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 fynd expressed openly to your ye. 



How ye schall make jovvr rode 

 And how je schall make yoztr Rodde craftely I 

 schall tell jow ye schall kytte betwene Mychelinas 

 and Candulmas a feyr staf evyn of a vj fote long 

 or mor as ye lyst of hasill wilowe or aspe and 

 beke hem in a ovyn when ye bake & set hym 

 evy[n] ryght as ye can make hym Jien let hym 

 cole & drye a fowr wykes or mor Then take & 

 bynd hym fast wzt^ a good corde vn to a forme 

 or to an evyn squar tree & fen take a pi u mars 

 wyr pat is evyn & strong & scharpe at fe oon ende 

 pen hete the scharpe ende in a charcol fyr tyl hyt 

 be hote & pers pe stafe pgr with thorow Jje pith 

 of the seyd stafe Fyrste at fe oon ende & sithen 

 at ])e other tyll hyt be thorow & then take a bryd 

 spytte & bryn hym as ye seme tyll it be to thyne 

 entente in a man^r as a tapur of wax & wax hym 

 then let hym. ly stylle two days aft^r tyl hyt be 

 thorow colde tan vn bynde hym & let hym drye 

 yn a smoke howse or yn a howsroyf tyl hyt be 

 thorow drye In fe same seysen take a yarde of 

 white hasil & beth hym even & streighte & let 

 hym drye yn pe same wyse as hyt ys seyd of the 

 stafe and wen they be drye make fe yarde mete 

 vn to the hole of the seyd stafe yn to jje halfe 



