CHAPTER XVI] 



OF SPANIELS AND OF THEIR NATURE 



Another kind of hound there is that be called 



hounds for the hawk and spaniels, for their kind 



Cometh from Spain, notwithstanding that there 



are many in other countries. And such hounds 



have many good customs and evil. Also a fair 



hound for the hawk should have a great head, a 



great body and be of fair hue, white or tawny, 



for they be the fairest, and of such hue they be 



commonly best. A good spaniel should not be 



too rough, but his tail should be rough. The 



good qualities that such hounds have are these : 



they love well their masters and follow them 



without losing, although they be in a great crowd 



of men, and commonly they go before their 



master, running and wagging their tail, and raise 



or start fowl and wild beasts. But their right 



craft is of the partridge and of the quail. It is a 



good thing to a man that hath a noble goshawk 



or a tiercel or a sparrow hawk for partridge, to 



have such hounds. And also when they be 



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