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Order and Government of a Nobleman's Hoif/e, &c. 335

to bee chardged with all ordinarie fheetes, and pillbwbers ; as for the fineft forte, hee is call for fuch to the ladie, or whom fhee pleafeth mall deliver them forth, for fuch ftranngers as in theire calling^ they bee fitt for ; hee is further to fee as occafion ferveth, that all his beddes, bolefters, and pillowes, with all the reft of fur- niture for beddinge, be airede, and beaten, and that there bee noe dufte in them, nether any mothes bredde, which' bothiis a greate fpoile to ftuffe, but in that cafe dried wormewoode is very good, and ofte turninge and airinge as abovefaide. The Yeoman of the Horffe. Hee is to take his chardge from the gentleman of the horffe, which is to have by inventorie all the horffes, geldinges, and mares, by name, fo well for the ftoode, as for the faddell, withall the fur- niture belonginge to the ffoble whatfoever, and is earefullie to look unto his chardge., foe well thofe horffes at graffe, as in the houffe ; and if any of them channce to bee ficke, or hurtt, to acquainte the gentleman of the horffe therewith, that hee may take order therein; and in his abfence the yeoman is to looke into all andeverie thofe faultes, to fee remedied, fo well as if the gentleman of the? horffe weare in place. Hee is like wife in his abfence to apointe all fuch horffes, for the lordes fervice, in his difcretion 3 and to fee the gromes doe theire dewtie ; everie groome to kepe tw r o greate horffes and foure geldinges, which hee maye wel] doe in the ftable. The Office of the Cookes.. They are to bee directed whollie by the clarke of the kittchine, for the lordes diett, and the houlhoulde, and to bee refpedive and care full

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