1^8 The hoohe of Hunting 



which he fliall perceiue, he maye prepare to hunt with houndes 

 which are hote or temperate. For if it be a great Bore, and one 

 that hath lyne long at reft, he fliall do well to hunte him with 

 houndes that will fticke to him : and let the huntfmen on horfe- 

 backe be euer amongeft them, charging the Bore, and forcing 

 him as muche as they maye to difcourage him : for if you hunte 

 fucbe a Bore with foure or fyue couple of houndes, he will make 

 fmall account of them, and when they haue a little chafed 

 nim, he will take courage, and keepe them ftyll at Bayes, run- 

 ning vpon any thing that hc'feeth before him : but if he perceiue 

 him felfe charged and hard layd vnto with houndes and huntef- 

 men, then he will become aftonyed, and lofe courage, and then 

 he is enforced to flee and to feeke the cuntrey abroad. You muft 

 fet Relayes alfo, but that mufte be of the ftauncheft and beft olde 

 houndes of the kennell : for if you flioulde make your Relayes 

 with young houndes, and fuche as are fwyfte and raflie, then 

 when a Bore is any thing before the reft of the houndes in chace, 

 he might eafily kyll them in their flirie, at their firft comming 

 in to him. But if he be a Bore whiche is accuftomed to flee end- 

 wayes before the houndes, and to take the champayne countrey, 

 then you fliall caft of but foure or fyue couple of houndes at the 

 firft, and fet all the reft at Relayes, about the entrie of the fieldes 

 where you thinke likely that he will flee. For fuche a Bore will 

 fildome keepe houndes at a Baye, vnlefle he be forced : and if 

 he do ftande at Baye, the huntefmen muft ryde in vnto him as 

 fecretely as they can without muche noyfe, an^ when they be 

 neare him, let them caft rounde about the place wGere he ftan- 

 i deth, and runne vpon him all at once, and it fliall be harde if they 

 ^giue him not one fkotch with a fworde, or fome wounde with 

 1 a Borefpeare : and let them not ftryke lowe, for then they fliall 

 } commonly hit him on the fnoute, bycaufe he watchethto take ail 

 blowes vpon his Tufkes or there aboutes. But let them lift vp 

 their handes hygh, and ftryke right downe : and let them beware 

 that they ftryke not towardes their horfes, but that other waye : 

 For on that fide that a Bore feeleth him felfe hurte, he turneth 

 heade ftrayght wayes, whereby he might the fooner hurt or kyll 



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