fbever. Avoid fuch an oppreffion, as you 

 would a peftilence. 



Some compofitions are almoft as bad as 

 the taking in kind': fuch are an annual 

 agreement for every field, made a littk be- 

 fore harveft. The parfon rides through 

 your farm, and holds forth to the follow- 

 ing purport. 



" Farmer, this is an excellent crop ! 

 A noble crop of wheat, 'indeed ! You 

 muft pay me 10 s. an acre for it. That 

 is not quite fo good ; I will accept 8 s. for 

 that. This barley is indifferent ; 5 s. an 

 acre will be about the mark. Ha ! a noble 

 crop of oats, truly ! well worth 6 j. an 

 acre. Thefe are bad ones ; I will be con- 

 tented with 2 s. 6 d. But there feems to 

 be a very fine field of beans ; aye, in- 

 deed, a very fine crop ! 7 s. muft be your 

 tythe for them *." Thus will your crops 

 be fcanned, and either without appeal, or 

 gathered. 



Thus much, I think, is fufEcient to 

 prove how important an object tythe is, 

 and how much it behoves a man to gain a 



* This is a common practice about Chelmsford in 

 Effex. 



F 2 thorough 



