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the other. For huntynge, as to myn en- 

 tent, is to laboryous, for the hunter muft 

 alwaye renne and followe his houndes : 

 traueyllynge and fwetynge full fore. He 

 blouyth tyll his lyppes blyfter : and when 

 he wenyth it be an hare, full oft it is an 

 hegge hogge. Thus chafyth and wote not 

 what. He comyth home at euyn rayn 

 beten pryckyd : and his clothes torne, wete 

 fhode, all myry. Some hound lofte: fome 

 furbat. Suche grues, and many other, 

 hapyth vnto the hunter, whyche, for dyf- 

 pleyfaunce of theym y 1 loue it, I dare not 

 reporte. Thus truly me ferny th that this 

 is not the befte dyfporte and game of the 

 fayd foure. 



The dyfporte and game of hawkynge is 

 laborious and noyous alfo, as me femyth. 

 For often the faukener lefeth his hawkes as 

 the hunter his hondes. Thenne is his 



