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an efpecial eye to the head of the beaft which way foe-, 

 ver he windeth or turneth the fame : for fuch is the na- 

 ture of the Boar, that fometimes he fnatcheth the fpear 

 out of their hands, or elfe recoileth the force back again 

 upon the hunter, by both which means he is in great 

 danger of life : whenfoever this hapneth there is but 

 one remedy, which is i another of his companions muft 

 come and charge the Boar with his fpear, and then pre- 

 tend to wound him with his dart, but not carting it 

 for fear of hurting the hunter. The Boar feeing this, 

 forfaketh rhe hrii man, and ruQieth upon the fecond, 

 who muft loolc to defend himfelf with all dexterity, 

 compoling his body, and ordering his weapons accor- 

 ding to artihcial By^r-hunting: in the mean time he 

 that vvis overthrown muft rile again, taking frefti hold 

 on his fpear, and with all courage afTault his adverfary, 

 and ailift his friend who was the caufe of the faving of 

 his life. 



' When he feeleth himfelf fo wounded that he cannot 

 live, were it not for the forks of the B^^r- fpear, he 

 would prefs it on his varqaiftier, and fo revenge his 

 death ; For fuch is the fury of this beaft, that he will 

 endeavour to wound and kill, although he teel upon 

 him the pangs of death , and what place foever he bi- 

 teth, whether man or drg, the heat of his teeth caufeth 

 the wound to be intlam'd : and for this caufe, if he but 

 touch the hair of ad(^g, he burnethir off: nay, huntf- 

 men have tried the heat of his teeth, by laying hairs on 

 them as foon as he was dead, and they have flirivel'd up 

 as with a hot-iron. 



To conclude i the fame devifcs, diligence, labour, 

 profecution, and obfcrvations are to be ufed in the / 

 hunting of che B'oar^ which are prefcribed for the hun- 

 ting of the Hart. Not but that there are feveral poli- 

 cies and ftrafagcms which have been invented , and 

 are 'ftill ufed in feveral countries ,' whereby to take 



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