1 68 THE MASTER OF GAME 



hath moved him, if the lymerer can see him he shall 

 blow a mote, 1 and rechace (recheat), 2 and if the deer 

 he soule (alone) the Berners shall uncouple all the 

 finders, and if he he not alone two hounds suffi ceth 

 till he be separated, and if the lymerer saw him 

 (not) at the moving he should go to his lair and look 

 thereby whether it be a hart or not, and if he see by 

 the lair or by the fues that it is the same deer, that 

 he hath sued (hunted) and alone he should rechase 

 without a long mote, for the mote should never be 

 blown before the rechasing? unless a man seeth that 

 which he hunteth for. And then the Berner should 

 do as I have said before, and if he be not alone the 

 Berner should do as above is said, for it is to wit that 

 the mote before re chasing (recheating) shall never 

 be blown but when a man seeth what he hunteth for, 

 as I have said. Now furthermore, when the hart 

 is moved and the finders cast off, then should the 

 lymerer take up his hounds and follow after, and 

 foot it in the best wise that he can. And the 

 Berner also and every horseman go that can go, so 

 that they come not into the fues (across the line) nor 

 in front of the hounds, and shape (their course) as 

 often as they can to meet him. And as often as 

 any man see him or meet him, he should go to the 

 fues and blow a mote and rechace and then holloa 



1 A long note. 



2 Recheat, a hunting signal on the horn. 



3 Recheating. See Appendix : Hunting-Music. 



