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loud : " Ho ho arere^^'^ ^ because that his hounds 

 will come out too hastily. And when he uncoupleth 

 his hounds, he shall say to them when he comes i?ito 

 the field : " Sto 7non amy sto atrete^'^ hut when he 

 is come forth into the f eld he shall blow three motes 

 and uncouple the hounds, then he shall speak twice 

 to his hounds in this wise, " Hors de couple, avaunt 

 cy avaunt " '-^ and then he shall say thrice " So how ^'' 

 and 710 more ; afterward he shall say loud " Sa say 

 cy avaunt " and then " Sa cy avaunt, sa cy avaunt 

 so how,''^ and if he see the houfids draw fast from 

 him and would fain run, he shall say thus to them 

 here : " How amy — how amy,^^ and then shall he 

 say " Swe mon famy swef^^ '^ for to make them go 

 softly, and between always blow three ?notes. And 

 if any of his howids fnd and own to the hare where 

 he hath been, he shall say to them i?i this wise : 

 " Oyez a Beaumo7it le vailla7it,^^ or what the hou7id 

 is called. And if he seeth that the hare hath been 

 at pasture in green corn or in a7iy other place and 

 his hounds fi7id of her and that they fall well in 

 enquest * (hunt) and chase it well, the7i he shall say 

 " La Douce, la il a este " ^ and therewith "So 

 howe " with a high voice, and if his hou7ids chase 



^ " Back there ! " from the Fr. arrière. 



2 "Out of couples, forward there, forward!" (Precisely the 

 same instructions are given by the later Twety and Ciyftbrd.) 

 ^ "Gently, my friend, gently !" 

 * Quest, hunt, seek, also challenge. 

 ^ " Softly, there he has been ! " 



