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made by the editor of the reprint of that 

 work to prove, from the following paffage, 

 that it was originally, compofed about that 

 time : " Now, thenne, will I dyfcrye the 

 fayd dyfportes and gamys to find the befte 

 of theym as veryly as I can : alle be it that 

 the right noble and full worthy prynce, the 

 Duke of Yorke, late callid mayfter of 

 game, hath dyfcryed the myrthes of hunt- 

 ynge lyke as I thinke to dyfcrye of it, 

 &c." ; but the evidence which it affords is 

 of a very doubtful character. The Treat- 

 yfe alluded to was written by Edmond of 

 Langley, Duke of Yorke, who died in 

 1402, and whofe fituation of " Mayfter of 

 the Game " is thus noticed by Hardyng : 

 11 The Kyng then made the Duke of 

 York by name Maifter of the new houfe, 

 and his hawkes fayre of his venery and 

 Mayfter of Game ; " but the only pofitive 



