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circle of the sunne, the whiche overcommeth him 

 and settes him up quickly by the vehement sweltrie 

 heate thereof. And if he should runne into any 

 of those two windes, it would quickly enter his 

 throte when he is embost and beginneth to be 

 spent, and would drie his throte and his tongue 

 sore, and would alter and chafe him much with the 

 vehement heate thereof. Also those windes are 

 commonly great and tempestuous, and if he should 

 runne against them, his head and homes would be 

 as a sayle to holde him backe, the whiche might 

 much let him in his runnyng. Agayne, he knoweth 

 that if he runne into the winde, the houndes shall 

 have the better sent of him, and neede not so much 

 to lay theyr noses to the ground, but m.ay hunte 

 upon the winde. Also he himself doth covet 

 alwayes both to see and heare the houndes whiche 

 follow him. And although PJioebus sayeth that all 

 hartes do commonly runne downe the winde how- 

 soever it fitte, yet have I found it otherwise by 

 experience ; and especially when it bloweth from 

 the seawardes, w^hich is a moyst winde, and then 

 a harte w^ill covet to runne against the winde ; but 

 doubtlesse a harte doth feare the northerly winde 

 and the south winde, as I have sayde before ; and 

 so do all other beasts, as spaniels or houndes, the 



