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fo that he which harbored dial fcarce make his hounde to hunte it : 

 and if the bloudhounde as he drawcth do chaunce to ouerflioote and 

 draw wrong or counter, then mufte the huntefman drawe him 

 backe and iay, Backe^ backe^fofte^fofte^ vntill he haue fet him right 

 againe. And if he perceyue that the hounde do amend his fault and 

 hunte right againe, let him kneele down vpon one knee to marke 

 y^ Slot or the portes well and aduifedly; and if he perceiue that his 

 hounde draw right, let him clappe him on the fide and cherifli him, 

 faying, Thats my boy^ thats he^ thats he^ To him knaue^ and let him 

 blemifli there afwell for them that come after him, as alfo to fliew 

 them that come with the kennellthat the Harte pafled there, and 

 if the kennell be to farre from him, he fliould crie, Co?T2e neare^ come 

 neare ivith tke houndes^ or els let him blowe two motes, leauing 

 blemiflies both alofte and by lowe, all the way as he goeth, that if 

 his hounde ouerflioote or drawe amilTe, he may yet come back to 

 his laffc blemish. Then if he perceyue y* his hounde do renew his 

 drawing, and that he drawe flifFe, fo that it feemeth he be neare the 

 Harte, he muit hold him then fliorter and fliorter, leaft if the Harte 

 fliould rowze for feare a farre of, his hounde (hunting vpon the 

 winde) might carie him amiflfe, fo that he fliould not finde the 

 layre. Whereby (and by the foyles about it) he might haue certaine 

 iudgement: and if he rowze or vnharbor the Deare and finde the 

 layre, let him not blow ouer hafl:ely for y® houndes, but only crie, 

 Looke ware J looke luare^ ivare^ ivare^ and let him drawe on with his 

 hounde vntil y® Deare bedefcried, and rightly marked before he hal- 

 low. And if he finde any fewmets as he draweth, let him marke 

 well whether they be lyke to thofe which he found before or not, 

 I meane thofe which he brought to the aflembly : and yet fometimes 

 he might fo be deceyued, but that is not often, but only when the 

 deare hath chaunged his feede. True it is y* the fewmifliing which 

 a Deare maketh ouer night, be not like thofe which he maketh in 

 the morning, when he draweth into y® thicket to go to his layre : for 

 thofe which he maketh at his feede in y« night or euening,be flatter, 

 fofter, and better difgefl:ed, than thofe which he maketh in a morn- 

 ing : and y® reafon is bicaufe he hath flept and refl:ed al day, which 

 maketh perfed digefl:ion: and contrarily thofe which he maketh in 



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