3 2- The hooke of Hunting 



ftirred from the place where they vncoupJed theyr dogges, and 

 hauing another budget or pocket full of delicates and dogges 

 deynties) fhall beginne to hallow on their fide, and to blow their 

 homes to make the dogges come vnto them : then he which made 

 the firft hallow fhall threaten them, and a little beate them with 

 a wande crying agayne, lyB hallow^ hyke hallovj, lyH^ lyft^ lyft. 

 And when the houndes fhalbe come vnto them, they mufte re- 

 warde them with theyr delicates as the other did, and then after 

 let them couple them vp agayne fayre and gently : for if one do 

 roughly handle a young hound at the firfte couplyng, he will 

 not ealily come agayne to the couplyng another time. When 

 they are coupled vp agayne, they muft leade them to their Ken- 

 nell, and glue them meate, leaning alwayes fome bread in their 

 bafkettes, for fuche as flialbe of faynt appetite, their ftrawe muft 

 be chaunged three or four times in a weeke at the leaft, and the 

 Hunte muft wreath wifpes upon little ftickes, and pricke them 

 in the grounde to make them pifTe. It is a thing certayne, that if 

 To Tnake a you rubbc oucr a wifpe or fuche like thing with Galbanum^ all 

 '""*"'^^°^'T^ your houndes will not iayle to come and pifle agaynft it: and 

 p^r ""^ "*'" if perchance there be no fountayne nor brooke within the courte 

 of your Kennell, then muft you put their water in trough es of 

 ftone or of woodde as I haue rehearfed before, the whiche mufte 

 be changed and refreflied euery day twyce. Also in extreeme 

 heate, Houndes are oftentimes combred with lice, fleas, and 

 other vermine and filthie things, and for remedie thereof you 

 muft waftie them once a weeke in a bath made with hearbes, 

 as followeth. 



Firft you muft haue a great kettle holding tenne great pots 

 or fmall buckettes full of water, then take tenne good stalkes of 

 an hearbe called Veruyne^ and wilde Crejfeyes^ and afmuch of the 

 leaucs of Sorell^ Manor am^ Sage^ Rofemarie^ and Reive ^ and lette 

 them boyle well altogethers, cafting amongft them twoo hand- 

 full of Salte : then when all is well boyled togithers, and that 

 the hearbes be well confumed therein, you fhall take them from 

 the fire, and let them coole vntill the water be no more than luke 

 warme, and therewith wafhe and bathe your dogges one after 



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