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and a female which keepe one quarter commonly together, they 

 will neuer fuffer any ftrange Hare to fyt by them, nor to abyde 

 neare them, vnlefTe it be their owne yong ones. And therefore 

 hath it beene an olde saying, that the more you hunt, the more 

 Hares you fhall haue, bycaufe when an Hare is killed, there will 

 foone come other from ibme other quarter. 



Howe to enter yong hounds to the 

 Hare. Chap, do 



FIrft in hunting of the Hare, I woulde not haue you to 

 haue aboue two or three huntefmen at the mofte, where- 

 of one fliall take charge to rate and beate on fuch hounds as bide 

 plodding behinde : and the other fliall make them feeke and call 

 about. For if there be many huntefmen, they ftiall foyle the tra- 

 ces and footing of the Hare, or at the least will amaze the hounds 

 (with the varietie of their voyces) when they are at default. For 

 an Hare maketh fometimes {o many doubles, erodings, &c. that 

 an hounde can not well tell where he is, nor which way to make 

 it out, nor will doe any thing elfe (in maner) but holde vp their 

 heades, and looke to the huntefmen for helpe and comfort. Then 

 let the huntefmen caft about a compaffe, where they came firfte 

 at defaulte, and encourage them, the whiche he can not fo well 

 doe, if the other huntfmen haue beaten and foyled the trace with 

 their feete, orthefeeteoftheirhorfes. Andhewhichehunteth for- 

 moft fliould carie with him a good bigge wallet of lynnen cloth 

 full of deyntie morfels, to giue his houndes, to the ende that they 

 may knowe him. For aboue all things it is meete, that an hound 

 fliould knowe his maifter and huntefman, his voyce, and his 

 home : and then when it commeth to the hallowe, they will foo- 

 ner come in to his voyce, than to an other mans, and will leaue 

 all others to come vnto him : therefore he flioulde ncuer hallowe 

 them amyfle, nor without good cause. And if he would haue his 

 houndes come in to him, to make them goe into fomc groue or 

 couert, let him hallowe thus, crying, Heere haw^ heere, haw^ haw^ 



And 



