14 RURAL ECONOMY IN YORKSHIRE IN 1641. 



It is likewise observed, that such ewes as have had lambes 

 suckinge on them three weekes or a moneth, and have thereby 

 beene brought lowe, that if they chance to loose theire lambes, 

 they will then beginne to recover soe fast that theire wooll will 

 rise and loosen immediately. 



Sheepe which have beene hardly bred and come (att the 

 fiirst) to a very good pasture, it will cause them to shoote, 

 wheareof some will dry and mende againe ; others will prove to 

 have the shootinge discease in their gutts, which can neaver bee 

 cm-ed ; these sheepe are neaver to bee putte to ffield, for there 

 they will decHne and dye : neyther are they worth the feed- 

 inge, for they will never prove fatte ; for I have knowne such 

 sheepe deare of I2d. the quarter when theire feUowes have 

 beene solde for Ss. and 10 groates. 



Such sheepe hkewise as are troubled with the inlinnity of 

 chewinge of gorre, are neaver to bee putte to field, for there 

 they AvSl sattle and goe backe ; but beinge putte into a good 

 pasture, they will usually gather flesh and bee worthy theire 

 death ; this discease proceeds from a defeckt in nature, for a 

 greate parte of theire meat, whiles that they are chewdnge of it, 

 workes forth of the wj^kes of theire mouthe ; you may knowe 

 them by the sides of theire mouthes, which alwayes appeare 

 greene and wette. 



For Foldinge of Sheepe. 

 Husbandmen usually begiime to folde theire sheepe aboute 

 May-day, and continue foldinge of them till the begimiinge of 

 September : according to Tussei-s direcktions ; 



Sctte then noc barre 

 Whilst moneth hayth an K.' 



But the truth is, men cannot leave their slieepe unfolded soe 

 longe as there is any come in the field. 



Others, again, will not cany theire folde to fitkl till such 

 time as theire sheepe bee both washed, and clip])ed ; but if they 

 have any leyes, dale-bottomes, or other convenient place which 

 is farre enough distant from the corne-field, they will lye them 

 there till chppinge time bee past. 



Tusser's advice conceminge milkinge and foldinge of sheepe. 



At Phillip and Jacob, away with thy lambes, 



That thinkcst to have any milke of thtire dammes : 



' These arc the months in which to drink water ia said to be injurious to the 

 health of the human body ! 



Boire rnii point ne ievet 

 Au moi» oil r R trouverft. 



