6. After _falowe_, I. R. adds--“and plow it vnder without harrowing.”
8. After _yere_, I. R. adds--“as in other places euery third yeere, for the one haue four fieldes, the other three.”
23. _whyte wheate_] Oygrane Wheate. So in l. 31 below, he has “Oygrane or white Wheate.”
25. _anis_] anns; so also in l. 29, and again in ll. 33, 36, 40, 42; we should rather have expected the spelling _auns_.
33. _and wyll make white breed_] it yeeldeth the finest flower of all. These three sorts of Wheat must euer bee sowne eyther on the Pease stubble, or on a fallow ground that is not very proud or rich, for too rich ground for these Wheats wil make them mildewe and not prosper.
35. After _whyte wheate_, I. R. adds--“but they are deceaued.”
38. _rudeste_] ruddiest. This is clearly the right sense.
43. _flyntered_] flintred. At the end of the section I. R. adds a long piece, as follows.
Lastly, there is another Wheat, which is called hole-straw Wheat; it hath the largest eare of al Wheats, the boldest Corne, and yeeldeth the most, the finest, though not the whitest floure; it is foure-square, and hath short anns; the straw is not hollow, but hath a strong pith throughout, by reason wherof in his growth no weather whatsoeuer can beare him downe, but still he will stand and prosper; his straw yeeldeth as good thatch as Reeds, a singular profit for a Husbandman: and it is an excellent fewell to bake or brew with, euen as good as Gorsse or Whins: Onely Cattell will not eate it, nor is it good for litter; this of all Wheats is the best: these last named are to be sowne on the fallow ground, and the better the ground is, the better they will prosper.
When you sowe your Rye choose a dry season, for small wet killeth Rye. Rie, as the old husbands say, will drowne in the Hopper, that is, if in the Hopper hee catch a shower, his vigor is slaine. Wherfore the drier his mold, is the better, which is the cause that the hote, dry, and light sand is onely for Rye most excellent: his mold must harrow small like a Garden-bed, for the smallest clot hindereth his comming vp; his sprout is so small and tender.
Here I. R. inserts a whole chapter, as follows.
¶ How to make barraine ground bring foorth good Corne.