Order and Government of a Noblewatis Houfe, &c. 373

Hcare infueth neceflarie inftrudtions for the Stewarde or princi- pal! Officers of the Houlhould to have refpedl unto, as con- cerning all forand occations, with the tymcs and feafons of the yeare dulie confidered touching thefe perticulars follow - inge, vidz. Januarie, Febntaric. Firfte, in thefe monthes is the beft fellinge of all woodes for houflioulde provifion, as bevinc, fagotte, billett, blockwoode, char- cole, white and blacke, and likewife timber for durable buildinge, but if wood failes bee made to gaine the barcke, then I houlde fel- linge of fuch timber to bee beft when the fappe putteth forth the buddes with fome leaves in the topps of the trees ; but hardlie looke ever for good timber to growe of fuch ftovens fo felled in that fea- fonc. In thefe monthes is the beft makinge of both fortes of charcole as abovefaide, and for white charcole the lightefte gorwoode is beft and meteft for it, vidz. willowe, fallowe, maple, beech, birtch, afhe, aulder, and fuch like, which is to bee taken and clifted as the flet- chers doe theire fteeles ; they make theire arrowes of about two or three fingers thicke, and a foote and a halfe longe, and foe to be well and throughlie dried upon a kilne, which donne maketh a verie hott fier and fweete without ftuffinge fmaake or fuffocatinge as the other charcole doth. In thefe monthes is the beft plowinge of lannde for peafe, beanes, oates, and fuch like ; and if one will have peafe foone in the yeare followinge, fuch peafe are to bee fowenne in the waine of the moone at St. Andro's tide before Chriftmas ; and alfo for failow- i ing