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yc do the little wild ftocksjwhich fliould he as great as yo ir grafFes, 
arid to graffe them, as ye do thofe with S^p like on both fides, but 
thea ye iimft gf'afFe them io the earth, as three fingers of, or there- 
abouts. 
-The manner of Graffing of grafFes which may be 
. fet betwixt the barke and the T ree. 
lo graffe betwixt the barl{e and the 7 ree, 
T His manner of graffing is good, when Trees do begin to enter 
into their Sap, which is about the end o( Febrttaty^ unto the 
end of y^prilf and efpecially on great wild Hocks which be hard lo 
clcayc, ye may (ec in four or five graffes in the head thereof, which 
graffes ought to be gathered afore, and kept clofe in the earth till 
then, for by that time aforefaid, yc fhill fcantly find a tree, but 
that he doth put forth or bud, as the Apple called Capendu, or fuch 
like, Ye muft therefcie faw thefc wild fiocks mere charily, 
and higher, fo they be great, and then cut the grafifes which ye 
would let together, fo as you would fet them upon the wild flock 
that is cleft, as is aforefaid. And the incloied ot your graffes muft 
not be fo long,nor fb thick, and the barke a little at the end there- 
of muft be taken away, and made in manner as a Launcct of Iron, 
and as thick on the one (kle as the other. 
How ie drejfe the head^to place the graffes betwixt the barh^ and the tree, 
A Nd when your graffes be ready cut, then ftiall ye clenfe the 
head of yourllock,and pare it with a fliarp knife, round about 
the barke thereof, to the end your graffes may joy ne the better 
thereon*, then by and by take a (harp penknife , or other (harp 
pointed knife, and thriift it downe betwixt the barke and the flock, 
fo long as the inctfion of your graffes bc^ then put your graffes fbft- 
ly downe therein in the ‘'ard joynt ; and fee thatitdo fit clofe upon 
the flock head. 
(Oi How to cQttr the head of your 
W Hen as yc have fet in your graffes, ye muft then cover it 
wdlabout with good tough Clay and Moffe, as is faid of 
the others, and then you muft incontinent environ or compafleycur 
head with fmall thorny bufhe8,and bind them faft thereon all about 
for fear of great birds, and likewife the 
