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twecRC every fuch rooted plants jwith vine-cuttings for ftore^ fo as the quickfets may grow in his G 

 owne place awpoiniedj and the fion or cutting (which anotherdayis tobetranrplanted)in the 

 mean time take root between every courfe and raunge of the faid vine quick-fets,beforc they be 

 rcadie to take up much ground.Thus within the compafle of one acie^by jufi: proportion a man 

 may have about fixteencthoufandquicke-lcts.This is the difference onely, that fuch beare not 

 fruit Co foone by two yearc :fo much later are they that be let of fions, than thofe that were trant 

 planted and rcmainc ftill on foot. When a quick-fet of a vine is planted in a vineyard, and hath 

 growne one yearc, it ifufually cut downc dole to the earth, fo as burone eye or button be left 

 above ground,and one fhore or ftakc rauft be ilickt clofe to it for to reft upon,and d^ng laid well 

 about the root.Inlikcmanneroughcittobecut the fecondyearc. By this meancsitgachcrcth 

 ftrcngthinwardly,andmainiaincth the fame in fuch wi(e, as it may be fufficiem another day to H 

 beurc andfuftainc the burdcnboth of braunch and bunch,when itfhallbe charged with them : 

 for otherwifcjif it be let alone and fuffered to make haft for to beare^ it would proove to be {len- 

 der, vinewedjlcanCjand poorc : for furely this is the nature of a vinc,That fhee groweth moft wil- 

 lingly : in fuch fortjthat unlefleilie be kept under jchaftiled,and bridled in this manner, (her in- 

 ordinate appetite is fuch) (he will run hcc felfeoutof heartland go all to braunch and leafe. 



As touching props and (bores to fupportvinesjthebeft (as wee have faid) are thofe of the 

 Oke or Olive tree , for default whereof, ye may take good ftakes and forkes of Iuniper,Cyptefle, 

 Laburnium,and the Elder. As for thole perches that be of other kindsjthey ought to be cut and 

 renewed every yeare. Howbcit, to lay over a frame for vines to runne upon ; the beft poles are of 

 Reeds and Canes, for they will continue good five yeares, being bound many of them togitheri I 

 When the iTiorter braunches of a vine arc twifted one within another in manner of cording or 

 ropes, and ftrengthnedwith the wood of vine-cuttings among, thereof arch-worke is made, 

 which in Latine they call Funeta. Now by the time that a vine hath growne three yeares in the 

 vineyard, it putteth forth apace ftrong braunches, which intimemay make vines themfelves; 

 thefe mount quickly up to the frame : and then,fome good husbands there be,whoput out their 

 eycsjthatistofay, withacutting-hooke (turning the edge upward) fetch oif theeies budding 

 out beneath : thus by pruning, although they feemc to doc hurt and wrong unto them,yct they 

 draw them to rtioot out the longer by the meanes : for in good faith, the more profitable way it 

 isjthus to ufe and acquaintit with bearing braunches luftily ;and far better and eafier is it bcfides 

 to cut away thefe young imps as the vine liethfaftjoyned to the frame,untillfuchtimeasam.an K 

 thinkc it be ftrong enough of the wood. Others there are,who in no cafe would have a vine tou- 

 ched or medledwithall, the next yeare after that it is remooved into the vineyard; nor yttto 

 feelc the edge of the cutting- hooke,untill it have five years over the head •, mary then they agree 

 it fliould be pruned & guclded of all the wood it hath,fave only three burgeons. You fliall have 

 fome againe that will indeed cut them the very next yeare after they be replanted,but fo as they 

 may win every yeare three or foure joynts ; and when they be foure yeares old, and not before, 

 they give them libertie to climbe upon the frame. But this(I alfureyou) is the next way to make 

 the vine frudlifie ftowly and late : befidcs, it caufeth it to fceme fcortched and full of knots, yea 

 andto growlikc adwarfeor wreckling.Thebeft fimply, istofufier theftocke or mother to be 

 ftrong firft, and afterwards let the braunches and young imps hardly, bee as forward and auda- £ 

 cious as they will. Neither is it fafc trufting that vine which is full of cicattifesor skarres (a thing 

 thatprocecdeth of great errour and an utiskilfull hand,) for furely all fuch braunches grow ©f 

 hurts or wounds, and (pring not one jot from the mother-ftocke indeed: for alhhe whilethac 

 iTie gathercth ftrength, her whole vertue remaineth within her jbut when (be is fuffered to grow 

 and fru6lific,{hec goeth throughly to workc, and emploieth her forces full and whole to bring 

 forth that, which ycerely (heconceived : for Nature produceth nothing by halfes nor by peece- 

 mcalc, but is delivered of all at once. Well then, after that a vine is once full grown and ftrong 

 cno'jgh,letitprcfentIyruniipon pe3rches,orbeeledinatraiIc upona framc,buiin cafeitbc 

 ycrwith the weakeft, let it be cut againc,and take up her lodging hardly beneath under the very 

 frame: for in this point the queftion is not, what Age, but what Strength it hath? for that is it Jvl 

 ■which muft rule all. And verily great folly and raflmefleitwerCjto put a vine to it, and let her 

 have tlic will to grow ranke, before (he be as big full as a mans thumbe.The next yeare after thar 

 his gotten to the frame, there would be faved andlet to grow one or two braunches, according 

 to the ftrength and abilicie of the mother : and let the fame the yeare following alio be prefervedj 



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