Order and Government of a Nobleman s Honfe t f?t%

In thefc monthes bee all fortes of horfles to bee biftowede, vidz, horffes and guildinges togeather, marcs and foalcs by themfelves,. coltes by themfelves, fommer hacknyes by thcmfelves, draught horfles by themfelves, and fuch feverall pafture providedc for all thefe fortes as the ftewarde in his difcretion mall thinke meete. In thefe monthes. bee yeowes and lambes to bee providede for eather of ftore or boughte, and to bee putt in grounde fittinge, fo as they bee killed of, the yeowes may bee eather fedd to bee foulde, or putt in fuch pafture as other houldinge fheepe be in to continue.. In thefe monthes are iheepe in general! to bee well waihede and putt to greene fwarth untill theire woole be thorough drie for foil- inge, and after fore or five daies, if the weather ferve, they may bee mornne, which donne the woole is to bee w r ell wounde and wayede, and the contcntes of toddes taken, and then faflie laid up in fome conveniente place, neather in lofte where it may take to much aire, for fo there will bee lofs to the feller by waight, neather in too lowe or danckifh a place, for that will increafe too much waight, and then the worfe to bee foulde, foe as I houlde a meanc betwixt thefe two extreames the beft both for the buyer and feller. In thefe monethes, allthouglie ibmethinge maye bee faide for houldinge meepe, yet needeth not much, fmce the common, fieldes and ordinarie walkes bee appointede for them in moft places^, fave only fedde muttons for the houfe uie. I houlde better paf- ture mere fittinge for them, and more profittable for the lordes ufe to bee expend^de in houfhoulde.. In thefe monthes beefore winter corn bee growne to high it is to bee well lookede and clenfede from. thifteMs, and all other weedes which hindereth the fame to growe, and itnpareth the foile to yealde fuch crope as els k woulde, befides it is hardlie to bee wonne or well gott if thillells ihoulde not bee cleane taken, VOL. XIII. 3 C forth