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but the one of them ferueth the other at turnyng, then he whiche gy- 

 ueth the Hare moft turnes fliall winne the wager: and if the one do 

 gyue as many turnes as the other, then he whiche beareth the Hare 

 fhall winne the wager. A Cote ferueth for two turnes, and twoo 

 ftrippyngs or lerkinnes (as fome call them) ftande for a Cote : alfo 

 many times a Hare doth but wrenche and not turne: for it is not cal- 

 led a turne vnlefTe the Hare be fet aboute, and do turne (as it were) 

 rounde about e: two fuch wrenches ftande for a turne. Alfo fometimes 

 a Hare that is commonly courfed wil know the countrie : and bycaufe 

 fhe coueteth the hard beaten wayes, fhe will(of hyr felf) fwarue at fuch 

 a way, and that is neyther to be accompted a turne nor a wrench: but 

 if neyther of your Greyhoundes be able to turne the Hare vntill the 

 ende of the courfe, then he which went foremoft throughout thecourfe 

 muft winne the wager. And for the better decidyng of all thefe que- 

 ftions, if it be at a folempne aflembly, they vfe to appoynt Judges 

 whiche are expert in courfing, and fhall ftande on the hilles (ides whe- 

 ther they perceyue the Hare will bende, to marke whiche dogge doeth 

 beft, and to giue iudgement thereof accordingly : fome vfe when theyr 

 Greyhoundes be both of a colour to binde a handkerchef aboute one 

 of theyr neckes for a difference. But if he were my Dogge he flioulde 

 not weare the handkerchief, for I could neuer yet fee any dogge win 

 the courfe whiche ware the handkerchief. And it ftandeth togoodrea- 

 fon, that he which weareth the handkerchef fhoulde be combred there- 

 with, both bycaufe it gathereth winde, and alfo bycaufe it doth parte- 

 ly ftoppe a Dogges breath : if the Greyhoundes be but yong or 

 flowe, you may courfe with a leafe at one Hare, but that is feldome 

 feene, and a brafe of Dogges is ynow for fuche a poore beaft. When 

 you go to courfe eyther Hare or Deare, or to Hunte any chace, it is 

 a forfayture (amongft vs here in Englande) to name eyther Beare, 

 Ape,Monkie, or Hedgehogge: and he whiche nameth any of thefe 

 fhoulde be payde with a flippe vppon the buttockes in the fielde before 

 he go any furder. To courfe at a Foxe requyreth none other Arte than 

 to ftande clofe and vppon a cleare winde, on the outfide of the couert 

 by fome bottome or place where it is likely that he will come out: and 

 to gyue hym head inough, for elfe he will turne backe agayne, and 



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