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If this ray fimple labour be taken in good part ( gentle Reader ) , 
it ftiall the more hereafter encourage me, to fet forth another book 
more at large, touching the Arc of Planting andGraffing, with 
other things neceflary to be knownc. 
H^refoUoivetJy the hef times how 1 9 order or choofey and i& 
fet or plant Hoppes, 
I N this figure ye fhall underftand, the placing and making of the 
Hoppe hils, by every Cipher over his herd : The firrt place it 
(hewed, but one Pole let in the midft, and the Hoppe beneath | 
Thefecond jheweth, hoiv Tome doth chop downe a Spade in the 
midft of the Hill, and therein layes his Hop roots. The third place 
is (hewed, how other fome doe fet out one Pole in the midit, and 
the Hop roots at holes put in round about. The fourth place (hew- 
eth 3 how fome chop in a Spade crofs inthe top, and there layes in 
his roots. The fifth place (heweth, how fome doe (‘ct foure Poles 
therein, and put the Hop round about the Hill. The (ixth place 
(heweth, that fome ufe to make crolTe kolesin the tides, and there 
laye the Hop roots. Thus many praftifes have been proved good : 
Provided alwaies that your Hils be of good fat earth, fpecially in 
the midft downe unto the bottomc.Thls 1 thought fufficient to Ihew 
by his figure, the diverfity in fetting, whereof the laying of the 
Hup is counted the fureft way. ^ 
T He beft, and common fetting time of Hoppes, is from raid 
November^ to mid February^ then muft ye digge and cleanlc 
the ground of weeds, and mixe it well with good mould and faC 
carcL Then divide your hils a yard one from another orderly, in 
making them a yard a funder, and two foot and a halfe broad in 
the battomexaiid when that ye plant them, yt (hall lay in every 
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