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loud : " Ho ho arere," 1 because that his hounds 

 will come out too hastily. And when he uncoupleth 

 his hounds, he shall say to them when he comes into 

 the field : " Sto mon amy sto atrete" hut when he 

 is come forth into the field he shall blow three motes 

 and uncouple the hounds, then he shall speak twice 

 to his hounds in this wise, " Hors de couple, avaunt 

 cy avaunt " 2 and then he shall say thrice " So how " 

 and no more ; afterward he shall say loud " Sa say 

 cy avaunt " and then " Sa cy avaunt, sa cy avaunt 

 so how," and if he see the hounds draw fast from 

 him and would fain run, he shall say thus to them 

 here : " How amy — how amy," and then shall he 

 say " Swe mon famy swef" 3 for to make them go 

 softly, and between always blow three motes. And 

 if any of his hounds find and own to the hare where 

 he hath been, he shall say to them in this wise : 

 " Oyez a Beaumont le vaillant," or what the hound 

 is called. And if he seeth that the hare hath been 

 at pasture in green corn or in any other place and 

 his hounds find of her and that they fall well in 

 enquest 4 (hunt) and chase it well, then he shall say 

 " La Douce, la il a este " 5 and therewith "So 

 howe " with a high voice, and if his hounds chase 



1 " Back there ! " from the Fr. arrz'eYe. 



2 " Out of couples, forward there, forward ! " (Precisely the 

 same instructions are given by the later Twety and Gyfford.) 



3 " Gently, my friend, gently ! " 



4 Quest, hunt, seek, also challenge. 

 6 " Softly, there he has been ! " 



