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that hunt them , we may obferve , that ;thcy take therein the 

 readied wayes , and the molt obvious unto fenfe, to avoid the 

 evill they flie from. For what can be .more direft to thatetfe5t, 

 then to hide themfelves in hedge bottomcs, or in wood* ? Or 

 to fwim over a River, when that is the moft immediate way to 

 nirmefromthedogges ? Andwhentheyareinaplaine, where 

 there is no other fheiter but flocks of fheepe or heards of deere, 

 what can be more natural!, then for them to hide themiclves 

 among them, and run along with them, till the cry of the ap- 

 proaching hounds fright them away , whiles thofe tamer beafh 

 abide it neerer ? 



Their doublings backward and forward, may proceed from 

 their feare, that diverteth them fHll from the way they are in 

 at prefent, till the dogs commjjig neer, do put the hare out of 

 thofe waverings , and ao make her run ttraight away : for they 

 never double but when they are a great way be fore the dogs, 

 anddonothearethem. Or elfe it may be, that not hearing or 

 feeing the dogs, their feare may be aimoft patted ; and then the 

 agitation which their fpirits are in, govcrneth the motions of 

 their body, and will not lei them reft until! they be more ap- 

 peafed, ( as you fee weary people , that at their firft ceafing 

 from running , cannot fit itill : the like of which happeneth al- 

 fb frequently in the motions of joy or of an^er ) and fb it ma- 

 keth them walke backwards and forwards, in a pace proporti- 

 onate to the agitation of the fpirits within : and fometimes 

 thofe moved fpirits doe make them bound and leape to and fro 

 ( like the leafe with quickefilver , we have heretofore fpoken 

 of) as they iflue from the heart by pulfes and ftroakes ; which 

 happeneth when they begin to fettle towards reft. Or elfeper- 

 adventure their forme is fo framed, that if they fhould get into 

 it otherwiie then by a jumpe, they would difbrder fbme part of 

 it, and fbbe unfencedandacold , or otherkvife at uneafe du- 

 ring their rcpofe rand therefore their jumping to and fro, be- 

 fore they leap plump in, i* to rake their aime ; not much un- 

 like to dogs t turning about feverall times before they lie 

 down : for hare-finders (who ufe to watch them ) fay they will 

 do thus, though they be notpurfued. And tbus thefe actions 

 which are imputed to craft . thereby to confound the dogs, or 

 to wifedom , to walke themfelves untill they be growne into a 



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