28 The hooke of Hunting 



anoyance than profitable for the houndes, for when they are ac- 

 cuftomed to fuch heates, beyng fo tenderly and delicately hand- 

 led, and after flialbe brought to fome place where they llialbe 

 euill lodged, or if they hunte in the raynie weather, then fliould 

 they be readie to marfounder themfelues, and fo to become maun- 

 gie : wherefore I haue alwayes bene of opinion, that when thev 

 come from the fielde, and that they be moyled. It is fufficient if 

 they be well chaffed and layed drie, without accuftoming them 

 to fuche magnificence. And bicaufe fometimes men haue not 

 commoditie to haue fountaynes or brookes in euery place, it is re- 

 quifite to make little tubbes of woodde or fome troughes to put 

 their water in. You muft take heede that you giue them no drinke 

 in a vefTell of copper or brafTe, for thofe two kindes of mettals are 

 venomous of their nature, and caufe the water whiche commeth 

 in them to turne and to ftinke, whiche woulde greatly anoy the 

 hound es. You mufle alfo haue prety little binges or bafkettes 

 of woodde to put theyr breade in, the whiche mufte be 

 broken and cut by fmall gobbets in the fame, by- 

 caufe fome Dogges are fometimes ficke and 

 of euill appetite. Alfo there are cer- 

 tayne howres and times that houndes 

 will not feede, and therefore 

 the bafkets ihould not be 

 emptie at any time, 

 as we haue fet in 

 portrayture 

 before. 



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