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set by the foresters or parkers. And early in the 

 morning the Master of the Game should be at the 

 wood to see that all be ready, and he or his lieutenant 

 or such hunters that he wishes, ought to set the grey- 

 hounds and who so be teasers 1 to the King or to the 

 Queen, or to their attendants. As often as any 

 hart cometh out he should when he fasses blow a 

 mote and recheat, and let slip to tease it forth, and 

 if it be a stag, he should let him pass as I said and 

 rally to warn the fewterers what is coming out. 

 And to lesser deer should no wight let run, and if he 

 hath seen the stag, not unless he were commanded. 2 

 And then the master forester or parker ought to show 

 him the King's standing if the King would stand 

 with his bow, and where all the remnant of the 

 bows would stand. And the yeoman for the King's 

 bows ought to be there to keep and make the King's 

 standing, and remain there without noise, till the 

 King comes. And the grooms that keep the king's 

 dogs and broken greyhounds should be there zvith 

 him, for they belong to the yeomen's office, and also 

 the Master of the Game should be informed by the 

 forester or parker what game the king should find 

 within the set, 3 and when all this is done, then 



1 Teasers, a small hound to tease forth or put up the game. 



2 A difficult sentence to unravel. In the Shirley MS. it 

 runs : " and yif hit have eseyne nought to ye stagge, but yif he 

 were avaunced." 



3 "Within the set" means within that quarter of the forest 

 or park around which are set or stationed the men and hounds, 

 called the stable. 



