100 The hoohe of Hunting 



The ckwes which hang behinde of a Deare or of a Goatc, 

 and fuch like, are called dew clawes. As to fay when you finde 

 the flot or view deepe, fo as the print of them may be feen, behold 

 here he hath left viewe of his dewclawes. Of a Bore they are 

 called the gardes. If a huntfman find view or Slot whereby he 

 iudgeth not y* it is a great or an old deare, he may fay it is likely 

 to be of an Hart often or an Hart of y^ firft head. But if he find 

 Slot that feem of a great Deare, he may fay, a Hart of ten, with 

 out any addition of words. And if he iudgehimto be a very old 

 deare, he may then fay an Hart of ten, and fo he was long fmce. 

 And the greateft prayfe that he can giue a Deare, fliall be to fay, 

 A great old Hart or Deare. 



And of a Bore, when he forfaketh the Sounder and feedeth 

 alone, he flialbe called a Sanglier going into the third yere. The 

 next yere he fliall be called a Sanglier of three yeres olde. The 

 next yere after that, he is called a Sanglier chafeable ; the grea- 

 teft prayfe that can be giuen him, is to fay, A great Bore not to 

 be refufed. Of fallow beafts the company is called an heard, and 

 of blacke beafts it is called a rout, or a Sounder. 



A Hart belloweth, a Bucke groneth, and a Robucke belleth 

 when they go to Rut. A Hart goeth to the fteepe at noone in the 

 heate of the day to keepe him from the flye. An Harte breaketh 

 where he leaueth Slot or view. When he leapeth into the water 

 and commeth out againe the fame way, then he proftereth. If he 

 pafle through the water, he taketh foyle, and where he commeth 

 out, you flial fay that he breaketh water. And after that you may 

 call him an Hart defoiulant the water. 



An Hart or a Bucke is flayed, a Hare ftrypped, and a Fox or 

 fuch like vermyne are rayfed. An Hart and a Bucke likewife 

 reared, rowzed, and vnharbored. An Hare ftarted, and a Fox 

 vnkennelled. 



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How to fet Relayes. Chap. 38 



Elayes muft be fet according to the feafons and growth of 

 fprings. For in winter when the Hartes heade is harde, they 



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