66 The hooie of Hunting 



In the moneth of lune, and luly they will commonly make 

 their fumifliyng in great croteys very fofte, and yet neuertheleffe 

 there are fome will make them brode vntill it be midde lune. 



And from midde luIy vntill the ende of Auguft they make 

 theyr fewmifhing altogither formie, great, long, knottie, well 

 knodde, anoynted, and gilded, letting fall but fewe of them, the 

 which they Ihould let fall fcattered without cleauyng one to 

 another, and without little prickes at the one ende, and you 

 mufte marke whether they be very fatte and whether the Harte 

 haue bene in the corne or not. 



And thefe be the markes or tokens by the fewmifhing of an 

 Harte of tenne, and of old Hartes, although men may be deceyued 

 oftentimes : for if the Hartes haue had any difturbaunce, or haue 

 bene hurte, then they make theyr fewmet oftentimes drie, bur- 

 ned and fliarpe at that one ende, efpecially at fuch time as they 

 fray theyr heades : but after they haue frayed and burniflied, their 

 fewmet will lightly returne to the naturall courfe : in fuche cafe 

 the Huntefman ought well to marke bycaufe the markes to 

 iudge by are doubtfull. In September and 0(5tober there is no 

 longer iudgement to be had bycaufe of the Rut, and you mufte 

 vnderftand that there is difference betweene the fewmet of the 

 morning and that of the euenyng, bicaufe the fewmifhings which 

 an Harte maketh when he goeth to relief at night, are better 

 difgefted and moyfter, than thofe which he maketh in the morn- 

 ing, bycaufe the Harte hath taken his reft all the day, and hath 

 had time and eafe to make perfed difgeftion and fewmet, whereas 

 contrarily it is feene in the fewmifhyng whiche is made in the 

 morning, bycaufe of the exercife without reft whiche he made in 

 the night to go feeke his feede. 



Of the iudgement of the breache or bea- 

 ring downe of the Spring or 

 Boughes. Chap. 24 



THe Huntefman may take knowledge and iudge of the head 

 of the Harte by the breach or bearyng downe of the boughes 



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