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FARMERS' REGISTER— GOOGE'S HUSBANDRY. 



' wronp; : neither must ye 1)0 to slackc on the otiier 

 ' side, for loo muche <:,entlcncssn many times makes 

 ' a man the woorst. And therefore it is good yf 

 ' tlie farmer he slacke in his paimcntcs, to make 

 ' him to knowe it; but in no wyse to lie a rayser 

 'or enhaunser of rentes; for that discomfortes, 

 ' and many times undooetli the tenaunt. Moreouer, 

 ' you muste not lyghtly change the olde fiirmer, 

 ' both liecause of liis desertes, and that lie is better 

 ' acquainted with the groun(le then a newe ; and 

 'therefore I doo bke well tliat order, where the 

 ' kind is let for tiie lives of the tenaunt, his wyfc 

 ' and his cliyhle, [)aying a ycrely rente, so tiiat as 

 ' long as he payes his rent, and kcepes tlie repara- 

 ' tions,it shall not be lawfull to deceiue liim: for 

 ' hereby the tenaimt shal be prouokcd to order the 

 ' grounde with more diligence, to repayre the 

 ' house, and to looke to it in al pointes as to his 

 'owne, bestowyng many times as muche as he 

 ' hatii upon it. And here be sure tiiat you let it 

 ' rather to one of habilitie, then to an unthriftie 

 ' man that is not able to beare it, whereby vou 

 ' may loose both your landc and your rent.'' It 

 would be well if some of our modern landlords 

 Avho are not in the practice of grantin"- leases 

 woukl pay due reverence to such reasoning. 



We now enter upon ' The Seconde Booke, en 

 treatyng of the Order of Gardning;' and, first, 

 for fencing it in, he gives us the following instruc- 

 tions. 



' The place that you determine to enclose, must, 

 ' after ye beginning of Sei)tember, when ye ground 

 ' hath been wel soked with rayne, be trenched 

 ' about with two furrowes, a yard distant one from 

 ' the other, the deapth and breadth of every one of 

 ' them must be two fbote, whiche you muste sutTer 

 'to lye cmptie al winter; providing in the mean 

 ' time ye seedes that you meane to sowe in them, 

 ' which must be the berries of sliarpe thornes, 

 ' bryers, holly, and wylde eglanttine, or dogge 

 ' bryer. The berries of these you must geather 

 ' as ripe as you may, and mingle them with the 

 ' floure or meale of tares, whiche when it is sprink- 

 ' led with water, must be put ujion olde rojies of 

 'ships, or any other ropes ; the ropes being thus 

 ' handled, and drycd, muste be layd up in some 

 ' boorded floore. Afterward, when winter is doone, 

 ' within fourtie dayes after, about the coming of 

 ' the swallowe, yf there be any water rcmayning 

 ' in the furrowes, it must be let out, and the mel^ 

 ' lowed earth, whiche was caste out of the furrowes 

 ' in the ende of sommer, must noue be cast in 

 ' agayne, till you haue fylled them up to the mid- 

 'dest: then you must handsomely unfblde the 

 'rope, and lay them in length thorowe both the 

 ' furrowes, and so cover them, taking good hede 

 ' that you throwe not to much earth uj)on them 

 ' for hindering the spring, which commonly useth 

 ' to appcare within thirtie dayes after; and when 

 ' they be growen to be of some heygiit, they must 

 ' be made to encline to the space betwixt the two 

 ' furrowes ; in which space you must haue a little 

 ' walled hedge, to tcache the springes of other fur- 

 ' rowcs to climbe by, whiche wyl be a jolly stay 

 ' and a comfort to them.' 



He tiien describes ' a newer and a better way,' 

 by planting young shoots, or springs, instead of 

 seeds, on the face of the bank, ])lashing them, &c.; 

 and which difVers but little from the modern me- 

 thod of raising quick hedges. Having enumera- 

 ted almost all the various kinds of flowers, the 



author proceeds to treat of the management of 

 on hards, fruit-trees, &:c. &c. The cultivation of 

 the vine is particularly enlarged upon; a subject 

 more entertaining than useful to the English 

 reader. 



The 'Third Booke cntreateth of Caff el, and 

 first of the Horse; tiie natural history, diseases, 

 &c. of which are stated with great accuracy and 

 judgment. The following directions ought to be 

 attended to by all ' of every age.' 



' You must not suffer your horse to drinke after 

 ' his journey, tyll he be colde : howbeeit yf he 

 ' sweate not to extreamly, and be ridden soone af- 

 ' ter, it is not so daungerous : it is farre better to 

 ' let him thyrst, then to give him colde water yf 

 ' he be hotte. If a horse haue long rested, he is 

 'not to be trauayled upon the sudden, eyther in 

 ' galloping or long journey, but to be laboured 

 ' faire and softly at the fyrst. A horse that is 

 ' weery or tyred, wyl be wonderfully rofreashed yf 

 ' he may wallo\v himsolfo eyther in the stable or 

 ' other dry placo out of the wynde and rayne,' &c. 

 '&c. 



We have next a dissertation on the uses and 

 ' treatment 'of Bullockes,' — ' some of which, says 

 ' he, are for ye drawght, some for the staull, and 

 ' some for the payll.' — ' Tlie wordes of couenaunt 

 ' in the olde time (as Varro saith,) in selling of bul- 

 ' lockes, were these — Doo you v,' arrant these bul- 

 ' lockes, or steeres, that you sell, to be sounde, of 

 ' a sound hearte, and without fault.' The butchers 

 ' that bje for slaughter, and such as by for sacry- 

 ' tises, use no word worde of warrantise.' 



On breaking them in, he gives the following 

 ' directions — Fyrst of all, sec that you haue a 

 ' large roome where the breaker may easily goe 

 ' up and dov.ne, and out at his pleasure, without 

 ' any daungcr. Before the stable, you must haue 

 ' a fayre fcelde, that the steeres may haue libertie 

 ' yenough, and not be feared, or haltred,with trees 

 ' or bushes. In the stable, you must haue certayne 

 ' stalles, or boordes, yokewyse set up, a seueii 

 ' foote from the grounde,to which the steeres may 

 ' be tyetl ; this doyne, choose you a fiiyre day for 

 ' the purpose, and taking them up, bring them into 

 'the stable: and yf tliey be urcasonalde wylde 

 ' and curst, let them stand lyed a day and a night 

 ' without any meate, to tame them withall : after- 

 ' wardes, let him him that keepes them offer them 

 ' a little meate; not sidev.'ayes,or behinde,but be- 

 ' fore, coying them all the whyle, and speaking 

 ' gently to tliem, stroking their backes and their 

 ' mooscls, sprhickling them with a little sweetc 

 ' wine, taking good hcede that they strike him 

 ' neyther witli head nor with heele: for yf he 

 ' once get that tricke, he wyl ncuer leaue it. Thus 

 ' being a little acquainted with him, you shall 

 ' rubbe his mouth with salte, and let downe info 

 ' his throte certayne lumpes of salt tallowe, and 

 ' powring after a quart of good wine, whiche wyll 

 ' make him, in three dayes as goode a fellowe as 

 ' you woulde wislie him to be. Some use to yoke 

 ' them togeather, and let them drawe some light 

 'thing, or plowe in a light plowed grounde, that 

 ' their labour hurt not their neckes. The redyer 

 ' way of breaking them, is, to yoke them with an 

 ' olde oxe, that may easely instruct them : yf he 

 ' happen to lye down in the furrow e, doo neyther 

 ' beate him nor feare him, ))ut hinde his feete toge- 

 ' ther, and let him lye, that he may neyther sturre 

 ' nor fcede : whiche being well punished with hun- 



