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kinde of browne Hartes are little, thicke fet, and fhort. Whiche 

 beare commonly a blacke mayne, and become fatter venifon 

 and more delicate than the others, bycaufe they doe more com- 

 monly keepe in yong fprings and Coppifes^than in the high woods. 

 Thefe kyndes of Hartes are craftie, hyding them felues, bycaufe 

 when they are in greace, they doubt to be founde. For as muche 

 as their bodie wil not indure to ftande long before the hounds : 

 So make they their feede verie fhort, and beare their heades low 

 and wyde in funder. And if they be old and feed in good ground, 

 then are their heades blacke, fayre, and well braunched, and com- 

 monly paumed at the toppe. The other Hartes which are of a 

 fallowe coate, do beare their heades high, and whyte of coloure ; 

 Whereof the beamcs are verie fmall, and the Antliers long, 

 flender, and yll growne, principally of that fort of fallow which 

 drawe vpon the whytifh dunne haire. So alfo haue they neither 

 heart, courage, nor force. But thofe which are of a liuely redde. 

 fallowe, which haue lightly a little blacke or browne lifte vpon 

 the rydge of their backe, and their legges of the fame coloure, 

 being long, and fide, thofe be verie ftrong, bearing fayre 

 and high heades, well furniflied and beamed, hauing all 

 the other markes or tokens which I will hereafter 

 declare. Then the Harts which are of a liuely 

 redde haire, are commonly yong Hartes, 

 That fort of coated Hartes, fhould 

 not greatly reioyce the huntf- 

 men on horfebacke, by- 

 caufe they ftande vp 

 long, and are of 

 verie good 

 breath. 



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