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another rubbyng them foftely with your wifpes. And all thefe 

 things are beft to be done in great heates, thryfe in a weeke at 

 the leaft : alfo fometimes when whelpes are lately brought from 

 their nources out of the villages, they will dreade the waters 

 and dare not aduenture to paffe through ryuers, pooles^ &c. To 

 helpe this the Hunte mufte choofe out warme and bote dayes, in 

 the whiche aboute noone, he fliall couple vp all his houndes, and 

 leade them to the fide of feme riuer or poole, and put of all his 

 clothes : then shall he take them one after another, and carle them 

 a good way into the riuer to learne them to fwimme and abyde 

 the water : when he hath done this two or three times, he fliall fee 

 that his houndes will not feare the water, nor will make any 

 difficultie to palTe or fwimme through the riuers and pondcs. 

 And in this manner good Huntes fliall vfe their houndes, for it 

 they obferue all thefe things aboue rehearfed, it is not poffible 

 but th at theyr houndes flialbe wel entred and ordred. And often- 

 times it happeneth that houndes do hunte and chafe in the rayne 

 and frost and other greuous weather, or els do enforce themselues 

 to pafTe and fwimme through riuers and pooles, when they do fo, 

 the Hunt ought to make them a good fire, and to rubbe and drie 

 them, and when they be drie he fliould frotte and rubbe their bel- 

 lies, to take of the dyrte and claye whiche may hang therevpon, 

 for if they go to kenell wette and moyled with dyrt, they fliould 

 be in daunger to marfounder and to become mangie : oftentimes 

 alfo in running through the hard champayne, or ftonie grounde, 

 they furbate and beblifter their feete, and to helpe that, the Hunt 

 mult firft waftie theyr feete with water and Salte, then take the 

 yolkes of egges and beatethem wel with vinegre and the iuyceot 

 an hearbe growyng vpon the rockes, and called Moufeare, then 

 take pitch brufed to powder and mingle it with twife afmuche 

 foote, and after put your fayde powder amongft the egges and 

 iuyce of hearbs afbrefayd, making them all hote togither and al- 

 wayes ftyrring them, and you muft take good heede that you 

 ouerheate it not, bicaufe the moyfture might fo be confumed and 

 the subftance of the egges woulde waxe harde, which woulde 

 marre all, but it flialbe fufficient to heate it vntill it be fome- 



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