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neath the water, and fo go on w* it : and if y® Otter come diuing 

 vnder -f water, he fliall of neceffitie touch e their line, and fo they 

 flial icolt and know which way he is pafled, the which flial make 

 him be taken the fooner. An Otters fkinne is very good furre, 

 and his greafe wil make a medicine to make fiflies turn vp their 

 bellies as if they were deade. A good Otter hounde may proue 

 an excellent good buckhound, if he be not old before he be entred. 

 Thus haue you now afmuch as I can prefently fet down for 

 y® hunting of fuch chaces as I thinke likely or porfible to be hun- 

 ted in this our cuntry : yea fome alfo percafe which you wil fay 

 are not in vfe w* vs at thefe daies. But bicaufe 1 haue fuffici- 

 ently declared mine intent in myne Epiftle in the beginning of 

 this book, therfore 1 wil fpende no more time in excufmg of my 

 felf : but wil pafle ouer vnto y® Woulfe,and the Beare, which are 

 as ftrange and ftranger than any other that I hitherto named. 



The Otters oration 



WHy ftande we beaftes abaflit, or fpare to fpeake? 

 Why make we not a vertue of our neede ? 

 "We know by proofe, in witte we are too weake. 

 And weaker muche, bicaufe all Adams feede, 

 (Whiche beare away the weyght of witte in deede) 



Do 



