Order and Government of a Nobleman s Houfe ^ &V.

fooner bee fedd the fommer followinge, and fo fervicable in the houfe, for they will fooner feede after ftrawe then grafle, being put in good and frefli pafture. In thefe monthes, vidz. from Oclober till May, are the breede of calves to bee rearede, and not after, becaufe then they bee more hardlie bredde, and become the ftronger cattell and larger then all the yeare after if they weare to bee kept, and this chardge belongeth to the bailieffe of hufbandrie to looke unto. In thefe monthes are groundes to bee apointedc fo well for all other cattell, as calves, yearings, two yeares, three yeares oulde, or upwardes, and thofe in theire kinde to bee atendede and well fo- thered duringe the winter tyme. In thefe monthes likewife are fedd muttons to bee provided for the houfhoulde, if they bee not of ftore, and to bee kept in good groundes for expendinge, and that provifion to continue till Whit- funtide ; after that others bee provided. In thefe monthes, vidz. braunes, baconns, lardes, porketts, are to bee provided for, and to bee fedd at mafte if there bee any, if not they are to be cornne fedd, at the difcretion of the bailieffe of hufbandrie, whoe is to give notice to the ftewarde of houlhoulde howe they feed, that hee in his difcretion may give order for ex- pencjinge them in the houfe as occation ferveth. In thefe monthes is the beft caftinge or clenfmge of poundes or pooles, this feafone beeinge the driefte in all the yeare, and fpringe at the loweft. In thefe monthes it is googl to take up guildinges for winter travill into the houfe, for if they fhoulde runne at grafTe longer both they would paire of theire flefhe and longe before they would bee foe faire coted as otherwife, but this I referre to the gentleman of the horfe, as his chardge to looke unto. November,