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winde or a Southwinde blow, he will neuer runne into it, but 

 turnes his backe and takes it in his tayle, and this he dothe for 

 diuers respedts. The firil is bycaufe the North winde is colde 

 and fharpe, and drieth exceedingly, and the Southwinde is hote 

 and corrupt, bycaufe it commeth vnder the circle of the Sunne, 

 the whiche ouercommeth him and fettes him vp quickly by the 

 vehement fweltrie heate thereof. And if he fhould runne into 

 any of thofe two windes, it would quickly enter his throte when 

 he is emboft and beginneth to be fpent, and would drie his throte 

 and his tongue fore, and would alter and chafe him much with 

 the vehement heate thereof. Alfo thofe windes are commonly 

 great and tempeftuous, and if he fhould runne againft them, his 

 head and homes woulde be as a fayle to holde him backe, the 

 which might much let him in his runnyng. Agayne, he know- 

 eth that if he rpnne into the winde, the houndes fhal haue the 

 better fent of him, and neede not fo much to lay theyr nofes to 

 the ground but may hunte vpon the winde. Alfo he himfelf doth 

 couet alwayes both to fee and heare the houndes whiche follow 

 •^ him. And although Fkcshus fayeth that all Hartes do commonly 

 runne downe the winde how fo euer it litte,yet haue I found it 

 otherwife by experience : and efpecially when it bloweth from the 

 Seawardes, which is a moyft winde, and then a Harte will couet 

 to runne agaynft the winde : but doubtlefle a iHLarte doth feare 

 the Northerlywinde and the Southwinde, as I haue fayde before : 

 and fo do all other beafts, as Spaniels or houndes, the which 

 wil not hunte fo wel in thofe windes, as they do at other times. 

 Alfo you (hal vnderftand, that a Harte doth foreloyne andbreake 

 out before the houndes for diuers reafons, efpecially in Aprill or 

 May, when his head is bloudie and fofte, for then if he be hunted 

 he dareth not holde in the thickets or couerts for hurtyng of his 

 head : but is conftreyned to come forth of the ftiong holdes, and 

 then he breaketh ouer the champaigne Countries, and feeketh to 

 forloyne or to breake from the houndes, and then he doubleth, 

 crofTeth, &c. Or it may be that a harte forfaketh the couert ibr an 

 other reafon: bicaufe in the thickets he trauayleth more, and beateth 

 himfelf forer in bearing downe the boughes before him: and cannot 



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