planting and Graffthg* 2^ 
H wto binds onyoHf fhield. 
T His done, yc muft have a Wi each of good hemp, tobindethc 
faid ihield on his place ; the manner to binde it is this, ye (hall 
make a wreath of hemp together as great a* a Goofe qiiill, or there 
about*, or according to the bignel's or fmalnefs of your tree ; then 
take your hemp in the midft, that ‘the one halfe may ferveforche 
upper halfc of the (hlcld,in winding and eroding ( with the hemp) 
the faid (hield on the branch of the tree, but fee that ye binde it not 
too ftraight, for it (hall let him from taking or fpringing, and like- 
wife their fa p cannot eafily come or pafiTefromthconeto theo-' 
thcr: and fee al(o that wet come not to your (hield, nor likewKc 
the hemp that ye binde it withall : Ye (hall begin to binde your 
Scutchion firft behinde in the midft of your (hield, in comming ftill 
lower and lower, and lo recovf rcunder the oylet and taile of your 
(hield, binding it nigh together, without recovering of the faid oy- - 
let, then ye (hall rcturne againe upward, in binding it backward 
to the midft where ye began. Then take the other part of the 
hempe, and binde fo likewife the upper part of your (hield, and en-< 
creafe your hemp as ye (hall need, and fo rcturne againe back- 
ward, and ye (hail bind it fo, till the fruits or clefts be covered * 
( both above and beneath ) with your faid hemp, except the oylet 
and his taile, the which ye muft not cover, for that taile will (bed 
apart, if the ft\ic)d doetakc. 
On one tresyee m ly gr or put trs?o or three jhieldj. 
Y Ee may very well if ye will, on every tree grafFe two or three 
(hiclds, but fee that one be not right againft an ether, nor yet 
of ; he one fide of the trec5 let your (hields fo remaine bound on tht 
trees, one raoneth or more, after they be graffed, and the greater* 
the tree is, the longer to remaine and the fmaller the IcITcr time* - 
Ihe time to UTthind your (hield. 
A Nd then afur one moneth, or fix week* paft, ye muft unbind 
the (hield, or at the leaft cut the hemp behind the tree, and 
let it fo remaine the winter next following, and then about 
the moneth of March or Apr.ill if ye will, or when ye (hall fee the 
fap of the (hield put forth, then cut the branch off three fingers 
above the (hield, or there abouts. 
How to cut and govern the branches graffed o i the trees. ‘ 
T Hen in the next yeere after that the Cions (hall be well ftreng* ‘ 
thened, and when they doe begin to fpringi then (hall ye cut 
F 3 them 1 
