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The IntroduB'ton, 



HVNTING is a Game and Pvecreation comhien- 

 dable not onely for Kings, Princes, and the 

 Nobility , but likewife for private Gentle- 

 men: And as it is a Noble and Healthy Paftime , 

 To it is a thing which hath been highly prized in all 

 Ages. 



Belides, Hunting trains up Youth to the ufe of man- 

 ly Exercifes in their riper Age, being encouraged there- 

 to by the pleafure they take in hunting the Stately 

 Stag, the Gemrom BucJ^, the If^ilde Boar, the Cunning 

 Otter, the Crafty Fox, and the Fearful Hare \ alfo the 

 catching of Vermin by Engines, as the Fitchet, the 

 Fulimart, the Ferret, the Polecate, the Moldwarp, and the 

 like. Exercife herein preferveth Health, and increafeth 

 Strength and Adivity. Others inflame the hot Spi- 

 tits of young men with roving Ambition, love of 

 War, and feeds of Anger : But the Exercife of Hun- 

 ting neither remits the Minde to Sloth nor Softncfs, 

 B 2 noi 



