[Sidenote: How to tithe.] Nowe that all these cornes before specyfyed be shorne, mowed, reped, bounden vp, and layde vppon the rydge of the lande, lette the housbande take hede of goddes commaundemente, and let hym goo 4 [Sidenote: Count 9 sheaves, and cast out the tenth.] to the ende of his lande, and begynne and tell .ix. sheues, and let hym caste out the .x. shefe in the name of god, and so to pervse fro_m_ lande to lande, tyll he haue trewely tythed all his corne. And beware, 8 and take hede of the sayinge of our lorde by his [Sidenote: Malachi iii. 8, 9.] prophete Malachias, the whiche saythe, _Quia michi non dedisti decimas et primitias, id circo in fame et penuria maledicti estis_. That is to saye, Bycause ye haue not 12 gyuen to me your tythes, and your fyrste-fruytes, therefore ye be cursed, and punysshed with honger and [Sidenote: Augustine.] penury. And accordynge to that saynte Austyn saythe: _Da decimas, alioqui incides in decimam partem angelorum_ 16 [Sidenote: Give tithes truly.] _qui de celo corruerunt in infernum_. That is to say, Gyue thy tythes truely, or els thou shalt fall amonge the tenthe parte of aungelles that felle from heuen in-to hell, the whiche is an harde worde to euery man, that oughte to 20 [Sidenote: [Fol. 23.]] gyue tythes, and doth not gyue them truely. But saynte [Sidenote: Augustine.] Austyne saythe a comfortable worde again, to them that gyue theyr tythes truely, that is to saye: _Decimæ sunt_ [Sidenote: Tithes are tributes to the needy.] _tributa egentium animarum_: Tythes are tributes or 24 rewardes to nedye soules. And ferther he saythe: _Si decimam dederis, non solum abundantiam fructum recipies, sed etiam sanitatem corporis et animæ consequeris_, That is to saye, If thou haue gyuen thy tythes truely, thou 28 shalte not onely receyue the profite, and the abundaunce of goodes, but also helthe of bodye and soule shall folowe. Wolde to god, that euerye man knewe the harde worde of our lorde by his prophete Malachias, 32 and also the comfortable wordes of the holy saynte Austyn. For than wolde I truste verely, that tythes shulde be truely gyuen. 31. ¶ Howe all maner of corne shulde he couered.