CHAPTER XVII 



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 



