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And when the houndes are come in to him, let him feeke fome 

 fayre muse or gappe to pafle in at, and there let him caft a ci u(Ve 

 ot breade, or fomewhat to make them go in the more willingly, 

 crying, Couert^ couert^ kyke in hyke^ (2c. 



Here I will diicouer vnto you two fecretes. Whereof that 

 one is, that he which hath a kennell of yong houndes to enter, 

 he muft marke well the countrcy where he will make them their 

 fyrlle quarrey, and whereof he will make it. For according to 

 the places where they fliall be entered at the beginning, and ac- 

 cording to the quarrey which you fliall giue them, they will al- 

 ways afterwards proue. And therfore if at y^ firft when you enter 

 yong hounds, you accuftome them to be vncoupled in the plaine 

 champayne, and that they hunt there an Hare to the forme, and 

 ftarte hir, they will remember it all their life after. And then 

 when fo euer you vncouple them in a couert, they will make no 

 great hast to hunte there, but will feeke to hunte out into the 

 playnes, and fuche places as they haue beene accuftomed to in 

 hunting of the Hare. Euen fo will they beft loue the couertes, 

 if they be firfte entered there, and haue founde game therein. 

 And therefore it is requifite to enter your houndes in the coun- 

 trey, where you meane to abyde and to hunt molt commonly : 

 for houndes once accuftomed to a place or kynde of chace, will 

 not willingly hunt otherwife. Another fecrete is, that you ne- 

 uer enter nor acculf ome your houndes at firfte to hunte in the 

 mornings, bycaufe of the dewe and moyfture of the earth. For 

 if you once enter and accuftome them to hunt in the freflie mor- 

 nings, if afterwardes you bryng them on fielde in the heate of 

 the day, and that they once feele the heate of the Sun, or fome dry 

 wynd which hath drawne vp the moyft dewe from the ground, 

 they will neyther hunte, nor call on willingly, but will runne to 

 feeke the fliadowe, and there to reft them and fleepe. Therefore 

 I holde it beft to accuftome your hounds to be entred and hun- 

 ted withall, in the heighte and heate of the day, rather than in the 

 mornyng. And the beft feafon to begynne to enter your yong 

 hounds, is in Odober and Nouember, for then the time is tem- 

 perate, and the heates are not vehement : and then also young 

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