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[DOG. 



come most sharp Hounds and swift, and be so strong, that 

 they throw down cruel beasts as lions. The cruelness of 

 Hounds abateth to a meek man. 



Bartholomew (Berthelet], bk. xviii. 25. 



GENTLENESS and nobility of Hounds and of Bitches is 

 known by length of face and of the snout, and by breadth 

 of the breast, and by smallness of the womb and flank. 

 And a gentle Hound hath long ears and pliant, and long 

 legs and small, and that is needful to be the more swift 



in course and in running ; and his tail is more long and 



crooked than the tails of other Hounds, and hath less 



flesh than a Dog and shorter hair, and more thin and 

 smooth. ibid., 26. 



UNDER the Hound's tongue lieth a worm that maketh 

 the Hound wood, and if this worm is taken out of the 

 tongue then the evil ceaseth. The violence and biting of 

 a wood Hound is so much, that his urine grieveth a man 

 if he tread thereon, and namely if he have a botch or 

 a wound. Also who that throweth his own urine upon 



