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Tcribecl by the chief of the Gentry, were ever held au- 

 thentical. Take them thus in order, according to my 

 colledion out of Mr. Markloam. 



Firft, it was ordered, that he who was chofen Few 

 ierer^ or Letter-loofe of the Grey-hounds^ (hould receive 

 the Grey'hounds Match to run together into his Leafti 

 as foon as he came into the Field, and follow next to 

 the Hare 'finder till he came unto the Form: and no 

 Horfe-man or Foot-man, on pain of difgrace, to go be- 

 fore them, or on any fide, but diredly behinde, the fpace 

 of forty yards or thereabouts. 



2. That not above one Brace of Grey -hounds do 

 courfe a Hare at one inftant. 



3. That the Hare-finder (liould give the Hare three 

 Sohoe's before he put her from her Lzar^ to make the 

 Grey-hounds gaze and attend her rifing. 



4. That the Fetvterer fhall give twelve-fcore Law ere 

 he loofe the Grey-hmnds^ except it be in danger of lofing 

 fight. 



5. That Dog that giveth the firft 7urn^ if after the 

 Turn be given there be neither Co^t, Slip^ nor IVrench 

 extraordinary i I fay, he which gave the firft T«r« (hall 

 be held to win the Wager. 



<^. If one Dog give the firft Turn^ and the other 

 bear the Hare , then he which bare the Hare ftiall 

 win. 



7. If one give both the firft and laft 7urn^ and no 

 other advantage be between them, the odde Turn ftiall 

 win the Wager. 



8. That a Coat ftiall be more than two Turns^ and 

 a Go'by^ or the Bearing of the Hare equal with two 

 Turns, 



p. If neither Dog turn the Hare^ then he which 

 leadeth laft at the Covert ftiall be held to win the 

 Wager. 



10. If one Dog turn the Hare^ fcrve himfclf, and 



turn 



