ij-o The booke of Hunting 



Of the nature and fubtiltie of the 

 Bore. Chap. jo. 



THe Bore is of this nature, that when his Dame dothe pigge 

 him, he hath as many teeth, as euer he will haue whyles he 

 liueth, neyther will their teeth any way multiplie or encreafe 

 but onely in greatnefle and length. Amongil the refte they 

 haue foure, whiche (with the Frenchmen) are called Defences : 

 and we call them 1 ufkes or Tufches, whereof the two higheft 

 do not hurte when he ftriketh, but ferue onely to whet the other 

 two Joweft : but with thofe lower Tufkes, they ftryke mar- 

 ueloufly and kill oftentymes : if a Bore happen to haue his eyes 

 blemiilied, or to hurte them daungeroufly, he will heale agayne 

 very foone. A Bore may liue fiue and twentie, or thirtie yeares: 

 it is eafier to bryng them into a Soyle in Aprill or in Maye, 

 than in any other feafon : and that is bycaufe they fleepe found- 

 Iyer in thofe two moneths than at any other tyme of the yeare : 

 for afmuch as they feede then vppon ftrong hearbes and buddes 

 of trees, which do fo moiften their braynes that they become very 

 fleepy. Againe the fpring time rcneweth their bloud, which ma- 

 keth them fleepe the more foundly. They go to Rut aboute the 

 moneth of December, and their great heate endureth neare about 

 three weekes. And although their Sowes become colde agayne 

 and couet not the Bore, yet do not the Bores parte from them 

 vntill it be lanuarie, then they withdraw themfelues vnto their 

 holdes, wherein they keepe clofe fometimes three or foure dayes 

 together and neuer come out, efpecially when they haue founde 

 the Fearne, and do finde fweetenefle in the roote of the Fearne. 

 Sometimes a Bore will wander farre out of the Forreftes or 

 thicke couerts to feeke feeding : efpecially in time of the vintage 

 in fuche Countries as wine is made : and wherefoeuer they be- 

 come when day appcareth, there will they abyde without refped: 

 of the place. It fuffifeth if they finde but fome tuflte of thornes 

 or brambles, and there will they lie vntill it be night agayne : 



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