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to a Bore or fuch like, he Ihal fpeake in the plural number and fay. 

 To them^ to tkem^ &c. When a Hart hath fed in the Fels, he is com- 

 monly wet with dew, and wil not go to his layre, vntiJl he be dried 

 in the Sunne or otherwife, and then commonly he lyeth downe 

 vpon his belly infome open place, and rowzeth him when heryfeth. 

 That place hath with vs no proper name, but only to fay : here y® 

 Hart hath dried and rowzed himfelf. The places where an Hart or 

 any other Deare lyeth by day, are called layres. But the lying 

 places of Bores and fuch like, are called dennes, and of a Fox the 

 kennell. Afterwardes, when a huntefman commeth to make his 

 report, he Ihal fay altogether what he hath feenc and found. And 

 if he found nothing but view or flot, and be demaunded what ma- 

 ner of view or flot it was, he fliall by rehearfall tell and defcribe 

 what maner of Slot or view it was, as to fay, a fliort or a long 

 foote, with fuch and fuch markes. The like report fhall he make 

 of his ports and entries : but if his hap were to haue feene the Harte 

 or Deare, and had leyfure to marke him, then if he be demaunded 

 what maner of Deare it was, and what head he beareth, he may 

 anfwere firft : He was of fuch, or fuch a coate, as fallow, browne, 

 blacke, or dunne, and confequently of fuch and fuch a body, bea- 

 ring a high or lowe head, according as he hath feene. And if the 

 Deare be falfe marked, as bearing fixe Anthers or croches on the 

 one fide, and feuen on the other, then fliall the huntfman faye : he 

 beareth fourtene falfe marked, for the more doth always include 

 the lefle. And if he perceiu that the Deare beare a fayre high head 

 big beamed, the Antliers neare and clofe to his head, and well fprtd 

 according to the heigth, then may he fay, that he beareth a fayre 

 head, well fpred, and weU marked in all points, and palmed, crown- 

 ed, or croched according as he fawe it. And Jikewife he may name 

 how many it was in the top, as an Hart of ten, fourtene, fixtene, 

 or fo forth. And if any demaund him if he iudged by the heade 

 whether the Hart were an old Hart or not, and howe he know- 

 eth, he maye anfwere, that he iudgeth by the burre which was 

 great and well pearled, fet clofe to the head of the Deare. And 

 alfo by the Antliers which were great, long, and neare to the 

 burre, and accordingly by the tokens heretofore rehearfed. 



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