PROLOGUE. 



" Furthermore, I will prove by sundry reasons In 

 this little prologue that there is no man's life that 

 useth gentle game and disport less displeasable unto 

 God than the life of a perfect and skilful hunter, or 

 from which more good cometh. 



" The first reason is that hunting causeth a man 

 to eschew the seven deadly sins. 



" Secondly, men are better when riding, more just 

 and more understanding, and more alert and more 

 at ease, and more undertaking and better knowing 

 of all countries and passages, and short and long 

 all good customs and manners cometh thereof, and 

 health of man and of his soul. For who so fieeth 

 the seven deadly sins as we believe, he shall be 

 saved, therefore a good hunter shall be saved." 



Gaston de Foix. 



