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This may be considered the title of the first treatise, 'The Book of 

 Hawking," which terminates on the reeto of d, iiij ; a, b, and c, having each 

 8 leaves (including aj blank). No two pages are alike as to the number of 

 lines ; and every page exhibits one or more breaks or spaces, with a larger 

 lower-case letter. 



On the recto of d, iij, which is a short page of only 18 lines, we read : 

 " Here endyth the proceis of hawkyng. And now foloys the naamys of all 

 maner of hawkys, or to whom they belong." 



On the recto of d, iiij, the author concludes thus : 

 " Ther is a muskyte ; and he is for a holiwater clerke : and theis be of an 

 oder maner kynde, for thay flie to Ouerre and fer Jutty and to Jutty ferry." 



Explicit. 



The reverse is blank. On the recto of the following signature, c,j, the 

 introductory sentence to the "Treatise upon Hunting," reads thus : 



" Lyke wise as i', the booke of hawkyng aforesayd are writyn and noted 

 he termys of plesure belongyng to gentill men havyng delite therein. In 

 thessame maner thys booke folowyng shewith : to sych gentill personys the 



maner of huntyng for all maner of beestys, wether thay be beestys of ve- 

 nery, or of chace, or kascall. And also it shewith all the termys conve- 

 nyent as well to the howndys as to the beestys a forsayd; and in certayn 

 tiier be many dyverse of thaym, as it is declared in the booke folowyng." 



On the recto of /, iiij, we read the ensuing colophon : 



" Explicit Dam Julyans Barnes, in her boke of huntyng." 



On the reverse, we have an account of " bestis of the chace, of the swete 

 fewte and stinking," followed by sundry other curious matter. The three 

 following pages contain an account of "The Compaynys of Beestys and 

 Fowlys." At the end of them, " Explicit." On the reverse of /, vij, " Here 

 folow the dew termys to speke of breekyng or dressyng of dyverse beestis 

 and fowlis, &c. And thessame is shewed of certayn fysshes." On /, viij, 

 recto, the shires, bishoprics, and provinces of England. The reverse is 



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blank. On the recto of the following leaf, a, i, we read the introduction to 

 st Treatise, upon " Coat-Armour," beginning thus : 



the third and last 



" Here, in thys booke folowyug is determyned the lyndge of Coote 

 armuris : and how boudeage began first in aungell and after succeded in . 

 man kynde ; as it is shewede in processe boothe in the childer of Adam and 

 also of Noe, and how Noe devyded the worlde in iii parties to his iii 

 sonnys," &c, &c. 



On the reverse of b, v, in sixes, "the Book of the Lynage of Coote armuris," 

 ends thus : " Explicit prima pars." On the recto of the following leaf, 

 c, i, we read at top : 



"Here begynnyth the blasyng of armys." Every page, within the last 

 four of the work, is decorated with one, two, or three blazonings of coat 

 armour, to the number of 117. 



On the reverse of /, ix, after the word "Explicit," is the following 

 colophon : 



" Here in thys boke afore are contenyt the bokys of haukyng and huntyng, 

 with other plesuris dyverse as in the boke apperis, and also of cootarnmns, 

 a nobull werke. And here now endyth the boke of blasyng of armys, 

 translatyt and compylyt togedyr at Seynt Albons, the yere from thincar- 

 nacion of owre Lorde Jim' Crist, M.CCCC.LXXXVI." 



The following and concluding leaf contains, on the recto, the device of 

 the printer (a coat-armour, within a circle, surmounted by a cross, all in 



