The hoohe of Hunting 1 07 



fo that he which harbored flial fcarce make his hounde to hunte it : 

 and if the bloudhounde as he draweth do chaunce to ouerflioote and 

 draw wrong or counter, then mufte the huntefman drawe him 

 backe and fay, Backe^ backe^fofte^fofte^ vntill he haue fet him right 

 againe. And if he perceyue that the hounde do amend his fault and 

 hunte right againe, let him kneele down vpon one knee to marke 

 y® Slot or the portes well and aduifedly: and if he perceiue that his 

 hounde draw right, let him clappe him on the fide and cherifli him, 

 faying, Thats my boy^ thats he^ thats he^ To kim knaue^ and let him 

 blemifh there afwell for them that come after him, as alfo to fhew 

 them that come with the kennellthat the Harte pafled there, and 

 if the kennell be to farre from him, he fliould crie. Come neare^ come 

 neare ivitk the koundes^ or els let him blowe two motes, leauing 

 blemiflies both alofte and by lowe, all the way as he goeth, that if 

 his hounde ouerflioote or drawe amilTe, he may yet come back to 

 hislaft blemish. Then if he perceyue y* his hounde do renew his 

 drawing, and that he drawe ftifFe, fo that it feemeth he be neare the 

 Harte, he muft hold him then fliorter and fhorter, leaft if the Harte 

 fhould rowze for feare a farre of, his hounde (hunting vpon the 

 winde) might carie him amifle, fo that he fliould not finde the 

 layre. Whereby (and by the foyles about it) he might haue certaine 

 iudgement : and if he rowze or vnharbor the Deare and finde the 

 layre, let him not blow ouer haflely fbr y® houndes, but only crie, 

 JLooke loare^ looke ivare^ nvare^ ivare^ and let him drawe on with his 

 hounde vntil y® Deare bedefcried, and rightly marked before he hal- 

 low. And if he finde any fewmets as he draweth, let him marke 

 well whether they be lyke to thofe which he found before or not, 

 I meane thofe which he brought to the alTembly : and yet fometimes 

 he might fo be deceyued, but that is not often, but only when the 

 deare hath chaunged his feede. True it is y* the fewmifhing which 

 a Deare maketh ouer night, be not like thofe which he maketh in 

 the morning, when he draweth into y® thicket to go to his layre : for 

 thofe which he maketh at his feede in y® night or euening, be flatter, 

 fofter, and better difgefted, than thofe which he maketh in a morn- 

 ing : and y® reafon is bicaufe he hath flept and refted al day, which 

 maketh perfed digeflion: and contrarily thofe which he maketh in 



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