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or else till he hath brought him out of danger. And 

 as oft as he findeth or seeth that he is in the rights 

 the ly merer should say loud, " Cy va" twice or 

 thrice — and recheat, and so should the hunters as 

 oft as they lust to blow. A?id if the lymer over- 

 shoot or cannot fut it forth, every hunter that is 

 there ought to go some deal abroad for to see if he 

 may find the rights by vesteying (searching) thereof. 

 And whoso may find it before the lymer be fallen in 

 again, he should re cheat in the rights, and blow 

 after that a mote for the lymer and sue forth as is 

 said before. And if the lymer gave it up, and 

 cannot and will not do his devoir e (duty), then 

 should they blow two motes for the r aches and cast 

 them off there where they were last in the rights. 

 And if the hunters hear that the hounds run well 

 and fut it lustily forth they should rout and jofey 1 

 to them lustily and often and re cheat also. And 

 if there be but one hound that undertaketh it lustily 

 they shall hue and jofey to him, and also re cheat. 

 As oft as they be on a stynt they should blow the 

 stynt and do as before is said. And if any of the 

 aforesaid hounds retrieve him so that men may 

 know and hear it by the doubling of their menée, 2 

 but if they hear any hunter above them that hath 

 met (the deer) that bloweth the rights and holloaeth 



1 Call to the hounds encouragingly. 



2 Shirley MS.: "doubling of their mouths," from the Fr. 

 menée. See Appendix : Menée. 



