The hooke of Hunting i^s 



he is thought to be no handfome woodman. Then with his 

 fhoulder knyfe he cuts an hole betweene the Jegge and the bryf- 

 ket, and there puts in his knife, and loofeneth the flioulder from 

 the fyde, going about with his knyfe, neare to the outfide of the 

 f kynne, vntill he haue quyte taken out the flioulder, and yet lefte 

 the fkynne of the fyde fayre and whole. And if he doe it not at 

 three boutes, it is alfo a fbrfeyture. 



We vfe not to take away the bryfket bone, as farre as euer I 

 coulde fee, but clyue the fydes one from another, dire6tly from 

 the place of affay, vnto the throate. There is a litle griftle which 

 is vpon the ipoone of the bryfket, which we cal the Rauens bone, 

 bycaufe it is caft vp to the Crowes or Rauens whiche attende 

 hunters. And I haue feene in fome places, a Rauen fo wont and 

 accuftomed to it, that flie would neuer fayle to croake and crye 

 for it, all the while you were in breaking vp of the Deare, and 

 would not depart vntill flie had it. Furthermore, we vfe not to 

 take the heart from the noombles, but account it a principall part 

 thereof. And about the winding vp of the noombles, there is alfo 

 fome arte to be fliewed : But by all likelyhoode, they vfe it not in 

 Fraunce as we do. 



Alfo I can not perceiue by myne Authors wordes that they 



make any Arboure, which if they doe not, they may chaunce 



to breake vp their Deare but homely fomtimes. But if 



they cut away the brifket bone, then it is the lefle 



requifite, bicaufe they may come at the weafond, 



and conuey it away ealily. We vfe to re- 



warde our houndes with the paunche, 



being emptied firft. Thefe things 



of my felfe I haue thought 



good to adde, defiring 



the reader to take 



them in good 



parte. 



The 



