142 The boohe of Hunting 



but do one of them efchewe anothers layre : they are fweeter of 

 Sent vnto the houndes than the Harte or the Rowdeare, and yet 

 fome thinke that the Rowe is the fweeteft chafe that is, but at 

 leaft theyr flefh is more delicate : and therefore if a hounde haue 

 once fedde thereon, he will loue it aboue all other chafes. The 

 venyfon of a Bucke is very dayntie, good meate, and is to be dref- 

 fed (in manner) lyke to the venyfon of an Harte : but the Hartes 

 fleflie wilbe longer preferued : the Bucke will hearde more than 

 the Harte, and lieth in the dryeft places : but if he be at large 

 out of a Parke, he will heard but little from the moneth of May, 

 vntill the end of Auguft, or very neare, bycaufe the flie troubleth 

 him : they loue the hilly places well, but they mufte haue dales 

 and bottomes to feede in : wee hunte the Bucke euen as wee 

 hunte the Harte ; fauyng that it is not needefull to lay fo many 

 relayes, nor to lay out fo farre. Bycaufe he fleeth not fo farre 

 out, but wheeleth and keepeth the couert as is before declared. 

 The greateft fubtiltie that a huntefman hath neede to beware 

 of in huntyng the Bucke, is to keepe his houndes from huntyng 

 counter or chaunge, bycaufe we haue plentie of Fallow deare, 

 and they come oftener diredtly backe vpon the houndes than a 

 rcdde deare doth : the breakyng vp and rewarde are all one with 

 the breakyng vp and reward of an Harte. 



Of the hunting of a Rowe. Chap. 4^ 



THe Rowe is a beaft well knowen and eafie to hunte, and 

 yet fewe huntefmen know his nature : he goeth to Rut in 

 Od:ober : and rcmayneth therein fiftene dayes, he neuer com- 

 panieth but with one make, and they neuer part vntil the Row- 

 doe haue fawned. Then the Doe parteth from the Buck and faw- 

 neth as farre from him as fhe can, for if he finde it, he will kill 

 the fawne : but when the fawne is great that he can runne and 

 feede, then the Doe returneth to the bucke and accompanieth with 

 him againe louingly. Yea and they will make afmuch hafte to 

 returne togethers as may be, the caufe whereof is y* a Row doe doth 

 mofi: commonly fawne two at once : and they be commonly alfo 

 bucke and Doe, fo that being accuftomed togethers in youth, they 



do 



