Agriculture -- England; Conduct of life; Home economics, Rural
[Sidenote: In May carry wood.]
And in May, whan thou hast falowed thy grounde, and
set oute thy shepefolde, and caryed oute thy dounge or
mucke, if thou haue any wodde, cole, or tymbre to
cary, or suche other busynes, that muste nedes be doone, 4
with thy charte or wayne, than is it tyme to do it. For
[Sidenote: The days are then long.]
than the waye is lyke to be fayre and drye, and the days
longe, and that tyme the husbande hath leeste to doo in
husbandry. Perauenture I set one thynge to be done at 8
one tyme of the yere, and if the husbande shulde do it,
it shulde be a greatter losse to hym in an other thynge.
Wherefore it is moste conuenient to do that thynge fyrst,
[Sidenote: [Fol. 16_b_.]]
that is moste profytable to hym, and as soone as he 12
can, do the other labour.
20. ¶ To knowe dyuers maner of wedes.
[Sidenote: In June weed the corn.]
In the later ende of Maye, and the begynnynge of
June, is tyme to wede thy corne. There be diuers maner
of wedes, as thistyls, kedlokes, dockes, cocledrake,
darnolde, gouldes, haudoddes, dogfenell, mathes, ter, 4
and dyuers other small wedes. But these be they that
[Sidenote: Thistles.]
greue mooste: The thistyll is an yll wede, roughe and
sharpe to handell, and freteth away the cornes nygh it,
and causeth the sherers or reapers not to shere cleane. 8
[Sidenote: Charlock.]
Kedlokes hath a leafe lyke rapes, and beareth a yelowe
floure, and is an yll wede, and groweth in al maner corne,
and hath small coddes, and groweth lyke mustard sede.
[Sidenote: Docks.]
Dockes have a brode lefe, and diuers high spyres, and 12
[Sidenote: Cockle.]
very small sede in the toppe. Cockole hath a longe small
lefe, and wyl beare fyue or vi. floures of purple colour, as
brode as a grote, and the sede is rounde and blacke, and
maye well be suffred in a breade-corne, but not in sede, 16
[Sidenote: ‘Drake.’]
for therin is moche floure. Drake is lyke vnto rye, till it
[Sidenote: [Fol. 17.]]
begynne to sede, and it hath many sedes lyke fenell-sedes,
and hangeth downewarde, and it maye wel be suffred in
breade, for there is moche floure in the sede: and it is an 20
[Sidenote: Darnel.]
opinion that it commeth of rye, &c. Dernolde groweth
vp streyght lyke an hye grasse, and hath longe sedes on
eyther syde the sterte, and there is moche floure in that
sede, and growethe moche amonge barley: and it is 24
[Sidenote: Golds.]
sayde, that it cometh of small barley. Golds hath a shorte
iagged lefe, and groweth halfe a yarde hygh, and hath a
yelowe floure, as brode as a grote, and is an yll wede, and
[Sidenote: Hawdod.]
groweth commonlye in barleye and pees. Hawdod hath 28
a blewe floure, and a fewe lyttell leues, and hath .v. or syxe
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account