The booh of Hunting ^Sl 



and Heiffht, and fpoyleth not outwards Hke the male. Alfo com- 

 monly the female hath not fo great an heele as the male, and 

 hath hir clawes longer and fliarper before, and openyng wyder 

 than the male. Alfo the foales of hir hinder feete, are leller and 

 ilraighter than the males be. 



Howe to hunt the Bore with houndes 

 at force. Chap. S7 



YOu (liall not by your wil hunt a yong Bore of three yeares 

 at force For he will ftand vp as long or longer than a light 

 von- Deare 'which beareth but three in the toppe. But when he 

 is in his fourth yeare, then maye you hunt him at force, euen as 

 well as an Hart of tenne : and yet he will ftande vp ratner longer. 

 Wherfore if a huntfman do goe to reare a Bore of foure yeares 

 olde, he fliall do well to marke well whether he went timely to 

 his den or not. For commonly thefe Bores which tarie ti 1 it be 

 day light before they go into their couches or dennes, following 

 their lathes or ways long time, efpecially where they find ixrne 

 or bechemaft, whervpon they feede, are great murtherers of dogs, 

 and verie hardy. The huntfman fliall not neede to be afrayde to 

 come ouer neaJe vnto fuch a Bore for rearing of him, for he will 

 not likely be reared for him. But it he fand of a Bore which loy- 

 leth oftentimes, and which routeth now here and now there neuer 

 flaying long vpon one place, then is it a token that he hath bene 

 fcarred and withdraweth himfelf to fome relhng place at al ad- 

 uentures. And fuch bores mofl commonly come to Uieir dens, 

 couches, or holds, two or three houres before day. Then let the 

 huntfman beware for comming ouer neare to them, for if they once 

 finde him in the winde, or haue the wynde of his hounde, they 

 will be o-one, and he fliall hardely come neare them agayne, nor 

 finde th?m. If a Bore meane to tarie and abyde in his denne, 

 couche, or fort, then maketh he fome doubling, or crolTing at the 

 entrie thereof vppon fome highe way or beaten pathe, and then 

 goeth into his holde, to lay him downe in his couche or denne : 

 and by fuch meanes a huntfman being earely in the woods, may 

 iud-e the fubtletie or craft of the Bore, and according to that 



