The hooke of Hunting aip 



both within and without. And by that meanes their feafon la- 

 fteth longer than any other beafts. When a Beare is hurt fore, 

 and efcapeth the huntfmen, flie will open and ftretch hir wound, 

 yea, fometimes fhe will drawe out hir owne guts and bowels 

 to fearch them whether they be pierced or not : and by that mea- 

 nes many of them dye, when they might well efcape. When 

 they come from their feeding, they beate commonly the highways 

 and beaten pathes : and where fo euer they goe out of the hyghe 

 way, there you may be fure they are gone to their denne, for they 

 vfe no doublings nor fubtleties. They tumble and wallowe in 

 water and myre like vnto fwyne, and they itcdc like a dogge. 

 Their flefh is delicate to fome mens tooth : but in mine opinion, 

 it is rammiflie and vnfauerie, at leaftwife it can not be holfome. 

 Their greace is good for the gowt and fhrinking of the fmews, 

 and the better, if it be mingled with other oyntments. Their 

 feete are the beft morfell of them, for they be delicate meate. 

 Their f kynne is a furre, but very courfe : meeter to laye vpon a 

 bed, than to weare otherwife. I haue termed their fatte greace, and 

 fo is it to be called of all beaftes which praye : and of all Deare 

 and other fallow beafts, it is to be called Sewet. As alfo their feede 

 is called feeding, and a Deares is called feede, as I haue before 

 declared. 



The manner of hunting the Beare 

 Chap. 78 



THe beft finding of the Beare is with a lyamhounde, and 

 yet he which hath no lyamhounde, maye trayle after the 

 Beare, as they doe after a Rowe, or a Bucke: but you may 

 drawe after the Beare in the vineyards, in the hollow maftie 

 woods, and fuch like places, according to the feafon : and fo you 

 may lodge them, and runne and hunte them, as you do a Bore. 

 For the more fpeedy execution, you fliall do well to mingle ma- 

 ftifes amongft your houndes : for they will pinch the Beare, and 

 make hir angrie, vntill at laft they bring them to the bay, or elfe 

 they driue them cleane out of the playne, into the couert, and ne- 

 uer let them be in quiet, vntill they come to fight for defence : and 



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