The hooie of Hunting P7 



Both yong and olde, I founde of euery fyfe. 

 But as for him, I hope that ftill he lyes : 

 So that your grace (by likelyhoode) may him finde. 

 He harbord is, according to my mynde. 



Then if flie afke, what Slot or view I found, 

 I fay, the Slot, or view, was long on ground, 

 I The toes were great, the ioyntbones round and fliort. 



The fhinne bones large, the dewclawes clofe in port : 

 Short ioynted was he, hollow footed eke, 

 An Hart to hunt, as any man can feeke. 



Of the words and termes of hunting, which ^ 

 \ the huntfman ought to vnderftand when he 

 fhall make his reportes, and when he 

 fhal fpeake before good mafters 

 of Venerie. Chap. 3 7 



IHaue thought good heere to declare the termes and words of 

 Venerie, and how a yong huntfman ihoulde fpeake before the 

 mafters of the game. Firft it is conuenient that an huntefman 

 be wel ftayed and temperate in his fpeech: for all hunters 

 whiche haue regarde to the pleafure of their Venerie, ought 

 to be fober and modeft in talke. But at thefe dayes they 

 take more delight in emptying of the bottles, than they 

 haue regarde to their tongs. But if a yong huntfman chaunce 

 to light in company with elder mafters, and that they afke 

 him howe he calleth the ordure of an Harte, Rayndeare, Gote, 

 or fallow Deare, he fliall anfwere that they are to be called 

 the fewmet or fewmyfliings, and that all beaftes which Hue ot 

 browfe, fhal haue the fame terme in that refpedt. But in beafts 

 of rauyne or pray, as the Bore, the Beare, and fuch like, they fliall 

 be called the Leffes. And of Hares and Coneys, they are called 

 Croteys. Of other vermyne or ftinking chafes, as Foxes, Bad- 

 gers, 



