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fee him turne backe for doubt of the voyce which he heard. He 

 loueth to heare Inftrumentes, and aflureth him felfe when hee 

 heareth a Flute or any other fweete noyfe. He heareth verie per- 

 fedlly when his heade and his eares are fet vpright, but when he 

 holdeth them downe, he heareth not fo well. When he is on foote 

 and is not afrayde, he maruelleth at all things which he feeth, 

 and taketh pleafure to gaze at them, as a Carter and his Carte, or 

 any beaft loden with any thing. Flynie fayth, that an Hartes age 

 is knowne by his teeth, by his feete, and by his heade, as I will 

 declare hereafter in the treatife of Judgement of the Hart. Fur- 

 thermore he fayth, that the Antlier and croches of a Harte doe 

 multiply from the fyrft heade that he beareth, vntill he be feauen 

 yeares olde, and that afterwardes they multiply not but only in 

 greatneffe, and that alfo according to the reft and good feeding, 

 or the ftyiring that they fliallhaue. They beare fometimes more 

 and fometimes fewer croches, and that is the reafon that menne 

 haue iudged a Hart of tenne, as fomtimes haue bene feene. Fur- 

 thermore he fayth that the firft heade which an Hart beareth, is 

 dedicated and giuen to Nature, and that the foure Elements do 

 euerie of them take therein a portion. Ifodore is of an other opi- 

 nion faying, that the Hart doth burie and hyde his firft heade in 

 the earth, in fuche fort that a man fhall hardly iinde it. And to 

 fpeake a truth, I could neuer finde any that were mewed or caft 

 by their owne accorde, neuerthelelTe I haue feene one that fayde 

 he had feene them, but therein I report me to that which may be 

 thought. The Hart hath a propertie, that if he goe to feede in a 

 yong fpring or Coppes, he goeth firft to feeke the winde, that he 

 may finde if there be any perfon in the Coppes which may inter- 

 rupt him. And if any man take a little bough, branch, or leafe, 

 and pyfie or fpitte vpon it, if he leaue it in the fpring or Coppes 

 where the Harte fliould feede, he will not fayle to finde it out, 

 and then he will feede no more in that place. Flynie fayth, that 

 when the Hart is forced with houndes, his laft reflige is to come 

 about houfes vnto a man, vnto whome he had rather yeelde him 

 felfe than vnto the hounds, hauing knowledge and vnderftanding 

 what things be mofte contrarie and hatefuU vnto him, the 



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