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into the woods and Forefts adioyning. Then let foure goodfel- 

 lowes take euery man a legge of the beaft, and drawe it at his 

 horfe tayle all alongil the pathes and wayes in the woodes vntill 

 they come backe agayne vnto the place where the dead beaft li- 

 eth : there lette them lay downe their traynes. And when the 

 Wolues go out in the night to pray and to feede, they wil croiTe 

 vpon the trayne and follow it, vntill they come at the dead ca- 

 rion : there they will feede theyr fill. And then let the huntefman 

 aboute the breake of day go thether, and leaue his horfe a good 

 way of vnderneath the winde, and come fay re and foftely to the 

 place to efpie if there be any Wolues feedyng. If there be, he 

 may retire and ftyrre them not, and neuer looke how much or how 

 little they haue fedde : for it is fuflBcient if the huntefman fee them, 

 fince they are fo craftie and fubtile as I haue beforefayd. Then let 

 him clime into fome tree there by, and looke which way the Wolfe 

 goeth, and where it is likely that he will lie. For as I haue fayd, 

 they will not lightly tarie whereas they feede, but rather will be 

 gone very earely in the grey mornyng : for whether they came 

 late or earely, or whether they would lie in the Sunne rather than 

 in the couert, or that they would voyde and emptic their bellies, 

 or whether it be fo that they haue bene lately ftyrred and hun- 

 ted, I councell the huntefman to be gone betymes, and fo fliall 

 he be fure to fee certainely : and if he cannot fee them, then lette 

 him looke vpon the carion whether they haue bene at it or not : 

 and how many he gelTeth haue bene at it, accordyng to the pla- 

 ces that he fliall fee gnawen or fedde vpon : and then lette him 

 returne to his Lorde or Mafter, and make reporte accordingly. 

 And let him marke and looke in the wayes which are about the 

 nexte couert or the couert whiche they are gone into, whether 

 they be there entred or pafte on furder. And if his hounde will 

 fticke willingly vpon the tracke of a Wolfe, and will challenge 

 it, then he may cafte aboute the couert and come not within 

 any parte thereof, and fo fliall he be beft afllired whether they be 

 there ftayed or not : for his hounde will vent it out ftyll as he 

 goeth. And therewithall let him marke and iudge whether they 

 do all keepe companie ftill togither or not, for many times fome 



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