^ The hooke of Hunting 



Of the Rut and vault of Hartes. Chap. 17 



HArts do commonly beginne to Vault about the middeft 

 of September, and their Rut doth continue about two 

 monethes, and the older that they be, the hotter they are, 

 and the better beloued of the Hyndes. The olde Harts go fooner 

 to Vault than the yong, and they are fo fierce and fo proude, that 

 vntil they haue accomply filed their luft, the yong Harts dare not 

 come neare them, for if they do, they beate them and dryue them 

 away. The yong Deere haue a maruellous craft and malice, 



for 



