134 ^'^'^ hoohe of Hunting 



in this maner. The deare being layd vpon his backe, the Prince, 

 chiefe, or fuch as they (liall appoint, commes to it : And the chiefe 

 huntfman (kneeling, if it be to a Prince) doth holde the Deare by 

 the forefoote, whiles the Prince or chief, cut a flyt drawn alongft 

 the bryfket of the deare, fomewhat lower thian the bryfket to- 

 wards the belly. This is done to fee the goodnefle of the flefh, and 

 howe thicke it is. 



This being done, we vfe to cut off the Deares heades. And that 

 is commonly done alfo by the chiefe perfonage. For they take 

 delight to cut oiF his heade with their woodknyues, fkaynes, or 

 fwordes, to trye their edge, and the goodnefle or ftrength of their 

 arme. If it be cut off to rewarde the houndes withall, then the 

 whole necke (or very neare) is cut oft with it : otherwise it is cut 

 off neare to the head. And then the heade is cabaged (which is to 

 fay) it is cut clofe by the homes through the braine pan, vntill you 

 come vnderneath the eyes, and ther it is cut off The piece which 

 is cut from the homes (together with the braines) are to rewarde 

 the houndes. That other piece is to nayle up the homes by, for a 

 memoriall, if he were a great Deare of heade. 



As for the deintie morfels which mine Author fpeaketh off for 

 Princes our vfe (as farre as euer I could fee) is to take the caule, 

 the tong, the eares, the doulcets, the tenderlings (if his heade be 

 tender) and the fweete gut, which fome call the Inchpinne, in a 

 faire handkercher altogether, for the Prince or chiefe. 



It muft be remembered (which he leaueth out) that the feete be 

 all foure left on. The hynder feete muft be to faften (or hardle as 

 fome hunters call it) the hanches to the fydes, and the two fore- 

 feete are left to hang vp the flioulders by. 



We vfe fome ceremonie in taking out the llioulder. For firft 

 he which taketh it out, cuts the thinne fkinof the flefli(when the 

 Deares fkinne is taken off) round about the legge, a little aboue 

 the elbowe ioynt. And there he rayfeth out the fynew or mufkle 

 with his knife, and putteth his forefinger of his left hand, through 

 vnder the fayd mufkle to hold the legge by. If afterwardes he 

 touch the flioulder or any part of the legge, with any other thing 

 than his knyfe, vntill he haue taken it out, it is a forfayture, and 



he is 



