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moot and then trourourout, trout, trout, trourourout, 

 trourourout, trourourout, trout, trout, tr our our our out" " and 

 then to commence by another moot again, and so you 

 ought to blow three times. And to commence by a 

 moot and to finish by a moot." This was only blown 

 when the hounds were hunting the right line (see Ap- 

 pendix : Parfet). 



The Prise. Twici says, blow four moots for the tak- 

 ing of the deer. According to the " Master of Game," 

 "the prise or coupling up" was to be blown by the chief 

 personage of the hunt only, after the quarry. It was 

 only blown when the deer had been slain by strength, 

 or hunted, and not when shot or coursed. He was to 

 blow four moots, wait a short interval (half an Ave 

 Maria), and blow another four notes a little longer than 

 the first four. 



The Menée. Twici says the Menée should only be 

 blown for the hart, the boar, the wolf, and the male 

 wolf, but he does not give us any analysis of this melody. 

 In the " Master of Game " we are told that the Menée 

 was blown at the hall-door on the return of the hunts- 

 men. The Master first blew four moots alone, then at 

 the end of the four moots the others joined him in blow- 

 ing, and they all continued keeping time together (see 

 Appendix : Menée). 



The Mort or Death was another sound of the horn, 

 but we have no description of the notes. Perhaps it is 

 synonymous with the Prise. 



The Stroke must have been another grouping of short 

 and long notes, but of this we have no record. 



Hardouin de Fontaines Guerin wrote a poem on the 

 chase chiefly concerning the different manners of blowing 

 such as obtained in his native country the provinces of 

 Anjou and Maine. The poem was illustrated with four- 

 teen miniatures showing the notes to be blown on as many 

 différent occasions during stag-hunting. 



The notes are written in little squares : D denoting a 

 long note ; P| a short note ; HH a note of two long 



