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And it flial not be poffible (thus doyng) but that you flial rowze 

 the Deare againe within the circuite and compafTe that you had 

 earft caft about : and at the leaft if you do not, you fliall yet finde 

 where he is gone on, and fo make it out, vnlefle the extremitie of 

 the heate do altogether marre your houndes Hunting. Further- 

 more you fliall remember, that when an Harte breaketh out from 

 the houndes, by the two firfte places where you ftay vpon any 

 crofTyng or doublyng that he hath made, you fliall perceyue all 

 the fubtilties and pollicies which he will vfe all that day after. 

 For if his twoo firft doublings or other fubtilties be in an high 

 waye, or in a water, then all the refl: that he will vfe all the day 

 after will be in the fame manner. And then let the Huntefmen 

 marke well on whiche hand he turneth when he parteth : for on 

 whiche hand foeuer he turne the two firflre times, on the fame 

 hand he will turne (at his partingj all the day after, whether it 

 be on the right hand or on the left hand : And therefore remem- 

 ber euer when you come at any default to beate firfl: on that hand 

 which he tooke at the two firft defaults. Alfo an Harte doth of- 

 tentimes vfe greate pollicies in the pathes within the greate 

 woodes and ftrong couerts, or els will follow fuch a pa the vn- 

 till he come to the outfide of the woode, as though he woulde 

 come out into the playne, and will immediately fall to double 

 and crofle, returnyng flat counter, fometimes two bowefliot 

 togethers ; then the Huntefmen to make it out at fuch a default 

 mufte take good heede that theyr houndes take not the counter, 

 bycaufe the Harte is fledde backwardes therewith fo farre : and 

 alfo they fliall finde the Slotte or view, (or at leaft the foyles of 

 the view) freflier in the couert, than they fliould do abroade in the 

 fielde, the which may carrie them farre backe vpon the counter. 

 Wherefore at fuch defaults the Huntefmen fliall not be to haftie 

 with their houndes, but rather giue them leyfure, and let them 

 hunte in dread and doubt vntill they haue made it out perfectly. 

 Alfo there be fome Hartes, whiche when they rife out of their 

 lay res will halte, or fall downe vpon their bellie before the 

 Huntefmen, and feeme to reele and royle before the houndes, as 

 if they were fpent and fore hunted not long before : by fuch fub- 



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