The aucthors prologue.

Man is born to labour.

He that laboureth not should not eat.

The Book of the Chess

is divided into six degrees,

viz. king, queen, bishops, knights, judges, and yeomen,

concerning which it is too long to write.

As the yeomen defend the rest, I shall speak of husbandry.

Finis.

¶ The table.

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[1.]First wherby husbande-men do lyue. fo. i.[19]9
[2.]Of dyuers maner of plowes. fol. eod.9
[3.]To knowe the names of all the partes of the ploughe. fol. ii.10
[4.]The temprynge of plowes. fo. iii.12
[5.]¶ The necessary thynges that belonge to a plowe, carte, or wayne. fol. iiii.14
[6.]¶ Whether is better, a plowe of oxen or a plowe of horses. fol. v.15
[7.]¶ The dylygence and the attendaunce that a husbande shulde gyue to his warke, in maner of an other prologue, and a specyall grounde of all this treatyse. fol. vi.16
[8.]¶ Howe a manne shulde plowe all maner of landes all tymes of the yere. fo. vii.17
[9.]To plowe for pees and beanes. fol. viii.18
[10.]Howe to sowe bothe pees and beanes. fol. viii.18
[11.]Sede of Discrecyon. fol. ix.20
[12.]Howe all maner of corne shulde be sowen. folio eodem21
[13.]To sowe barley. fol. x.22
[14.]To sowe otes. fol. xi.23
[15.]To harowe all maner of cornes. fol. xii.24
[16.]To falowe. fol. xiii.25
[17.]To carry out donge or mucke, and to sprede it. fol. xiiii.27
[18.]To set out the shepe-folde. fol. xv.28
[19.]To cary wode and other necessaries. fol. xvi.29
[20.]To knowe dyuers maner of wedes. fol. eod.29
[21.]To wede corne. fol. xvii.31
[22.]The fyrste sturrynge: and (23) to mowe grasse. foli. xviii.32
[24.]How forkes and rakes shuld be made. fo. xix.33
[25.]To tedde and make hey. fol. eod.33
[26.]Howe rye shulde be shorne. fol. xx.35
[27.]Howe to shere whete. fol. xxi.35
[28.]To mowe or shere barley and otes. fol. eod.36
[29.]To repe or mowe pees and beanes. fol. xxii.36
[30.]Howe all maner of corne shoulde be tythed. folio eodem37
[31.]Howe all maner of corne shoulde be couered. fol. xxiii.38
[32.]To lode corne and mowe it. fol. eod.38
[33.]The seconde sturrynge. fo. xxiiii.39
[34.]To sowe whete and rye. fol. eodem39
[35.]To thresshe and wynowe corne. fol. xxv.41
[36.]To seuer beanes, pees, and fetches. fol. eod.41
[37.]Of shepe, and what tyme of the yere the rammes shulde be put to the ewes. fol. xxvi.42
[38.]To make a ewe to loue her lambe. fol. xxvii.43
[39.]What tyme lambes shulde be wayned. fo. eod.44
[40.]To drawe shepe and seuer them in dyuerse partes. fol. xxviii.44
[41.]To belte shepe. fol. xxix.45
[42.]To grece shepe. fol. eod.46
[43.]To medle terre. fol. eodem46
[44.]To make brome salue. fol. eod.46
[45.]If a shepe haue mathes. fol. xxx.47
[46.]Blyndenes of shepe and other dyseases, and remedyes therfore. fo. eod.47
[47.]The worme in a shepes fote, and helpe therfore. fol. xxxi.48
[48.]The bloudde, and remedye if he comme betyme. fol. eodem48
[49.]The pockes, and remedy therfore. fol. eod.49
[50.]The wode euyl, and remedy therfore. fol. xxxii.49
[51.]To washe shepe. fol. eod.49
[52.]To shere shepe. fol. eod.50
[53.]To drawe and seuer the bad shepe frome the good. fol. eod.50
[54.]What thynge rotteth shepe. fol. xxxiii.50
[55.]To knowe a rotten shepe dyuerse maner ways, wherof some of them wyll not fayle. fol. xxxiiii.51
[56.]To by leane cattell. fol. eod.52
[57.]To bye fatte cattell. fol. xxxv.53
[58.]Dyuerse sickenesses of cattell, and remedies therfore, and fyrste of murren. fol. eod.53
[59.]Long sought, and remedy therfore. fo. xxxvi.54
[60.]Dewbolue,[20] and the harde remedye therfore. fol. eod.55
[61.]Ryson vppon, and the remedye therfore. fol. xxxvii.55
[62.]The turne, and remedy therfore. fol. eod.56
[63.]The warribred, & remedy therfore. fol. xxxviii.56
[64.]The foule, and remedy therfore. fol. eod.57
[65.]The goute without remedy. fol. eod.57
[66.]To rere calues. fol. eod.57
[67.]To gelde calues. fol. xxxix.58
[68.]Horses and mares to drawe. fol. xl.59
[69.]¶ The losse of a lambe, a calfe, or a foole. fol. xli.61
[70.]What cattell shulde go together in oone pasture. fol. xlii.62
[71.]The properties of horses. fol. xliii.63
[72.]The two propertyes that a horse hath of a man. fol. eod.63
[73.]The ii. propertyes of a bauson. fol. eod.64
[74.]The iiii. properties of a lyon. fol. eod.64
[75.]The ix. properties of an oxe. fol. xliiii.64
[76.]The ix. properties of an hare. fol. eod.64
[77.]The ix. properties of a foxe. fol. eod.64
[78.]The ix. properties of an asse. fol. eod.65
[79.]The x. properties of a woman. fol. eod.65
[80.]The diseases and soraunce of horses. fol. xlv.65
[81.]The lampas. fol. eod.65
[82.]The barbes. fo. eod.66
[83.]Mournynge on the tonge. fol. eod.66
[84.]Pursye. fo. eod.66
[85.]Broken wynded. fol. eod.66
[86.]Glaunders. fo. eod.66
[87.]Mournynge on the chynne. fol. eod.66
[88.]Stranguelyon. fol. eod.67
[89.]The hawe. fol. eod.67
[90.]Blyndnesse. fol. xlvi.67
[91.]Uyues. fol. eod.67
[92.]The cordes. fol. eod.67
[93.]¶ The farcyon. fol. eod.67
[94.]¶ A malander. fol. eod.68
[95.]¶ A salander. fol. eod.68
[96.]¶ A serewe. fol. eod.68
[97.]¶ A splent. fo. eod.68
[98.]¶ A ryngebone. fol. xlvii.69
[99.]¶ Wyndgall. fol. eod.69
[100.]¶ Morfounde. fol. eod.69
[101.]¶ The coltes euyll. fol. eod.69
[102.]¶ The bottes. fo. eod.70
[103.]¶ The wormes. fol. eod.70
[104.]¶ Affrayd. fo. eod.70
[105.]¶ Nauylgall. fo. eod.70
[106.]¶ A spauen. fol. eod.70
[107.]¶ A curbe. fol. eod.71
[108.]¶ The strynge-halte. fol. eod.71
[109.]¶ Enterfyre. fo. eod.71
[110.]¶ Myllettes. fol. eod.71
[111.]¶ The paynes. fol. eod.71
[112.]¶ Cratches. fol. eod.72
[113.]¶ Attaynt. fol. xlix.72
[114.]¶ Grauelynge. fol. eod.72
[115.]¶ Acloyd. fol. eod.72
[116.]¶ The scabbe. fol. eod.72
[117.]¶ Lowsy. fol. eod.72
[118.]¶ Wartes. fol. eod.73
[119.]¶ The sayenge of the frenche man. fo. eod.73
[120.]¶ The dyuersitie bytwene a horse mayster, a corser, and a horse leche. fol. l.74
[121.]¶ Of swyne. fo. eod.74
[122.]¶ Of bees. fol. li.75
[123.]¶ How to kepe beastes & other catel. fol. lii.76
[124.]¶ To get settes and set them. fol. liii.78
[125.]¶ To make a dyche. fol. liiii.79
[126.]¶ To make a hedge. fol. eod.79
[127.]¶ To plasshe and pleche a hedge. fol. eod.80
[128.]¶ To mende a hye waye. fo. lv.81
[129.]¶ To remoue and sette trees. fo. lvi.82
[130.]¶ Trees to be sette without rootes and growe. fol. lvii.83
[131.]¶ To fell woode for houssholde or to sell. fol. eodem.83
[132.]¶ To shrede, lop, or crop trees. fol. lviii.84
[133.]Howe a man shoulde shrede loppe or croppe trees. fol. eod.85
[134.]To sell woode or tymbre. fol. lix.85
[135.]To kepe sprynge woode. fo. lx.86
[136.]Necessary thynges belongynge to graffynge. fol. eod.87
[137.]What fruyte shulde be first graffed. fol. lxi.88
[138.]Howe to graffe. fol. eod.88
[139.]To graffe bytwene the barke and the tree. fol. lxii.89
[140.]To nourysshe all maner of stone fruyte and nuttes. fol. lxiii.90
[141.]A shorte information for a yonge gentyllman that entendeth to thryue. fol. eod.90
[142.]A lesson made in Englysshe verses, that a gentylmans seruaunte shall forget none of his gere in his inne behynde hym. fo. lxv.93
[143.]A prologe for the wyues occupation. fo. eod.93
[144.]A lesson for the wyfe. fol. eod.94
[145.]What thynges the wyfe of ryghte is bounde to do. fol. lxvi.94
[146.]What warkes the wyfe oughte to doo generally. fo. eod.95
[147.]To kepe measure in spendynge. fo. lxvii.98
[148.]To eate within thy tedure. fo. lxviii.99
[149.]A shorte lesson vnto the husbande. fol. lxix.101
[150.]Howe menne of hye degree do kepe measure. fol. eodem101
[151.]Prodygalytie in outragyous and costelye araye. fol. lxx.102
[152.]Of delycyous meates and drynkes. fol. eod.103
[153.]Of outragious playe and game. fo. lxxi.104
[154.]A prologue of the thyrde sayinge of the philosopher. fo. lxxii.105
[155.]A dyuersytie bytwene predycation and doctryne. fol. eodem105
[156.]What is rychesse. fo. lxxiii.106
[157.]What is the propertie of a rych man. fo. lxxiiii.108
[158.]What ioyes & pleasures are in heuen. fo. lxxv.109
[159.]What thynge pleaseth god most. fol. lxxvi.109
[160.]What be goddes commaundementes. fo. eod.110
[161.]Howe a man shulde loue god and please hym. fol. eodem110
[162.]Howe a man shoulde loue his neyghbour. fol. lxxvii.111
[163.]Of prayer that pleaseth god verye moche. folio lxxviii.112
[164.]What thynge letteth prayer. fol. eod.112
[165.]Howe a man shulde praye. fo. lxxix.113
[166.]A mean to put away ydle thoughtes in prayenge. fol. lxxx.115
[167.]A meane to auoyde temptation. fol. lxxxi.116
[168.]Almes-dedes pleaseth god moche. fo. lxxxii.118
[169.]The fyrst maner of almes dede. fo. lxxxiii.119
[170.]The ii. maner of almes dede. fo. lxxxiiii.120
[171.]The iii. maner of almes dede. fol. lxxxv.121
[172.]What is the greattest offence that a man maye doo and offende god in. fo. lxxxvi.122

Thus endeth the table.