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coleharthes or place where things haue bene buried : and then the 

 houndes cannot haue fo good fent, bicaufe the bote fent of the fire 

 fmoothreththehoundeSjandmakesthemforgetthefentoftheHarte. 

 In fuch cafe the huntfmen may marke which way the Harte held 

 head, and coaft by the coleharthes with their houndes quickly, vn- 

 til they come on the farfide thereof: there let them beate well vntill 

 theyr houndes make it good againe by the flot or other tokens, or 

 by the fent which they muft needes finde in the frefh ayre pafling 

 thus by and flaying not. But if an Harte breake out before the 

 houndes into the champaigne countrie, and that it be in the heate 

 ofthedayjbetweenenooneandthreeoftheclocke: thenifthehuntef- 

 men perceiue that theyr houndes be out of breath, they muft not 

 force them much, but comfort them the beft y*they can, and though 

 they heare not theyr beft houndes cal on vpon the Slot or view, 

 yet if they wagge theyr tayles it is inough : for peraduenture the 

 houndes are fo fpent with the vehement heate, that it is painefull 

 to them to call on, or that they be out of breath : and therefore in 

 fuch cafe the huntefmen fhal do well to follow afarre off without 

 ouerlaying or ouerriding of them as I haue before fayd. And if y^ 

 houndes giue ouer and be tyred, then let the huntefmen blemiflie 

 vpon the laft Slot or view, and go with their houndes into the 

 next village, where they fliall giue them bread and water, and keepe 

 them about them vnder fome tree or fhade vntill the heate of y^ day 

 be ouer, and let them fometimes blowe to call in theyr boyes or 

 feruants which follow on foote, and their other companions, about 

 three of the clocke,they may go backe to their laft blemifhe, and 

 put their houndes to the Slot or view : and if any of theyr var- 

 lettes or Boyes had a bloudhounde there, let him put his bloud- 

 hounde to the Slot or view, and drawe before the houndes with 

 him, cherifliyng and comforting him, and neuer fearyng to 

 make him open in the ftring : for the other houndes hearing him 

 open, will come in and take it right, leauyng their defaultes. 

 Thus fhoulde the Huntefmen holde on beating and following 

 vntill they haue reared and found the Harte againe. You fliall 

 vnderftand that when a Harte is fpent and fore runne, his laft re- 

 fuge is to the water whiche hunters call the foyle, and he will 



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