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these two are not given by Twici, but the following 

 are identical in both books : — 



Hors de couple, avaunt sy avaunt, and thrice so howe : 

 When the hounds are uncoupled. 



Sa sa cy avaunt, cy sa avaient, sa cy avaunt (avaunt, 

 sire, avaunt, in Twici) : Forward, sir, forward. 



Here how, amy, how amy, and Swef, mon amy, swef : 

 " Gently, my friend, gently " {swef, from Latin swavis), 

 when the hounds draw too fast from the hunts- 

 man. 



Oyez, à Beaumont (in Twici : Oyez, a Beaumont le 

 vaillaunt que il quide trover le coward od la courte cowe) : 

 " Hark to Beaumont the valiant, who thinks to find 

 the coward with the short tail." 



La douce, la il ad este sohowe : " Softly, there — here 

 he has been," if the place where the hare has pastured 

 is seen. 



Illoeques, illoeques : " Here, here," if the hounds hunt 

 well on the line (see Appendix : Illoeques). 



Ha sy toutz, cy est il venuz arere, so howe. Sa cy a este 

 so howe. Sa cy avaunt : " Here, he has gone back. 

 Here he has been. Forward there." When the hare 

 has doubled. 



La douce amy, il est venuz illoeques, sohowe : " Softly, 

 friend, he is here." When the hounds hunt well in 

 fields or arable land. 



La douce, amy, la est il venuz [pur lue segere sohow) : 

 "Softly, friend, here he has come to seat himself" 

 (Mid. Eng., sege — a seat. Latin, sedere). 



La douce, amy, la il est venuz {pur meyndir) : " Here 

 he has been to feed " (meyndir, from Latin manducare, 

 mander e). 



The bracketed part of the last two cries are given in 

 the MS. of Twety and Gyff., and the following are 

 only in the "Master of Game " : — 



Le valliant oyez, oyez who bo bowe, and then, Avaunt, 

 assemble, assemble, war war, a ha war, for running riot. 

 How assamy assamy so arere so howe bloues acoupler. 



