Agriculture -- England; Conduct of life; Home economics, Rural
Than thou grasier, that hast many shepe in thy
[Sidenote: Have a large sheep-fold;]
pastures, it is conuenient for the to haue a shepefolde
made with a good hedge or a pale, the whiche wyll
receyue all thy shepe easyly that goo in one pasture, 4
sette betwene two of thy pastures, in a drye place;
[Sidenote: [Fol. 28_b_.]]
and adioynynge to the ende of the same, make an
[Sidenote: another to hold 90 sheep;]
other lyttell folde, that wyll receyue lxxxx. shepe or
moo, and bothe those foldes muste haue eyther of 8
theym a gate in-to eyther pasture, and at the ende
of that folde make an other lyttell folde, that wyll
[Sidenote: and another for 40 sheep.]
receyue .xl. shepe or mo, and betwene euery folde a
gate. And whan the shepe are in the greate folde, 12
let .xl. of them, or there about, come into the myddle
[Sidenote: Let the shepherd examine them in the middle fold.]
folde, and steke the gate. And than let the shepeherde
turne them, and loke them on euery syde, and if he se
or fynde any shepe, that nedeth any helpynge or mending 16
for any cause, lette the shepeherde take that shepe
with his hoke, and put hym in the lyttell folde. And
whan he hath taken all that nedeth any mendyng, than
put the other in-to whether pasture he wyll, and let in as 20
[Sidenote: Put the sick ones in the little fold.]
many out of the greate folde, and take those that nede
any handling, and put them into the lyttell folde. And
thus peruse them all tyll he haue doone, and than let the
shepeherde go belte, grese, and handel all those that he 24
hath drawen, and than shall not the great flocke be taryed
nor kepte from theyr meate: and as he hath mended
them, to put them into theyr pasture.
41. ¶ To belte shepe.
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