Maison rustique, or The countrey farme· Compyled in the French tongue by Charles Steuens, and Iohn Liebault, Doctors of Physicke. And translated into English by Richard Surflet, practitioner in physicke. Now newly reuiewed, corrected, and augmented, with diuers large additions, out of the works of Serres his Agriculture, Vinet his Maison champestre, French. Albyterio in Spanish, Grilli in Italian; and other authors. And the husbandrie of France, Italie, and Spaine, reconciled and made to agree with ours here in England: by Geruase Markham. The whole contents are in the page following

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Maison rustique, or The countrey farme· Compyled in the French tongue by Charles Steuens, and Iohn Liebault, Doctors of Physicke. And translated into English by Richard Surflet, practitioner in physicke. Now newly reuiewed, corrected, and augmented, with diuers large additions, out of the works of Serres his Agriculture, Vinet his Maison champestre, French. Albyterio in Spanish, Grilli in Italian; and other authors. And the husbandrie of France, Italie, and Spaine, reconciled and made to agree with ours here in England: by Geruase Markham. The whole contents are in the page following

Author

Estienne, Charles, 1504-ca. 1564.

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London :: Printed by Adam Islip for Iohn Bill,

1616.

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Contents

• title page
• The Contents.
• TO THE MOST NOBLE, AND MOST WORTHIE LORD ROBERT, Lord Willoughbie, Baron of Willoughbie and Eresbie.
• TO THE RIGHT HONO∣RABLE, SIR PEREGRINE BARTIE, Knight, Lord Willoughbie, Baron of Willoughbie and Eresbie, Lord Gouernor of her Maiesties Towne of Barwicke, and Lord Warden of the East Marches.
• THE FIRST BOOKE OF THE COVNTRIE FARME.
  • part
    • CHAP. I.
    • CHAP. II.
    • CHAP. III.
    • CHAP. IIII.
    • CHAP. V.
    • CHAP. VI.
    • CHAP. VII.
    • CHAP. VIII.
    • CHAP. IX.
    • CHAP. X.
    • CHAP. XI.
    • CHAP. XII.
    • CHAP. XIII.
    • CHAP. XIIII.
    • CHAP. XV.
    • CHAP. XVI.
    • CHAP. XVII.
    • CHAP. XVIII.
    • CHAP. XIX.
    • CHAP. XX.
    • CHAP. XXI.
    • CHAP. XXII.
    • CHAP. XXII.
    • CHAP. XXIIII.
    • CHAP. XXV.
    • CHAP. XXVI.
    • CHAP. XXVII.
    • CHAP. XXVIII.
    • CHAP. XXIX.
    • CHAP. XXX.
• THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE COVNTRIE HOVSE.
  • OF GARDENS.
    • CHAP. I.
    • CHAP. II.
    • CHAP. III.
    • CHAP. IIII.
    • CHAP. V.
    • CHAP. VI.
    • CHAP. VII.
    • CHAP. VIII.
    • CHAP. IX.
    • CHAP. X.
    • CHAP. XI.
    • CHAP. XII.
    • CHAP. XIII.
    • CHAP. XIIII.
    • CHAP. XV.
    • CHAP. XVI.
    • CHAP. XVII.
    • CHAP. XVIII.
    • CHAP. XIX.
    • CHAP. XX.
    • CHAP. XXI.
    • CHAP. XXII.
    • CHAP. XXIII.
    • CHAP. XXIIII.
    • CHAP. XXV.
    • CHAP. XXVI.
    • CHAP. XXVII.
    • CHAP. XXVIII.
    • CHAP. XXIX.
    • CHAP. XXX.
    • CHAP. XXXI.
    • CHAP. XXXII.
    • CHAP. XXXIII.
    • CHAP. XXXIIII.
    • CHAP. XXXV.
    • CHAP. XXXVI.
    • CHAP. XXXVII.
    • CHAP. XXXVIII.
    • CHAP. XXXIX.
    • CHAP. XL.
    • CHAP. XLI.
  • Of Physicke Hearbes.
    • CHAP. XLII.
    • CHAP. XLIIII.
    • CHAP. XLV.
    • CHAP. XLVI.
  • The Garden of Pleasure, or Flower Garden.
    • CHAP. XLVII.
    • CHAP. XLVIII.
    • CHAP. XLIX.
    • CHAP. L.
    • CHAP. LI.
    • CHAP. LII.
    • CHAP. LIII.
    • CHAP. LIIII.
    • CHAP. LV.
    • CHAP. LVI.
    • CHAP. LVII.
    • CHAP. LVIII.
    • CHAP. LIX.
    • CHAP. LX.
    • CHAP. LXI.
    • CHAP. LXII.
    • CHAP. LXIII.
    • CHAP. LXIIII.
    • CHAP. LXV.
    • CHAP. LXVI.
    • CHAP. LXVII.
    • CHAP. LXVIII.
    • CHAP. LXIX.
    • CHAP. LXX.
    • CHAP. LXXI.
• THE THIRD BOOKE OF THE COVNTRIE FARME.
  • The Orchard, or Greene plot.
    • CHAP. I.
    • CHAP. II.
    • CHAP. III.
    • CHAP. IIII.
    • CHAP. V.
    • CHAP. VI.
    • CHAP. VII.
    • CHAP. VIII.
    • CHAP. IX.
    • CHAP. X.
    • CHAP. XI.
    • CHAP. XII.
    • CHAP. XIII.
    • CHAP. XIIII.
    • CHAP. XV.
    • CHAP. XVI.
    • CHAP. XVII.
    • CHAP. XVIII.
    • CHAP. XIX.
    • CHAP. XX.
    • CHAP. XXI.
    • CHAP. XXII.
    • CHAP. XXIII.
    • CHAP. XXIIII.
    • CHAP. XXV.
    • CHAP. XXVI.
    • CHAP. XXVII.
    • CHAP. XXVIII.
    • CHAP. XXIX.
    • CHAP. XXX.
    • CHAP. XXXI.
    • CHAP. XXXII.
    • CHAP. XXXIII.
    • CHAP. XXXIIII.
    • CHAP. XXXV.
    • CHAP. XXXVI.
    • CHAP. XXXVII.
    • CHAP. XXXVIII.
    • CHAP. XXXIX.
    • CHAP. XL.
    • CHAP. XLI.
    • CHAP. XLII.
    • CHAP. XLIII.
    • CHAP. XLIIII.
    • CHAP. XLV.
    • CHAP. XLVI.
    • CHAP. XLVII.
    • CHAP. XLVIII.
    • CHAP. XLIX.
      • How Cider is made.
      • How Perrie is made.
      • The making of Ceruise drinke.
      • Drinke made of Sloes.
    • CHAP. L.
    • CHAP. LI.
    • CHAP. LII.
    • CHAP. LIII.
    • CHAP. LIIII.
    • CHAP. LV.
    • CHAP. LVII.
  • A briefe discourse of the distilling of Waters.
    • CHAP. LVIII.
    • CHAP. LIX.
    • CHAP. LX.
    • CHAP. LXI.
    • CHAP. LXII.
    • CHAP. LXIII.
    • CHAP. LXIIII.
    • CHAP. LXV.
    • CHAP. LXVI.
    • CHAP. LXVII.
    • CHAP. LXVIII.
    • CHAP. LXIX.
    • CHAP. LXX.
    • CHAP. LXXI.
    • CHAP. LXXII.
    • CHAP. LXXIII.
  • A briefe Discourse of the distilling of Oyles and Quintessences.
    • CHAP. LXXIIII.
    • CHAP. LXXV.
    • CHAP. LXXVI.
    • CHAP. LXXVII.
    • CHAP. LXXVIII.
    • CHAP. LXXIX.
    • CHAP. LXXX.
    • CHAP. LXXXI.
    • CHAP. LXXXII.
    • CHAP. LXXXIII.
    • CHAP. LXXXIIII.
    • CHAP. LXXXV.
  • The Silke-worme.
    • CHAP. LXXXVI.
    • CHAP. LXXXVII.
    • CHAP. LXXXVIII.
• THE FOVRTH BOOKE OF THE COVNTRIE HOVSE.
  • That there are two sorts of Medowes.
    • CHAP. I.
    • CHAP. II.
    • CHAP. III.
    • CHAP. IIII.
    • CHAP. V.
    • CHAP. VI.
    • CHAP. VII.
    • CHAP. VIII.
    • CHAP. IX.
    • CHAP. X.
  • The Poole, Fish-pond, and Ditch for Fish.
    • CHAP. XI.
    • CHAP. XII.
    • CHAP. XIII.
    • CHAP. XIIII.
    • CHAP. XV.
    • CHAP. XVI.
    • CHAP. XVII.
• THE FIFTH BOOKE OF THE COVNTRIE HOVSE. Of Arable Grounds.
  • The measuring of Lands, of what sort or forme soeuer they be.
    • CHAP. I.
      • The instrument and persons required as necessarie to helpe to make measure.
      • How and in what manner the Measurer of these grounds is to accom∣plish and performe his worke.
      • How to reduce all sorts of grounds into a square for the better measuring of it.
    • CHAP. II.
    • CHAP. III.
    • CHAP. IIII.
    • CHAP. V.
    • CHAP. V.
    • CHAP. VII.
    • CHAP. VIII.
    • CHAP. IX.
    • CHAP. X.
    • CHAP. XI.
    • CHAP. XII.
    • CHAP. XIII.
    • CHAP. XIIII.
    • CHAP. XV.
    • CHAP. XVI.
  • The sowing and ordering of other sorts of Graine.
    • CHAP. XVII.
      • Maslin.
      • Secourgion.
      • Blanche.
      • Fine Wheat, or Winter-wheat.
      • Amel-corne.
      • Spelt-corne.
      • Course Wheat-flowre: or fine Wheat-meale.
      • Furmentie.
      • Turkie-Wheat.
      • Sarasins-wheat.
      • Goats wheat, and Typh wheat.
  • Of all manner of March-Corne.
    • CHAP. XVIII.
      • Millet.
      • Sesame.
      • Lentils.
      • Fasels.
      • Lupines.
      • Beanes.
      • Small Peason.
      • Cich Peason.
      • Small Cich Peason.
      • Great wild Tare, and bitter Fetch.
      • Fetches.
      • Panick.
      • Fenugreeke, Cummin, and Mustard-seed.
      • Medick fodder, or Snaile-clauer.
      • Mixt prouander.
      • Rice.
      • Hempe.
      • Line.
      • Nauets and Turneps.
    • CHAP. XIX.
    • CHAP. XX.
      • Whereof Bread is made.
      • Of Corne, and of such differences and sorts of the same as will make good bread.
      • To grind corne.
      • Of Meale, Mil-dust, flower of Meale, Branne, fine Meale, Wheate, Starch, and mundified Barley.
      • Leauen.
      • The making of bread according to the diuersitie of corne whereof it is made.
      • The bread made of other sorts of corne as also of certaine pulse.
    • CHAP. XXI.
      • What quantitie of bread must be eaten.
      • The diuers vses of bread:
    • CHAP. XXII.
    • CHAP. XXIII.
• THE SIXTH BOOKE OF THE COVNTRIE HOVSE.
  • The Vine.
    • CHAP. I.
    • CHAP. II.
    • CHAP. III.
    • CHAP. IIII.
    • CHAP. V.
    • CHAP. VI.
    • CHAP. VII.
    • CHAP. VIII.
    • CHAP. IX.
    • CHAP. X.
    • CHAP. XI.
    • CHAP. XII.
    • CHAP. XIII.
    • CHAP. XIIII.
    • CHAP. XV.
    • CHAP. XVI.
    • CHAP. XVII.
    • CHAP. XVIII.
    • CHAP. XIX.
    • CHAP. XX.
    • CHAP. XXI.
    • CHAP. XXII.
      • The common drinke of all liuing creatures is water.
      • What is meant by wines.
      • The inuenters and first finders out of wine.
      • The temperature of Wine, and of the liquor newly pressed out of the grapes.
      • The annoiances, hurts, and discommodities of wine.
      • That it is not good for such as are in health to vse pure and vnmixt wine.
      • The differences of Wine.
      • Of the consistence of Wine.
      • The differences of Wines, according to the properties of the Countries.
• THE SEVENTH BOOKE OF THE COVNTRIE FARME.
  • The Warren.
    • CHAP. I.
    • CHAP. II.
    • CHAP. III.
    • CHAP. IIII.
  • Of Wood.
    • CHAP. V.
    • CHAP. VI.
    • CHAP. VII.
    • CHAP. VIII.
    • CHAP. IX.
    • CHAP. X.
    • CHAP. XI.
    • CHAP. XII.
    • CHAP. XIII.
    • CHAP. XIIII.
    • CHAP. XV.
    • CHAP. XVI.
    • CHAP. XVII.
    • CHAP. XVIII.
  • Of the Parke for the keeping of wilde beastes.
    • CHAP. XIX.
  • Of the Heronrie.
    • CHAP. XX.
  • Of Hunting.
    • CHAP. XXI.
  • Of hunting or chasing of the Stag.
    • CHAP. XXII.
    • CHAP. XXIII.
    • CHAP. XXIIII.
    • CHAP. XXV.
    • CHAP. XXVI.
  • The hunting of the wild Bore.
    • CHAP. XXVII.
    • CHAP. XXVIII.
    • CHAP. XXIX.
    • CHAP. XXX.
  • The hunting of the Hare.
    • CHAP. XXXI.
    • CHAP. XXXII.
    • CHAP. XXXIII.
    • CHAP. XXXIIII.
  • The hunting of the Brocke and Foxe.
    • CHAP. XXXV.
    • CHAP. XXXVI.
    • CHAP. XXXVII.
    • CHAP. XXXVIII.
    • CHAP. XXXIX.
    • CHAP. XL.
  • The catching of Birds.
    • CHAP. XLI.
  • Of Hawking.
    • CHAP. XLII.
    • CHAP. XLIII.
    • CHAP. XLIIII.
    • CHAP. XLV.
    • CHAP. XLVI.
    • CHAP. XLVII.
    • CHAP. XLVIII.
    • CHAP. XLIX.
    • CHAP. L.
    • CHAP. LI.
    • CHAP. LII.
    • CHAP. LIII.
    • CHAP. LIIII.
    • CHAP. LV.
    • CHAP. LVI.
    • CHAP. LVII.
    • CHAP. LVIII.
    • CHAP. LIX.
    • CHAP. LX.
    • CHAP. LXI.
    • CHAP. LXII.
    • CHAP. LXIII.
    • CHAP. LXIIII.
    • CHAP. LXV.
    • CHAP. LXVI.
    • CHAP. LXVII.
    • CHAP. LXVIII.
    • CHAP. LXIX.
    • CHAP. LXX.
    • CHAP. LXXI.
• A TABLE OF THE MATTERS contained in the seuen Bookes of the Countrey House.
• ❧A Table of the principall things newly added to this Volume.
• ❧A Table of the Diseases and Remedies described in the seuen Bookes of the Farme-House.