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happened when Justice visited mortals, is at present 

 interrupted by the observation and sense of an 

 injustice against which there is no remedy, even in 

 a kingdom more happy in the care taken in the 

 liberty and property of the subject, than any other 

 nation upon earth. This iniquity is committed by 

 a most impregnable set of mortals, men who are 

 rogues within the law ; ... a set of wretches we 

 Authors call Pirates, who print any book, poem, or 

 sermon, as soon as it appears in the world, in a 

 smaller volume ; and sell it, as all other thieves do 

 stolen goods, at a cheaper rate. 



The angling portion of The Young Sportsman's 

 Instructor forms more than half the book, the 140 

 pages of which are made up as follows : 



Angling, pages I to 79 inclusive ; Fowling, pages 

 80 to 118 inclusive; Hunting, pages 119 to 128 

 inclusive; Hawking, pages 129 to 136 inclusive; the 

 remaining pages 137 to 140 dealing with the "cures" 

 of singing birds, conies, dogs, and hawks. 



The portion on stag-hunting is evidently abridged 

 from Markham's Country Contentments ; 



The Young Sportsmaris Country Contentments, 6th 



Instructor. Edition, 1649. 



And in this case you must Now for the manner of his 



cast in your Finders, and they hunting ; you shall first cast 



having hunted about a Ring or off your Finders, neere his 



two, cast in the rest of your place of lodging, & after they 



Hounds, cheering them at full have hunted him about a ring 



cry with your Horn and Voice, or two, you shall cast in the 



and having your sight of the rest of your hounds, and being 



game, take notice that you in full cry and maine chase, 



may know him from any other, you shall give him comfort 



so that if your Dogs chance to both with Home and Voyce, 



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