The feventeentli Eooke of 



in water, rviorcovcrj wlcc ought be well advircd3 that wee fharpch not the end oFa graBPc in the C 

 wind, and that the barkc goe not either from it or the ftocke. As for the graffc it feJfcj it muft be 

 driven downe into the clitt, clofe to the (houlder where the oWnc barkc goeth round, and from 

 whence you began to (harpen it; buttake heed in thrufting and foreing thcrcof,that it Hand not 

 out of joynt^nc yet that the barke thereof turnc up in wrinkles : and chereforfc chofen they would 

 not be which arc over moift, no more (I alTure you) than thofe that be too dric^for astheex- 

 ccllivc humiditic of the one loofcneth the rind, fo the vVant of vitall moifture in the other, will 

 iiotfuffer itio unite and concorporatcOvcr and bcfidesjin the working of this featjmen obfervc 

 a ccrtainc religious reverence, namely, that the fions be fet into the ftocke when the moonfe is 

 croiffantj (to witjbeforc the full) and with both hands forfooth, or els all is marred : and other- 

 Wife in this bufinefle there is an opinion, that two hands togither are pur to fmaller ftreflc , and ji 

 have better ftay of themfelves than one alone; and therefore fuch a moderation is right neccf- 

 faric : for the more forcibly the graffes be fet into the ftockc, & the fafter that they are letledjihe 

 longer it will be ere they take to bearc 5 but furer they be, and contin vtc the longer : contrariwiiq 

 if they ftandflacke,tlie tree indeed will thefoonerbcarcjbutlaftthe lefle while. Furthermore^ 

 regard would be had in this cafe, as well that the clift of theftocke gape not too much (as being 

 over widcfor the grafFe;) as that it be not too littk and over-ftreight,for feare that either it flur t it 

 out againc,orclaipc it and gil d it fo hard that it kill it quite. This principally wemuft take heed 

 of at the firtt, that there be no fpill or little chip left behind in the mids of the clifr,nor any thing 

 befides the graffeitfclfejtofill up the place. Some there bc^ that enter the clift firft in theftocke^ 

 with a bill, and with an ofiertwig tye and bind up the very brims or edges thereof : which done, 

 they drive the wedges in, to make fuch an overture as is meet 5 for by realbn of the forelaid ^ 

 bonds,they need not feare the gaping of it too wide . Some ftocks there be which the very fame 

 day that they beegraffedinthe nource-garden, are without any harmc remoovcd to the place 

 where they muft grow.If the ftockc wherein you graffc be bigge and round, the beft way is to fet 

 the fion betweene the batke and the wOod thereof, and to dcvidc the one from the other with a 

 Wedge of boht, leaft in enlarging of thfc barke it chaunce to breakc. In graffing of a Cheric tree 

 ftocke,the over rind or barke woUld bee taken away before the clift bee made. [Now thefe trees 

 alone ofall others may be graffed very well prefently after mid-winter.] When the faidrind is 

 gone, you fliiill fee therein a ccrtainc downe, which if it chaunce to clafpc about the grafcjit rot- 

 teth the fame incontinently. But to returne againc to our worke of graffing : After the wedge is 

 taken forth whole and found at the point, (which is a token that no Ipill rcmaineth within) you K 

 may bee bold to bind the head of the ftockc all about. Yet this would be confidered by the way 

 (which I had like co have forgotten) that the beft and hahdfomeft graffing, is as near the ground 

 as may be, in cafe the knots will give leave and the ftockc beare it : alfo that the grafts would not 

 conveniently ftand without the ftockc above fix fingers breadth. Now when all is done and furc 

 worke made (as hath been faid)C/?/o wil]ethustotakeclay,orthefandiegritof chalke, mixed 

 togither With ox^ or cow fbcarn, to wdrkc & temper all rhcle togither in manner of a tough paft 

 or cataplafme, and then to lay the fame within the clift, & round about to daubc all . And verily 

 by this and other fuch rules which hc hath left in writing, itappeareth plainly,that in thofe daies 

 themannerwas tograffebetweenethc barke and the tree, and not otherwifc; as alfo to let the £, 

 fions in the ftocke,not above two fingers deepe. Asfor Apple trees and Pyrries, he prefcribeth 

 that they fhouldbe graffed in the Spring ; alfo fiftie daies after the Summer fun-ftead,& againc 

 after vintage ; but Olives and Fig trees in the Spring oncly,obferving the agrand difpofition of 

 the Moone, when {he is in the wane; and thirftic, that is to fay, drie : m orcover, after noontide, 

 andwhen no Southernc wind doth bbw. And I cannot chufe but wonder much at the curiofi- 

 tic and double diligence ofC4/<7, who not content to have defended the graft with clay or pafi 

 aforcfaid,yca and to prefcrvc it with lurfe and mofle againft the injurie of rain and cold, to have 

 bound it about alfo with little knitches of foft oficr twigs (lived in twaine ; baw muft give charge 

 befides to cover it with Oxc-tongue (a kind of hcai:b there is fo called) /.BuglolTe rand yet he 

 hath not done, but the'fame mult be faft bound With wifpcs and wreaths of ftraw and litter alofr^ M 

 Now adaies men make no more adoe, but thinkc it fufficient to ftop and clofe up barkc and all, 

 with'Carth or clay and'efiM&tempe^efd togither 5 thinking it fufficient, if the graft beare out two 

 fingers breadth abovcJi'They that viiait upon the Spring feafon for to graffe, arc many times 

 driven tatheir (hifts for want of tjmcjby reafon that all trees niakc haft then to bud,& do break 



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