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abide fo long, bycaufe they are too too eagre in fight, and there- 

 fore are conftreyned to come out to take the ayre : there are both 

 good and badde of bothe fortes. And bycaufe it is good paftime, 

 and braue fight, without great payne or trauayle to the huntef- 

 man, therefore I haue thought good to fet downe here fome pre- 

 ceptes for the entryng of Terriers, and for the better flefhyng 

 and encouragyng of them. 



You fliall beginne to enter them aflbone as they be eyght or 

 tenne Moneths old : For if you enter not a Terrier before he be 

 a yeare old, you fliall hardly euer make him take the earth. And 

 you muft take good heede that you encourage them, and rebuke 

 them not at the firfte : nor that the Foxe or Badgerd do hurte 

 them within the earth, for then they will neuer loue the earth a- 

 gayne. And therefore neuer enter a yong Terryer in an earth 

 where there is an olde Foxe or Badgerd : But firfle lette them 

 be well entred, and be a yeare olde full or more. You fhall do 

 well alfo to put in an olde Terryer before them whiche may a- 

 bide and endure the furie of the Fox or Badgerd. You may en- 

 ter them and flefhe them fundrie wayes. Firft when Foxes and 

 Badgerds haue yong cubbes, take all your olde Terryers and 

 put them into the grounde : and when they beginne to baye, 

 (whiche in the earth is called Yearnyng) you mufte holde your 

 yong Terryers euery one of them at a fundrie hole of fome an- 

 gle or mouth of the earth, that they may herken and heare theyr 

 fellowes yearne. And when you haue taken the old Foxes or 

 Badgerdes, and that there is nothing left in the earth but the 

 yong Cubbes, take out then all your old Terryers, and couple them 

 vp : then put in your yong Terryers and encourage them, crying. 

 To him^ To him^ To him : and if they take any yong Cubbe, lette 

 them take theyr pleafure of him, and kill him within the grounde : 

 and beware that the earth fall not downe vpon them and fmoo- 

 ther them. That done, take all the reft of the Cubbes and Bad- 

 gerds pigges home with you, and frie theyr liuers and theyr 

 bloud with cheefe, and some of theyr owne greace, and thereof 

 make your Terryers a rewarde, fhewyng them alwayes the 

 heads and fkinnes to encourage them. When they haue bene re- 

 warded 



