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of the kinsmen of Auberie saw the great marvel 

 of the greyhound and said that he would swear 

 upon the sacrament as is the custom in such a case 

 for the greyhound, and Makarie swore on the 

 other side, and then they were led into our Lady's 

 Isle at Paris and there fought the greyhound and 

 Makarie. For which Makarie had a great two- 

 handed staff, and they fought so that Makarie 

 was discomfitted, and then the king commanded 

 that the greyhound the which had Makarie under 

 him should be taken up, and then the King made 

 enquiry of the truth of Makarie, the which 

 acknowledged he had slain Aubrey in treason, and 

 therefore he was hanged and drawn. 



The bitches be jolly in their love commonly 

 twice in a year, but they have no term of their heat, 

 for every time of the year some be jolly. When 

 they be a twelvemonth old, they become jolly, 

 and be jolly while they await the hounds without 

 any defence, twelve days or less,^ and sometimes 

 fifteen days, according as to whether they be of 

 hot nature or of cold, the one more than another, 

 or whether some be in better condition than others. 

 And also men may well help them thereto, for if 

 they give them much meat they abide longer in 

 their heat than if they had but little. And also 

 if they were cast in a river twice in a day they 

 should be sooner out of their jollity. They bear 

 ^ G. de F., p. 85, "Au moins," at least. 



