breed from Cocks that have received vifible 

 Damage by fighting, yet I would not totally 

 exclude the Ufe of a dipt Cock, provided he 

 has received no Damage, becaufe fometimes a 

 good Breed is to be attained that Way when no 

 other Means will offer ; for among the Curious 

 there are a great many which never fet a Value 

 upon their Fowl after fighting, even tho' they 

 come off ever fo well ; therefore don't mind 

 giving one away to any diftant Part, where they 

 are not likely to come againft them, when per- 

 haps if a freih Cock was required, fifty Pounds 

 would not purchafe one : Now provided this 

 Cock be of an excellent Kind, which muft be 

 prov'd by feeing a Number of Brothers fuffici- 

 ently tried, not only for their Blood, but alfo 

 for their genteel and regular Way of fighting ; 

 I fay provided this Cock be fuch, I would 

 breed out of him even then for no other End, 

 than to referve Stock to be renewed again, be- 

 caufe it is impoffible a Cock can be cut out of 

 Feather and not receive more or lefs Damage, 

 therefore it will be neceffary to make Choice of 

 a proper Hen in order to repair the Damage he 

 is liable to receive from it, and propagate a 

 healthful and lively Pofterity, fo that I fliall 

 lay old Age afide tho' ever fo good, and chufe 

 out a frefh Pullet or two Years old Hen at the 

 moft, which if I might, fhould be bred from a 

 youthful Strain, becaufe it is not fufficient that 

 you breed from outh only, even tho* it be on 

 both Sidles, if the Fowl they were bred from were 

 either too antient or tainted but and if there 



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