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purpofe, to make the vermine eyther ftart or angle. Then to 

 retoLirne vnto my matter, a Lord or Gentleman whiche will fol- 

 low this paftime, fliould haue halfe a dozen Mattes to lie vppon 

 the ground on, as they hearken to the Terriers : fome vfe to car- 

 rie a windbed whiche is made of leather ftrongly fowed on all 

 the foure fides, and hauing a Pype at one of the corners to blow 

 it as you woulde blowe a Baggepype, and when it is blowen 

 full of wind, to ftoppe it vp and lie vpon it on the grounde : but 

 this were too great curiofitie : and yet a Lord or Gentleman can- 

 not take too great heede of the colde and moyfture of the earthe, 

 for he may thereby take fundrie difeafes and infirmities. The in- 

 ftruments to digge withal muft be thefe, fliarpe poynted Spades, 

 round hollowed Spades, and flatte broade Spades, Howes, or 

 Mattocks, and Pickaxes, a Colerake and a payre of Clampes or 

 Holdfafts, Shouells both fliodde and bare, an Axe and a fliarpe 

 paring Spade, the fliarp pointed Spade ferueth to begin y« trench 

 firft, where the ground is hardeft and broader tooles would not 

 fo wel enter : the round hollowed Spade ferueth to digge amongft 

 Rootes, and may be fo made with fuch fliarpe edges, that it will 

 cut the rootes alfo : the flat broade Spade, to digge withall when 

 the trenche is better opened and the grounde fofter : the Howes, 

 Mattocks, and Pickaxes to digge with in harder grounde where 

 a Spade will make no riddance of the worke : the Colerake to 

 clenfe the hole and to keepe it from {topping vp : the clampes or 

 holdfafts to take a Foxe or Bagerd out aliue, wherewith you 

 may make paftime afterwards, or to help the terriers when they 

 are aferd to bite a vermine : y« Shouels both fliod and bare, ferue 

 to caft out y" earth which the Spades or Mattocks haue digged, 

 according to y® hardnefle or foftnefle of y® grounde wherein you 

 digge : the paring Spade to keepe the trenche in fafliion : and the 

 Axe to cut the rootes or any other thing withall. You fliall alfo 

 haue a Payle to fet water vnto your Terriers at fuche times as 

 they come out to take breath. All thefe inftruments I haue caufed 

 to be portrayed y* you may the better perceyue them. And w* thefe 

 inftruments and fuch like necefifary implements a Lord or Gentle- 

 man may fill a prettie little Cart or Wagon made fory® purpofe, 

 y« which he may caufe to be caried on field with him, alwais pro- 



uided 



