farmer of Miskowitz, of Miskowitz
“I work my late father's land, worrying over the yield and keeping the lockbox safe.”
Things Joseph had written, latest first, with the glosses of his neighbours.
the Thursday before Whitsun, at Compline
Beatrice is still on about those blasted geese in her cabbages. A man cannot eat his supper in peace. I wish the neighbour would just pay for the damage so I do not have to hear about it anymore. A whole evening wasted talking about birds.
the third day of Easter week, at None
I counted the silver in the parlour lockbox again today. Twelve groschen short. It has been that way for weeks. I see Isabel wincing at the water pails, and Jitka looking at the floor. Someone knows where the coin went, but I cannot bear the shame of calling them thieves.
I only look at the floor because I dropped my scrubbing brush, master.
Nota scribaeHe spoke this very softly and asked me to write it small.
the eve of St George, at Vespers
Betty Martha came by and told us the grain prices in Kuttenberg. Christ almighty, the soldiers on the roads are making everything dear. Salt and horseshoe nails cost more silver than I care to reckon. If the Cumans take another cart, we will be eating dirt by autumn.
I speak only the truth, Joseph. The roads are not safe for a Christian.
the second Tuesday of Lent, at Prime
Found the ploughshare left out in the yard again. My father Paul paid good silver for that iron. I dragged it into the barn myself. A man is only as good as the tools he cares for, and lately I feel I am the only one who remembers the value of things.
Aye, iron rusts while fools sleep. You have the right of it, lad.
Nota scribaeDictated while scraping dried mud from a heavy iron blade.
the morrow of Candlemas, at Sext
Checked the box this morning and the reckoning is wrong. Twelve groschen gone. I wore my father's boots out to the field today and they felt heavier than usual. The Hungarian soldiers take their toll, but a man expects his own parlor to be safe.
Perhaps you miscounted in the dark, brother. The lock was not broken.
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Those geese trampled good greens, Joseph. You would care if it was your barley.