24 T^^^^ hoohe of Hunting 



fcarcetie of water, and when they come to be offeree, they maye 

 chaunce to be fubiedle vnto madnefTe, bycaufe theyr bloude wyll 

 become hote and drye, whereas the water woulde haue made it 

 colder and moyfber, and yet would alfo nouriflie them better : 

 alfo if they fliould be neare vnto warennes, they might breake 

 out and be drawnc to hunting amyfle after Coneys. 



Therefore it iliall be bcfte to bryng them vppe abroade wyth 

 mylke, breade, and all fortes of pottages, and you fliall vnder- 

 ftande that to bring them vppe in Villages of the countrey, is 

 muche better than to bryng them vppe in a Butcherie, for as 

 muche as they are not clofed vppe, and that they maye goe out 

 when they will to feede, and to learne the tracke of a chace. Alfo 

 bycaufe they are accuftomed vnto the colde, the rayne, and all 

 euill weather, and are not fo foone fubiedte to runnyng after 

 tame beaftes, when they are ordinarily bred amongeft them, 

 on that otherfide, if they be bred in butcheries or fliambles, 

 the fleihe and bloude they fliould eate, would heate their bodyes 

 in fuch forte, that when they Ihould become greate, and that they 

 fliould runne in chace two or three raynye dayes, they woulde 

 marfounder them felues, and would not tayle to become maun- 

 gie, and to be fubiedre vnto madnefTe, and to runne after tame 

 beaftes, bycaufe in the Shambles they feede ordinarily on bloud, 

 and neyther learne to queft nor to hunte any thing at all. To 

 conclude, I neuer fawe dogge come to good perfection (efpeci- 

 ally to become a good haryer) which was fed and brought vp in 

 the Shambles. 



In what time men ought to withdrawe 



their Whelpes from their Nurfle, 



and what kynd of bread and 



flelh is belt to giue vnto 



them. Chap, ii 



It 



