The book of knowledge : treating of the wisdom of the ancients ; in four parts / written by Erra Pater, a Jew doctor in astronomy and physic, born in Bethany, near Mount Olivet, in Judea ; made English by W. Lilly, student in physic and astrology ; to which is added, the true form of all sorts of bills, bonds, counter-bonds, indentures, letters of attorney and licence, deeds of gift, bills of exchange, &c.

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MDCCXCV [1795]
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Credit: The book of knowledge : treating of the wisdom of the ancients ; in four parts / written by Erra Pater, a Jew doctor in astronomy and physic, born in Bethany, near Mount Olivet, in Judea ; made English by W. Lilly, student in physic and astrology ; to which is added, the true form of all sorts of bills, bonds, counter-bonds, indentures, letters of attorney and licence, deeds of gift, bills of exchange, &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    up fey the roots before they are feeded, will not fpring again, but help to enrich the ground. And therefore the middle of March is ufually the beft time to begin ploughing. But yet if the ground be light and fandy,. it may be ploughed in the winter, if the weather will permit. A (lender and level ground, fubjett to water, mould be ploughed La the end of Auguft, and ftirred again in September, and prepared for (owing about the middle of March. The light hilly ground is. broke up about the middle of September, for if it be broken up before, it may be burnt up by the fun, and have no goodnefs remaining in it, being barren and without juice. But this (hall fuffice to be fpoken of breaking up the ground. Now if your ground be barren and cold, producing (lore of weeds or rufhes, or to bring it to a moderate heat, and fo make fruitful, let it be manured with lime. The lime-ftones may be had among quarries of (tones* and in divers other places, and you may burn them in a kiln, in the mod convenient place you have to fave the carriage; and when you have fanded your ground and hack'd it, make your lime fmall, and on every acre beftow thirty or forty bufhels of lime, fpreading it, and mixing it well with earth and fand ; and the ftrong- er and (harper the lime is, the better the earth will be, and you will find your improvement anfwer your labor. And here note, that it is no matter what color your lime (tones are, whether white or grey, fo that they be but (harp and ftrong in quality, to give a good tincture to the earth, it being the ftrength and goodnefs of the lime, and not its beauty, that produces the profit. It is a greater help to a cold, clayey wet ground ; fuch grounds are alfo very much helped by laying dung, or any foil that is fattening, either of cattle, or fuch as is caft out of pond-lakes, or muddy ditches, for bar- ren and hot earth can never be overlaid with good ma- nur«,