298 CHAUACTEK OF A HUNTSMAN. 



give you an impartial account of my man John 

 Grey's Character. He is a Shoemaker or Cord- 

 wainer which you please to call it by trade and 

 now in our town he is following the Carding 

 Business for every one that wants him he ser- 

 ved his Time at a Town called Brigstock in 

 Northamptonshire and from thence in great 

 Addington Journeyman to this Occupation as 

 before mentioned and used to come to my house 

 and found by rideing my horses to water that 

 be rode a horse pretty well which was not at all 

 mistaken for he rides a horse well and he looks 

 after a kennel of hounds very well and finds a 

 hare very well he hath no judgment in hunting 

 a pack of hounds now tho he rides well he dont 

 with discretion for he dont know how to make 

 the most of a horse but a very harey starey fel- 

 low will ride over a church if in his way tho 

 may prevent the leap by having a gap within 

 ten yards of him and if you are not in the field 

 with him yourself when you are a hunting to 

 tutor him about riding he will kill all the horses 

 you have in the stable in one month for he hath 

 killed downright and lamed so that will never 

 be fit for use no more than five horses since he 

 hath hunted my hounds which is two years and 

 upwards he can talk no dog language to a 



