Note E311 — 51.
Reading edition
"The thistle doth fret." Fitzherbert (Boke of Husbandry) says: "The thystell is an yll wede rough and sharpe to handle, and freateth away the cornes nyghe it."
Reading edition
"The thistle doth fret." Fitzherbert (Boke of Husbandry) says: "The thystell is an yll wede rough and sharpe to handle, and freateth away the cornes nyghe it."