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blow the death, and make short hay for to reward the 

 hounds. And every man (shall) have a small rod 

 in his hand to hold the hounds that they should the 

 better bay and every man blow the death that can 

 blow. And as oft as any hunter beginneth to blow 

 every man shall blow for the death to make the 

 better noise, and make the hounds better know the 

 horns and the bay, and when they have bayed a 

 while let the hounds come to eat the flesh, to the 

 hard bone from in front of the shoulders right to 

 the head, for that is their reward of right. And 

 then take them off fair and couple them up again. 

 And then bring to the lymers and serve each by 

 himself, and then should the Lord if he list or else 

 the Master of the Game, or if he be absent whoso is 

 greatest of the hunters, blow the prise at coupling 

 up, and that should be blown only of the aforesaid, 

 and by no others. Nevertheless it is to wit that if 

 the Lord be not come soon enough to the bay, while 

 the deer is alive they ought to hold the bay as long 

 as they can, without rebuking the hounds, to await 

 the Lord, and if the Lord remains away too long, 

 when the deer is spayed and laid on one side, before 

 they do ought else, the Master of the Game, or 

 which of the horsemen that be there at the death, 

 should mount their horses and every man draw his 

 way blowing the death till one of them hath met 

 with him, or heard of him, and brought him thither. 

 And if they cannot meet with him, and that they 



