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horfebacke how to chafe and huntc an Harte at force : and that 

 afwel by audthoritie of good and auncient hunters, as alfo by ex- 

 perience of mine owne hunting. And bycaufe at thefe dayes there 

 are many men which beare homes and bewgles, and yet cannot 

 tell how to vfe them, neyther how to encourage and heipe theyr 

 houndes therwith, but rather do hinder than furder them, hauing 

 neyther fkill nor delight to vfe true mcafure in blowyng : and 

 therewithal feyng that Princes and Noble men take no delight 

 in huntyng, hauing their eyes muffled with the Scarfe of world- 

 ly wealth, and thinking thereby to make theyr names immor- 

 tall, which in deede doth often leadethemto deftruction bothe of 

 bodie and foule, and oftener is caufe of the fliortening of theyr 

 lyfe (which is their principall treafure here on earth) fmce a man 

 fliall hardly fee any of them reygne or Hue fo long as they did 

 in thofe dayes that euery Foreft rong with houndes and homes, 

 and when plentie of flagon bottels were caried in euery quarter 

 to refreihe them temperately. Therefore I flioulde thinke it 

 labour lofl to fet downe thefe things in any perfe(Ct order, were 

 it not that I haue good hope to fee the nobilitie and youth of En- 

 gland exercife themfelues afwell in that as alfo in fundrie other 

 noble paftimes of recreation, accordyng to the fteppes of theyr 

 Honorable Aunceftors and Progenitours. And therefore I ad- 

 uenture this trauayle, to fet downe in articles and particularities, 

 the fecretes and preceptes of Venerie as you fee. 



Firft then the prickers and Huntefmen on horfebacke, mufte 

 vnderftand, that there is diuerfitie betweene the termes and 

 wordes whiche they fliall vfe to Buckhoundes, and the termes 

 and wordes which they fliall vfe in hunting of the Bore. For an 

 Harte flieth and eloyneth himfelfe when he is fore hunted, truft- 

 ing to nothing els but vnto his hecles, nor neuer ffandeth in 

 his defence vnlefle he be forced : and therefore you fliall com- 

 forte fuch hounds with lowde and courageous cries and noyfcs, 

 afwel of your voyce as of your home alfo. But when you hunte 

 a wilde Boare or any fuch beaft, you fliall do the contrarie, by- 

 caufe they are beaflrs which are slower, and cannot flee nor eloyne 

 themfelues from the houndes: but truft in their tufkesand defence: 



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