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open, and a long snout, but not small, and great 

 lips and well hanging down, and great eyes red or 

 black, and a great forehead and great head, and 

 large ears, well long and well hanging down, broad 

 and near the head, a great neck, and a great breast 

 and great shoulders, and great legs and strong, 

 and not too long, and great feet, round and great 

 claws, and the foot a little low, small flanks and 

 long sides, a little pintel not long, small hanging 

 ballocks and well trussed together, a good chine 

 bone and great back, good thighs, and great hind 

 legs and the hocks straight and not bowed, the 

 tail great and high, and not cromping up on the 

 back, but straight and a little cromping upward. 

 Nevertheless' I have seen some running hounds 

 with great hairy tails the which were very good. 

 Running hounds hunt in divers manners, for some 

 followeth the hart fast at the first, for they go 

 lightly and fast and when they have run so awhile, 

 they have hied them so fast that they be relaxed 

 and all breathless, and stop still and leave the hart 

 when they should chase him. This kind of run- 

 ning hounds men should find usually in the land 

 of Basco and Spain. They are right good for the 

 wild boar, but are not good for the hart, for they 

 be not good to enchase at a long flight, but only 

 for to press him, for they seek not well, and they 

 run not well nor they hunt not (well) from a 

 distance, for they be accustomed to hunt close. 



