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these two are not given by Twici, but the following 

 are identical in both books : — 



Hors de couple, avaunt sy avaunt^ and thrice so howe : 

 When the hounds are uncoupled. 



Sa sa cy avaunt^ cy sa avaunt^ sa cy avaunt {avaunt^ 

 sircy avaunt^ in Twici) : Forward, sir, forward. 



Here how^ ayny^ how amy^ and Swef^ mon amy^ swef : 

 " Gently, my friend, gently " [swcf^ from Latin swavis), 

 when the hounds draw too fast from the hunts- 

 man. 



Oyez, à Beaumont (in Twici : Oyez, a Beaumont le 

 vaillaunt que il qu'ide trover le coward od la courte cowe) : 

 " Hark to Beaumont the valiant, who thinks to find 

 the coward with the short tail." 



La douce, la il ad este sohowe : " Softly, there — here 

 he has been," if the place where the hare has pastured 

 is seen. 



Illoeques, illoeques : " Here, here," if the hounds hunt 

 well on the line [see Appendix : Illoeques). 



Ha sy toutz, cy est il venuz arere, so howe. Sa cy a este 

 so howe. Sa cy avaunt : " Here, he has gone back. 

 Here he has been. Forward there." When the hare 

 has doubled. 



La douce amy, il est venuz illoeques, sohowe : " Softly, 

 friend, he is here." When the hounds hunt well in 

 fields or arable land. 



La douce, amy, la est il venuz {pur lue segere sohow) : 

 "Softly, friend, here he has come to seat himself" 

 (Mid. Eng., sege — a seat. Latin, sedere). 



La douce, ayny, la il est venuz [pur meyndir) : " Here 

 he has been to feed " {meyndir, from Latin manducare, 

 mander e\ 



The bracketed part of the last two cries are given in 

 the MS. of Twety and Gyff., and the following are 

 only in the " Master of Game " : — 



Le valliant oyez, oyez who bo howe, and then, Avaunt, 

 assemble, assemble, war war, a ha war, for running riot. 

 How assamy assamy so arere so howe bloues acoupler. 



