32 The hooke of Hunting 



ftirred from the place where they vncoupJed theyr dogges, and 

 hauing another budget or pocket full of delicates and dogges 

 deynties) fliall beginne to hallow on their fide, and to blow their 

 homes to make the dogges come vnto them : then he which made 

 the firft hallow fliall threaten them, and a little beate them with 

 a wande crying agayne, lyB halloiv^ hyhe halloiv, lyH-^ lyH^ lyff. 

 And when the houndes llialbe come vnto them, they mufle re- 

 warde them with theyr delicates as the other did, and then after 

 let them couple them vp agayne fayre and gently : for if one do 

 roughly handle a young hound at the firfte couplyng, he will 

 not eafily come agayne to the couplyng another time. When 

 they are coupled vp agayne, they muft leade them to their Ken- 

 nell, and glue them meate, leaning alwayes fome bread in their 

 bafketteSj for fuche as flialbe of faynt appetite, their ftrawe muft 

 be chaunged three or four times in a weeke at the leaft, and the 

 Hunte muft wreath wifpes upon little ftickes, and pricke them 

 in the grounde to make them piUe. It is a thing certayne, that if 

 Tomaksa, you rubbe ouer a wifpe or fuche like thing with Galbanum^ all 

 ''"""'' ^"^'T^ your houndes will not fayle to come and piiTe agaynft it: and 

 place. '' if perchance there be no fountayne nor brooke within the courte 

 of your Kennell, then muft you put their water in troughes of 

 ftonc or of woodde as 1 haue rehcarfcd before, the whiche mufte 

 be changed and refrtflied eucry day twyce. Also in extreeme 

 heate, Houndes are oftentimes combred with lice, fleas, and 

 other vermine and filthie things, and for remedie thereof you 

 muft waflie them once a weeke in a bath made with hearbes, 

 as follow eth. 



Firft you muft haue a great kettle holding tenne great pots 

 or fmall buckettes full of water, then take tenne good stalkes of 

 an hearbe called Veruyne^ and wilde Crejfeyes^ and afmuch of the 

 leaues of Sorell^ Marioram^ ^^S^t Rofemarie^ and Reisje^ and lette 

 them boyle well altogcthers, cafting amongft them twoo hand- 

 full of Salte : then when all is well boyled togithers, and that 

 the hearbes be well confumed therein, you fliall take them from 

 the fire, and let them coole vntill the water be no more than luke 

 warme, and therewith waflie and bathe your dogges one after 



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