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make way fo wel before the houndes : for they beyng much lefTer 

 then he, do runne with greater eafe in the hollow of the woodes 

 below, and in like maner he cannot erode nor double fo well in 

 the couert as he may do in the playne champaigne. And for thefe 

 caufes he is conftreyned (as it were) to go out either into the hol- 

 low woodes, or into the champaigne. And there let the Huntef- 

 men haue good regarde, for a hounde may much fooner be at de- 

 fault in the hollow woodes than in the ftrong couerts, hauing more 

 fcope to caft about and to range furder out when they are hote and 

 madbrayned, andfo they may ouerfhoote the flotte^ if the Huntef- 

 men be any thing haftie with them, and ouerley them, or ouer ryde 

 them and hunte change : the which they cannot fo lightly do in y« 

 ftrong couerts, for there they runne diredly vpon the foote of the 

 Deare : and cannot caft out neither one way nor other fo redily, 

 for they feare euermore to leefe the right tracke where the Harte 

 went. And therfore a Huntfman fhal take greater heede to change 

 in the hollow high woodes, than in yonger fprings : for a hounde 

 will fooner ouerfhoote and hunte out in the hoUowes, than in the 

 ftrong holdes. Alfo in hollow high woodes a Harte dothe fore^ 

 loyne more and breaketh furder from the houndes, and hath more 

 leyfure to crolTe and double, and to feekc the change amongft other 

 Deare than hehath in ftronger couerts: alfoan Hart doth forloyne 

 or breake out from the houndes for an other caufe : that is when he 

 feeleth himfelf fore layed to by the houndes, and feeth y* no fubtiltie 

 helpeth him, then becommeth he amafed and loofeth his courage, 

 and knoweth not whiche way to take, but pafTeth at al aduen- 

 ture ouer the fieldes, and through the villages and fuch other places. 

 Then fhould the Huntefmen drawe neare to their houndes, and 

 if they perceiue them at any default, they fliall neuer go backe to 

 any Slot or viewe, but go on ftill, and hunte forwardes, for a 

 Deare that is fpent or fore hunted, and that feeketh to foreloyne 

 or breake from the houndes, will neuer tarie to crofTe or double, 

 but holdeth head onwardes ftill as long as breath ferueth him, 

 vnlefle he haue fome foyle in the winde, then he may chaunce go 

 afide to take the Soyle, but els not. True it is that if he breake 

 out into the champaigne for any caufe before mentioned, and be not 



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