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The hookjs of Hunting 



The Preface pronounced by 

 the Hart 



I Am the Harte^ by Grt^kts furnamed fo^ 

 Bicaufe my heade^ doth luith their tearmes agree. 

 For fiately fiape^ fewe fuch on earth do go^ 

 So that by right ^ they haue fo termed mee. 

 For Kings delight^ it feemes I luas ordeyned 

 Whofe Huntfmen yet^ purfue me day by day^ 

 In For eft ^ chace^ and Farke^ I am conflrayned 

 Before their Houndes^ to ivander many a loay. 



Wherefore 



