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game and his dyffporte goon. Full often 

 cryeth he, and whyftelyth tyll he be ryght 

 euyll a thurfte. His hawke taketh a bowe 

 and lyfte'not ones on hym reuarde: whan 

 he wold haue her for to flee, thenne woll 

 fhe bathe : with myffedynge fhe fhall haue 

 the frenfe ; the rye ; the cray ; and many 

 other fykneffes that brynge them to the 

 fowfe. 



Thus by prouff this is not the befte dyf- 

 porte and game of the fayd foure. 



The dyfporte and game of fowlynge 

 me femyth mooft fymple. For in the wyn- 

 ter feafon the fouler fpedyth not but in the 

 mooft hardeft and coldeft weder ; whyche 

 is grevous. 



For whan he wolde goo to his gynnes, 

 he maye not, for colde. Many a gynne, 

 and many a fnare, he makyth. Yet foryly 

 doth he fare. 



