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alight from his horfe, and blowe the death to call in all the 

 houndes : that done, the varlet of the kennell flial keepe offy^houndes 

 with thofe little wandes, and let them all baye aboute him. The 

 huntefman fliall blowe ffcill a good while, and afterwardes fliall 

 clappe and ftroke his beft houndes on the lides, and fhewe them 

 the Hare, faying : Dead hoyes^ dead: Then lette him hulke hir 

 (which is to open hir and take out hyr garbage) and afterwards 

 ftryp off hir fkinne before the houndes, takyng away the Gall, 

 the lightes, and the fkinne, the whiche he fhall hang up in fome 

 tree, where the houndes may not eate them, for they will 

 make them ficke. When the Hare is thus hulked and ffcripte out 

 of hyr fkinne, lette the Huntefman take out of his wallet fome 

 bread, cheese, and other fmall morfels, and put them into the bulke 

 of the Hare, to wet and moyften them with hir bloud : then fliall 

 he cutte off the forepart of the Hare, head and all : and yet if he 

 haue any yong hounde whiche is fearefull, let him giue him the 

 Hares heade by himfelfe for to encourage him the better. Then 

 mufte the varlet of the kennell tye a corde to the forequarters of 

 the Hare in fiue or fixe places, that one dogge may not teare a- 

 way all at a mouthfull, and fo beguyle all his fellowes. After- 

 wardes let him hide it, and take his ftaffe and go an hundreth 

 paces from the reft : in meane whyle the huntefman fliall powre 

 out the rewarde of bread and cheefe vpon the cleaneft place of 

 grafle that he can findc, and fliall yet keepe off the houndes with 

 his hunting wande. This beyng done, he flial blow that all the 

 houndes may come in together, and flial fuffer them to eate this re- 

 warde, clapping them vppon the fides, comforting of them, and 

 blowing with his home. In meane while when they haue almoft 

 done, he fhal make figne to the varlet of the kennell whiche fhall 

 hallow and blow for the houndes : then the huntefman fliall rate 

 them and beate them to him, faying : 'Lyfi Hallow ^Hike Hallow ^ hike. 

 Then the varlet fhall fliew them the Hare holding it as high as 

 he can, and holdinghis corde alwayesfaft by y® end : and when all the 

 houndes be about him, he fhal caft it amongft them, and fuffer them to 

 teare it by peecemeale out of the corde : and then carie them to 

 the water before he couple them vp agayne : or rather lette him 



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