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twinkling of an eye: and of the fiftie houndes 
there went not twelve sounde and alive to their 
masters houses. 
“ Againe, if a kennell of houndes be once used to 
hunte a Bore, they will become lyther, and will never 
willingly hunte fleeing chases againe. Forasmuch as 
they are (by him) accustomed to hunte with more 
ease and to find great scent. Fora Bore is a beast 
of a very hot scent, and that is contrary to light 
fleeing chases which are hunted with more paine to 
the hound, and yet therwith do not leave so great 
scent. And for these causes, whosoever meaneth to 
have good hounds for an Hart, Hare, or Row-deare, 
let him not use them to hunt the Bore: but since 
men are of sundry opinions, and love to hunte such 
chases as lie moste commodiously aboute their dwell- 
ing places, | will here describe the propertie of the 
Bore and how they may hunt him, and the manner 
of killing him either with the sword or bore-speare, 
as you shall also see it set out in portrayture hereafter 
in his place.” 
Then follows a chapter “of the nature and subtiltie 
of the Bore,” wherein we are told that “the Bore is 
of this nature, that when his dame doth pigge 
him, he hath as many teeth as ever he will have 
whiles he liveth, neither will their teeth any 
way multiply or encrease but onely in greatnesse 
and length. Amongst the rest they have foure, 
which (with the Frenchmen) are called deéfenses, 
and we call them tuskes or tusches, whereof the 
two highest do not hurte when he striketh, but 
