, but still he will stand and prosper ; 

 his straw yeeldeth as good thatch as Reeds, a singular profit for a Husbandman : 

 and it is an excellent fewell to bake or brew with, euen as good as Gorsse or 

 Whins : Onely Cattell will not eate it, nor is it good for litter ; this of all Wheats 

 is the best : these last named are to be sowne on the fallow ground, and the better 

 the ground is, the better they will prosper. 



When you sowe your Rye choose a dry season, for small wet killeth Rye. Rie, 

 as the old husbands say, will drowne in the Hopper, that is, if in the Hopper hee 

 catch a shower, his vigor is slaine. Wherfore the drier his mold, is the better, 

 which is the cause that the hote, dry, and light sand is onely for Rye most 

 excellent : his mold must harrow small like a Garden-bed, for the smallest clot 

 hindereth his comming vp ; his sprout is so small and tender. 



Here I. R. inserts a whole chapter, as follows. 



Chapter 16. 

 f How to make barraine ground bring foorth good Corne. 



If thy gi-ound be barraine and hard, yeelding nothing but ill Hay of insuing 

 profit, then shal it be necessary for thee to vse these secrets in Art which is most 

 auaileable. And first for thy Pease, Beanes, Barley, and Oates, if thou sowest 

 any of them : sowe them vpon the eight day of April, which is the Equinoctiall 

 vernall,^ when Libra'^ draweth the houres of the day and night to an euen and 



1 Printed— "Vernall. When." This cuts the sentence in half, and makes nonsense. 

 9 A singular mistake ; he means Aries. 



