6 The booke of Hunting 



the Queene of Scottes gaue the King a white dogge called 

 Barraude^ from the which Marconnay Lieutenant of the Chace, 

 did get his race of dogges, whiche are excellent, and much 

 ftronger than the reft were, and to fpeake truly, fuch dogges are 

 moft propre for Princes, and with fuch they ought to be ferued, 

 for afmuch as they are fayre, gallant hunters, luftie rangers, and 

 good of fent, whiche giue not ouer their chace for any heate that 

 is, and are not eafily ouerlaide or broken with throng of the 

 riders, nor with the noyfe and crie of many men whiche dayly 

 attende Princes on Hunting, and keepe their chace better without 

 chaunge than any other kinde of Dogges, and are better to truft 

 vnto, neuertheleiTe they mufte be accompanied with the horfemen, 

 and do feare the water a little, efpecially in the winter when it is 

 colde. 1 will not forget to fet downe what dogges of that race 

 are befte, for afmuch as in euery litter that one halfe dothe not 

 pioue good, vnderftand then that thofe whiche are all of one 

 colour, (as all white) are the befte houndes, in lyke maner thofe 

 whiche are fpotted with redde, the others whiche are marked or 

 Ipotted with blacke or dunne, or a colour like vnto fryfe, are of 

 fmall vallour, of the whiche fomeof them are fubied: to haue their 

 feete great, fatte and tendre : fometimes nature dothe fo 

 worke that it maketh fome to come out all blacke, the 

 whiche happeneth not often, but when it doth hap- 

 pen they are commonly feene to be good : and 

 you muft note that the Dogges of that 

 forte, are not in their chiefe good- 

 nelle vntiil they be three yeares 

 olde or thereabouts, and 

 they are much en- 

 clined to runne 

 at tame 

 beaftes. 



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