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assamy, assamy^ la arere so-howe^ venez acowplere^'' 

 and thus as oft as the aforesaid case hafpeneth. 

 And as oft as any hound catcheth it (the scent) he 

 should hue to him by his name^ and rout him to his 

 fellows as before is said, hut not rechace till the 

 hare he found, or that some man meet it and blow 

 the rights and holloa, or else that he findeth her 

 'pointing or pricking whichever it be, for both 

 mean the same, but some call it the one and some 

 the other. And if he find that he can well blow 

 the rights and holloa and jopey three or four times 

 and cry loud " le voy, le voy^^ till the hounds 

 come thither and have well caught it. And (when) 

 she is retrieved blow and holloa and rout to the 

 hounds as it is said you should do at the finding, and 

 follow after and foot it who can foot it. And if it 

 happen when men hunt her and hounds chase her 

 that she squat anywhere before the hounds, and that 

 any hunter find her squatting, if the hounds be nigh 

 about, he should blow a mote and rechace and start 

 her, and then halloa and rout to them as above is 

 said. And if he find her squat, and the hounds be 

 far from him, then should he blow as I last said 

 before, and after two motes for the hounds, and the 

 berners that hear him should answer him thus 

 " trut, trut, trut,^^ and draw all towards him with 

 the hounds as fast as they can, saying to their 

 hounds : " so-how, mon amy, so-howe.^"* And when 

 they be there and the hounds have all come up, they 



