21 8 The boohe of Hunting 



crufhe it in peeces like glafTe. If you ftrike at them w* a fword, 

 they wil breake and beare oiF a great blow with their pawes : they 

 are fo heauie, that when they be hunted they can make no fpeede, 

 but are alwayes within fight of the Dogges : they ftand not at 

 a Baye like to the Bore, but flee ftyll wallowing as they can 

 vntiil helpe of men come in : and then if the houndes fticke in 

 and fight with them, they fight very valiantly in their own de- 

 fence. Sometimes they ftand vpon their hinder feete as vpright 

 as a man : but that is a token of dread and cowardlynefle, but 

 being vpon all foure they fight bothe the more ftrongly and the 

 more ftoutely : for then they declare that they will be reuenged, 

 and flee no longer : they haue very perfect fent, and fmel furder ofiF 

 than any other beaft, vnlefle it be the Bore. For in a whole For- 

 reft they will fmel out a tree loden with maft : when they be o- 

 uerweried, they flee to fome brooke or water, and ther they be ouer- 

 throwen : they may be hunted with Maftyfes, Greyhoundes, or 

 houndes, and they are killed and chaced w*bowe,borefpeare,dartes, 

 and fwords : fo are theyalfo takeninfnares,caues and pits, and in 

 other engines. If two men on foot e hauingborefpeares or Iauelins,or 

 fhort pitchforkes, would fticke wel one to an others defence and 

 reuenge, they may kil a great beare : for y® Beare is of this nature, 

 that at euery blowe Ihe will be reuenged on whatfoeuer come 

 next to hands. So that when y® one hath ftriken the Beare, fhe 

 will runne vpon him : and then if the other ftrike quickly, flie will 

 returne to him againe. So that the one may alwaies help and 

 fuccour the other : they do naturally abide in the great Moun- 

 taines, but when it fnoweth or is very hard weather, then they 

 defcendtofeekefoode iny® valleies and Forefts,theycaft their lefTes 

 fomtimes in round Croteys, and fomtimes flat like a Bullocke, 

 according to the feede that they finde : they are able to engender 

 when they be but one yeare old, and then they departe from their 

 dammes, they go fomtimes a galloppe, and fomtimes an amble : 

 but when they wallow then they go at mofte eafe. When they 

 are chafed they flee into the couerts and Forreftes, their feafon 

 begynneth in Maye, and endureth vntyll fuche tyme as they 

 go to ingender agayne : but at all feafons they bee very fatte 



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