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great head whiche combreth him. I will treate no more of him, 

 bicaufe I do not remember that I euer heard of any in this our 

 Realme of England : it may be that there be fome in Ireland : 

 And therefore I thought not amifTe thus to place him araongft 

 the beaftes of Venerie, although he be not here in vfe. 



The hunting of the wild Goate. Chap. 47 



THere are two fortes of wilde Goates, the one are called euen 

 fo, wild Goates : and that other forte is called Tfarus or Sa- 

 ris, And although I haue not heard or redde that there be any of 

 them in England, or at lealt any that be hunted, yet bycaufe it 

 may be well ynough that there are fome in Wales or in other 

 Mountaynes, 1 haue thought good to fet downe the nature of 

 him, and the manner of hunting of him, as I founde it in mine 

 Aucfthor, placing him amongft the beafts of Venerie, fmce it ap- 

 peareth by the holy Scriptures that his flefhe is Venifon. The 

 wilde Goate is as bigge as an Harte, but he is not fo long, nor 

 fo long legged, but they haue as much flefhe as the Harte hath, 

 they haue wreathes and wrinkles on their homes whereby their 

 age is knowen : for fo many yeares old as he is, fo many wreaths 

 you fliall finde about his home : and as a Harte meweth and ca- 

 ileth his head, fo doth the wilde Goate mew his wreathes and re- 

 new them, but he meweth not the beame, the whiche is as bigge 

 as a mans legge if he be an old Goate. They haue a great long 

 beard, and are brownifli grey of colour like vnto a Wolf, and very 

 iliaggie, hauing a blacke lift all alongft the chyne of their backe, 

 and downe to theyr bellie is fallow, their legges blacke, and their 

 layle fallowe : their feete are like the feete of a tame Goate : the 

 print and tracke wherof is great broade and rounde, rather bigger 

 than the Slot of an Harte : theyr bones be accordyng to the big- 

 nefle of a tame Goate, but fomwhat greater : they are fawned in 

 May, and fawne as a Hinde or Doe, but they haue but one fawne 

 at once, the which they fuckle and bryng vp as the tame Goate 

 bringeth vp hir kidde. Their feede is of corne and graffe as other 

 Deare feede : but they will eate luie, mofle and fuche like feede 



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