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A treatise on gardening

Gardener, John (fl. 1440-1454)

MS. IN THE LIBRARY OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

The Feate of Gardeninge.

Off Settyng' and Reryng' of Treys.

Of Graffyng' of Treys.

Of Cuttyng' and Settyng' of Vynys.

Of Settyng' and Sowyng' of Sedys.

Of Sowyng' and Settyng' of Wurtys.

Of the Kynde of Perselye.

Of other maner Herbys.

Of the Kynde of Saferowne.

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Of the Kynde of Saferowne.

Of saferowne we mote telle
He schal be kepte fayre & welle
Saferowne wul haue wtouȝt lesyng'
Beddys y-made wel wyth dyng'
For sothe yf thay schal bere
Þay wold be sette yn þe moneth of September
Three days by-fore seynt mary day natyuyte
Other the next woke þerafter so mote y the
Wt a dybbyl þu schalt ham sette
That þe dybbyl by-fore be blunt & grete

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Three ynchys depe they most sette be
And thus seyde mayster Ion Gardener to me.

Explicit hic liber qui vocatur Anglice

Mayster Ion Gardener.