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where they arc moftrankc and bcft nouriflied; being diiis bound faftcogfetherjietthciii psCe G 

 along cither through the concavitie of an Oxe llianke and mariboncjor elfe an earthen pipe or 

 tunncH made for the nonce. Thus couch them in the ground ^and cover them with earthy lo as 

 two joints or buds be feene without. By this meanesthey enjoy the benefit ofmoifture^and take 

 root together : and although they be cut from their owne ftocke^yenhey put out leaves & bran- 

 ches. After this, the pipe or bone aforcfaid is broken, that the root may have libertie both to 

 fprcad and alfo to gather more ttrength. And will you fee the experience of a pretie feeret ? yoti 

 fhall have this one plant thus united of fourcjto beare diveife andfundrie grapes^according to 

 the bodies or ftockes from whence they came. Yetis there one fine caft more to plant a Vine^ 

 found out but of late, and this is the manner thereof: Take a Vine-fet or cutting, flit it along 

 through the middeft, and fcrapeout the marrow or pitli very cleanej then fet them together H 

 againe wood to woodjas they were before,and bind them faft : but take heed in any cafe that ih^ 

 buds or oilets without-forth be not hurCjUor rafed at all.This done^put the famecutting into the 

 ground^enterre it I fay well within earth & dung tempered together. When it begins to fpread 

 young brauncheSjCUtthemioffj and oftentimes remember to dig about it, & lay the earth light : 

 and ceneSjColume/ld holdeth it for certaiiijand alTureth us upon his wordjThat the grapes com- 

 ming of fuch a Vincwill haveno ftoncs or kernils at all within them. Arrange thing and pafliog 

 wohdcrfulljthattheveryfctit felfe iTiould live; and that which more is, grow and beare^notwith- 

 ftanding the pith or marrow is taken quite away. 



Furthcrmore,fince we are entred thus farre into this difcourfeandargument, I cannot pafle 

 by,butl muft needs fpeake of fuch twigs and braunches of trees as will knit and grow together I 

 even to a tree. Forjcertainc it is, that if you take five or fixe of the fmalleft fprigs of Boxe, bind 

 them together,andfoprickcthem into the ground^thcy will proove and grow to one entire tree. 

 Howbeitjin old time men obferved,that thefc twigs fhould be broken off from a Box tree,whieh 

 never had been cut or disbranched/or otherwifeit was thought verily they would never live : but 

 afterwards this was checked by experience,and the contrarieknowne. Thus much as touching 

 the order of Vine-plants,and their nource-garden for ftore. 



:'v -Tt remaineth now to fpeake of the manner of Vineyards and Vines themfclves. Where in the 

 fitftplace,therc offer unto us five forts thereof. For fome traine and run along upon the ground 

 fpreading every way with their braunches : others grow upright and beare up themfelves with- 

 out any ftaies.Some refl upon props, withoutany trailc or frame at all : others beborne up with ^ 

 forkesandonefinglerailelyingoverina longraunge: andlafi: of all, there bee Vines thatriin 

 upon trailes and frames laid over croffe- wife with foure courfes of railes, in manner of acrolTe 

 dormant. The fame manner of husbandrie that ferveth thofe Vines which beare upon props 

 without any other frame at all, will agree well ynough to that which flandeth of it felfc without 

 any ibies, Forfurely it groweth fo,for default oncly and want of perches and props. As for the 

 Vincthat is led upon afingleraungcas it werein one direi3:line, which they call Canteriusjit is 

 thought better than the other,forplentieofliquor :for befidesthatit fhaddowethnot it fclfe,ic ' 

 hath the furtherance & help of the Sun-fhinecontinually to ripen the grapes : it hath the bene- 

 fite alfo of the wind blowing through it, by which meanes the dew will not long fland upon it. 

 Moreover, it lieth more handfome to the hand for the leaves to beeplucked away, and for the E 

 clods to be broken under it: & in one word,isreadiefl for all kind of good husbandrietdbedone 

 about it.But above all other commodities it hath this,that itis not long in the flower, butblou- 

 methmofl: kindly. As for the frame aforefaid thatisraungedin onelinea lengthjitismadc of 

 perches or poles, reeds and canes, cords and ropes, or elfe lines of haire,as in Spaine and about 

 Bfindis. The other kind of frame with railes and fpars overthwart,beareth a Vine moi-e free for 

 plcntie of winethan the reftjand called this is CompluvUta. 'vitis^ becaufc it refemblcth the hol- 

 low courfe of gutter tiles, that inhoufes receive all laine water and caftiioff, Forasthecrofle 

 dormantin building fhutteth off the raineby foure gutters, even fb is this Vine led and catied 

 foure waies,upQn;as may trailes.Ofthis Vine and the manner of planting it,wc will only fpeake, 

 for that the fame ordering will iervc well ynough in every kind bcfides : marie there be farre more 

 waies to plant this than the refl,but thefe three efpecially.Thc firfl and the furefl is,to fet the Vine 

 inaplotwell and throughly delved : the next to itjis in the furrow: the laft of all, in a trench 05 

 ditftfo.As for digging a plot and plantingtberein^l^nough hath been written alreadie. 



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