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hereof, within the compasse and tearme of foure yeares none of those 

 noysome, and pestilent Beastes were left in the coastes of England and 

 Wales. This 'Edgar wore the Crown royall, and bare the Scepter imperiall 

 of this kingdome, about the yeere of our Lorde nyne hundred fifty, nyne. 

 Synce which time we reede that no Wolfe hath bene seene in England, 

 bred within the bounds and borders of this countrey, mary there have 

 bene diuers brought ouer from beyonde the seas, for greedynesse of 

 gains and to make money, for gasing and gaping, staring, and standing 

 to see them, being a straunge beast, rare, and seldom seene in England. 

 But to returne to our shepherds dogge. This dogge either at the 

 hearing of his masters voyce, or at the wagging and whisteling in his 

 fist, or at his shrill and horse hissing bringeth the wandring weathers 

 and straying sheepe, into the selfe same place where his masters will 

 and wishe, is to haue the, wherby the shepherd reapeth this benefite, 

 namely, that with litle labour and no toyle or mouing of his feete he 

 may rule and guide his flocke, according to his owne desire, either to 

 haue them go forward, or to stand still, or to drawe backward, or to_ 

 turne this way, or to take that way. For it is not in Englande, as it is in 

 Fraunce, as it is in Flaunders, as it is in Syria, as it in Tartaria, 

 where the sheepe follow the shepherd, for heere in our country the 

 sheepherd foUoweth the sheepe. And sometimes the straying sheepe, 

 when no dogge runneth before them, nor goeth about & beside them, 

 gather themselues together in a flocke, when they heere the sheepherd 

 whistle in his fist, for feare of the Dogge (as I imagine) remembring 

 this (if vnreasonable creatures may be reported to haue memory) that 

 the Dogge commonly runneth out at his masters warrant which is his 

 whistle. This haue we oftentimes diligently marcked in taking our 

 journey from towne to towne, when wee haue hard a sheepherd whistle 

 we haue rayned in our horse and stoode sty 11 a space, to see the proof e 

 and triall of this matter. Furthermore with this dogge doth the sheep- 



