1^2 The hoohe of Hunting 



agayne the fame way that he came vnto a Foreft which was fe- 



uen Frenche leagues from the place where he was reared : and 



all the way I might finde the olde tracke of his feete whiche he 



made as he came thether. True it is, that if he chaunce to bee 



hunted in a Foreft or holde where he was bredde, then he will 



hardly parte out of it for any force. Sometimes he will fceme to 



take head as though he would go out, and will drawe to the 



outfides of the woode : but there he will ftande and harken on 



euery fide : and if he heare the houndes folow him or any noyfe, 



then will he quickly turne backe, and for any force that the 



houndes or Huntefmen can make, he will not be driuen that 



way agayne vntill it be night : but beyng once broken out of a 



Forelf, and hauing taken head once endwayes, he will not be 



put out of his waye neyther with Dogge, iVIan, voyce, blow- 



yng, nor any thing. A Bore will not crie when you kill him : 



efpecially a great Bore : but the Sowes and yong Swine will 



crie fometimes : in fleyng before the houndes, he neyther dou- 



bleth nor croffeth, nor vfeth fuche fubtilties nor pollicies, as o- 



ther chafes do, for he is heauie and flowe, and therefore the 



houndes are ftill in with him. I finde written in an auncient 



Au(5thor, that a man may knowe the age of a Bore by his legge, 



on the whiche there be many little pleytes or wrincles : and fo 



many of thofe wryncles as he hath, fo many yeares olde he is. 



But for mine owne opinion I iudge by the head, by the tufkes, 



and by the foote. The wilde Swine farrowe but one litter in a 



yeare : a Bore is mofte fierce and hardie, and will fooneft runne 



vppon a man to ftryke at him, when he feedeth vppon Fearne, 



and Bechemafte, muche fooner than when they feede 



vpon Acornes or fome other mafte. A yong Bore 



when he is but three yeares olde, llioulde not 



be Hunted at force, for he is light and 



will Itand vp longer before your 



houndes, than a yong Deare 



woulde do when he is 



firfte an Harte 



of tenne. 



(...) Of 



