toyle or moving of his feete he may rule and guide 

 his flocke, according to his owne desire, either to 

 have them go forward, or to stand still, or to drawe 

 backward, or to turne this way, or to take that way. 

 For it is not in Englande, as it is in Fraunce, as it 

 is in Flaunders, as it is in Syria, as it is in Tartaria, 

 where the sheepe follow the shepherd, for hecre in 

 our country the shepherd followeth the sheepe. 

 And sometimes the straying sheepe, when no dogge 

 runneth before them, nor goeth about beside them, 

 gather themselves together in a flocke, when they 

 heere the shepherd whistle in his fist, for feare of 

 the Dogge (as I imagine) remembring this (if un- 

 reasonable creatures may be reported to have 

 memory) that the Dogge commonly runneth out 

 at his masters warrant which is his whistle. This 

 have we oftentimes diligently marcked in taking our 

 journey from towne to towne, when wee have hrd 

 a shepherd whistle we have rayned in our horse 

 and stode styll a space, to see the profe and triall 

 of this matter. Furthermore with this dogge doth 

 the shepherd take sheepe for ye slaughter, and to 

 be healed if they be sicke, no hurt nor harme in 

 the world done to the simple creature. 



This dogge is also called in Latine Cam's Ma/ida- 

 tarins a Dogge messinger or Carrier. 



Upon substanciall consideration, because at his 

 masters voyce and commaundement, he carrieth 



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