Wp/enm/Schep

Þe Schep oþer mutoun is a beſt wiþ fouer leggys þe whylch ben ihovyd mid yclouyn hovis. Þys beſt is inemnyd on Ledyn Ovis. Schep havyn a thicc hid of wule, þat mai ben whit, oþer blac, oþer divers colourys bituix þe same. And svme schep hauyn hornys þat whirlyn.

Þe schep etiþ gras and oþre erbys and plantys. A schep ys iclepid ram if he be male, boute be he of hiſe ſtonys benymyn, þanne he biþ yclepid weþer. A femaille schep is yclepid eue, and a yung schep is iclepyd lamb. Me seith þe schep criyn "ba" oþer "ma", oþer elles me seiþ hi bletyn.

To mankinne ys þe schep swithe wurþy to nete. Man kepiþ schep for here wule, and here fleſs, and whilem ek for here milc. Me kepith schep espeſcialliche on lande þat biþ ſtep, þat kyn nis ykynde, for schep climbyn wel hillys, and graſin þe schort gras nareulicre.

Wide ikouþ is þat Walis haviþ many schep, and Newe Seland ek.