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a Hare in Northampton fliyre, and they will neuer beate but one end 

 of a furlong: and that fhall be the ende which is downe the winde or 

 from the winde : for they hold opinion, that a Hare will not (by hir wil) 

 fit with hyr head into the winde. He that will feeke a Hare mufte go 

 ouerthwart the landes. And euery lande that he pafTeth ouer, let hym 

 beginne with his eye at his foote, and fo looke downe the lande to the 

 furlongs end. Firft on the one fide andthenontheother: andfohefhall 

 find y®Hare fitting in hyr forme : as foone as he efpieth hyr he muft crie 

 Sa How, Then they whiche leade the Greyhoundes may come neare : 

 and you may appoynt which Greyhoundes fhal courfe. Then let him 

 which founde the Hare go towardes hyr and fay, vppuffe vp^ vntill ftie 

 ryfe out of hyr forme. Some Hare will not ryfe out of hyr forme vn- 

 till file be touched : and fome will abyde to be lifted out by the eares, 

 the whiche is a token of a Hare that will holde out and make a fayre 

 courfe. If the Hare fit neare vnto any clofe or couert, and haue hyr 

 head towardes the fame with a fayre fielde behinde hir, you may ryde 

 with afmuch companie as you haue betwene hyr and the couert before 

 fhe be put vp, and then peraduenture when fhe ryfeth, fhe will take 

 towards the champayne : but lightly a Hare will make hyr courfe the 

 fame way that hyr head ftandes when fhe fitteth in hyr forme. When a 

 Hare is put vp, you mufle giue hyr grounde (whiche is called lawe) 

 xij. fcore yeardes or more, according to the grounde and countrie where 

 Ihe fitteth: and then let flippe your Greyhoundes. It is a gallant fport 

 to fee how the Hare will turne and winde to faue hyr felfe out of the 

 dogges mouth. So that fometimes euen when you thinke that your 

 Greyhounde doth (as it were) gape to take hyr, fhe will turne and caft 

 them a good way behind hy r : and fo f aueth hir f elf by t urny ng,wrenching, 

 and winding, vntil fhe reach fome couert and fo faue hyr life. In courfing 

 at the Hare it is not material which dogge killeth hyr (which hunters 

 call bearyng of an Hare) but he that giueth moft Cotes, or moft tur- 

 nes, winneth the wager. A Cote is when a Greyhounde goeth endways 

 by his fellow and giueth the Hare a turne (whichiscalledfettingaHare 

 aboute) but if he coaft and fo come by his fellowe, that is no Cote. 

 Likewife if one Greyhounde do go by another, and then be not able 

 to reache the Hare himfelfe and turne hyr, this is but flrippyng and 

 no Cote, If there be no Cotes gyuen betwene a brafe of Greyhounds, 



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