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if he can, ftill marking all his tokens as well by the Slot, as by 

 the entries, foyelles, and fuch like. That done let him plaflie or 

 brufe downe fmall twigges, feme alofte, and fome bylowe as 

 the arte requireth, and therewithal! whileft his hounde is hote, 

 let him beate the outfides, and make his ryngwalkes twyce or 

 thrice about the woode, one whyle by the great and open wayes, 

 that he may helpe him Telf by his eye : another whyle through the 

 thicke and couert, for feare leaft his hounde fliould ouerllioote it, 

 for he fliall haue better lent alwayes in the couert, than abroad in 

 the high wayes. And if he finde that the Hart be not gone out of 

 the ryngwalke, or do doubt that he haue drawne amyfTe, then let 

 him goe to his markes which he plaflied or flired, and drawe 

 counter till he maye take vp the fewmet, as well made in the 

 euenings reliefe as in the morning : and let him marke the place 

 where he hath fed, and whereon alfo to marke his fubtleties and 

 craftes, for thereby the huntefmen fliall knowe what he will doe 

 when he is before the houndes. For if in the morning he haue 

 made any doublings towardes the water, or elfe in his waye, 

 then when he beginneth to be fpent before the houndes, all the 

 faultes, doublings, or fubtleties that he will vfe, fliall be in the 

 fame places, and like vnto thole which he hath vfed in the mor- 

 ning, and thereby the huntefman may take aduauntage both for 

 his houndes, and for the huntefmen on horfebacke. 



And if it chaunce that the huntefmen finde two or three pla- 

 ces where the Deare hath entred, and as many where he hath 

 comen out, then mult he marke well which entrie feemeth to be 

 frefliell, and whether the places where he came forth agayne, 

 were not beaten the fame night. For an Harte doth oftentimes 

 goe in and out of his harbrough in the night, efpecially if it be a 

 craftie olde Deare, he will vfe great fubtleties, beating one place 

 diuers times to and fro. Then if the huntefman can not finde all 

 his goyngs out, and commings in, nor can well tell which of them 

 he were beft to truft vnto, he mufte then take his compafTe and 

 ryngwalke the greater about the couert, fo as he may therein en- 

 clofe all his fubtleties, entries, and commings out. And when 

 he leeth that all is compafled within his ryngwalke, excepting 



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