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• Howe ye ought ro Icaue thefe great 
braunches cut. 
5j:t)crt!)mc5C!3l)erc are to be ibelucbof certainc great 
OauD otDctrasonel^ , tobitb m cuttingtbegreat b;aun» 
ebco fijercoftrundjeon UJT?fc,Doe reiicloe againe, as Mai# 
nuts>^iilber^ tree, plum trees, €berr\> trixs tuitb others, 
tobteb I’emuft tiifb?auncbe the fcotoes thereof euen after 
aihaUotDtioe , o j as fmne as thc\?;i leaues be falite of , anb 
l^feelDtfc before the^ begin to enter into fap. 
of trees hauing great Braunches. 
Tlge fapDe great b?aunches, tohenpelhall bifb,jaimche 
^ them, pe lhallfocutte them of in fuche truncheons, of 
lengthen the tree, that the one maps be longer than the 
ther , that tuhen the Cions be grolune gojo anti long there# 
on, pe mape graffe on them againe as pe ftiall fa caufe , ac^# 
cobbing as euciTarme^aUrequp,ze» - 
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of barrennefle of trees, the time of cutting yll braunches 1 
andof vneoueringtherootes. , , 
^Omettjmes a man hath certamc olDe tras , ^»hich be al# 
moft fpent , as of the peare tras aub pimix trees , anb 
other great tra’S , the luhich beare fcante of fraite , but 
tohenas pelT)aUfa fome braunches tucllchargcb there# 
tihth,thenpebughtto cutteofallthe other pll braunches 
anb botoes , to the enbe that thofe that renxatne map haue 
the mo;e fappe to nourilhe thep^ friiite, anb alfo to bncouer 
thep^ rotes after aihallotutpbe , anb todcaue tho moff 
greatelf rotes thereof (a fote from the trenfee) anb put in# 
to the fapbe cleftcs, a thin (late of harb ftone, there let it re# 
mame,to the enbe that the humour of the tree , mape enter 
out therebp , anb at the enbe of Mintcr pe lhall coiicr him 
againe toith as gob anb fat earth as pe can get , anb let ths 
ftone alone. 
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