Quidam has bis in anno tondent, ut in Hispania citeriore, ac semenstres faciunt tonsuras; duplicem impendunt operam, quod sic plus putant fieri lanae, quo nomine quidam bis secant prata.
Some shear their sheep twice a year, as is done in Hither Spain, shearing every six months. They undergo the double work on the supposition that more wool is secured by this method'which is the same motive that leads some to mow their meadows twice a year.
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