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and if he doubte thereof, then fliall he fayne a voyce, and call or 

 barke, and howle lyke a Wolfe : and if there be any Wolues 

 in the whole couert within the hearyng they will anfwere him. 

 Agayne, if they come to the carion, and feede not in two or three 

 nightes one after another, or that they feede and go their wayes 

 and tarie not in any couert neare adioyning, then lette him 

 ouernight hang vp the carion in fome trees, fo highe that they 

 cannot come by it : and yet leaue fome bones vpon the ground, 

 to the ende they may gnawe vpon them. And lette him tarie in 

 the woode vntill it be as it were an houre before day : and lette 

 him leaue by the caryon the garments of fome Shepherde or 

 Heardefman, that the Wolues may haue no miftruft of hym 

 where he ftandeth : then when it is not paflyng halfe an houre 

 or little more before daye, lette hym put downe the caryon and 

 go his wayes, and then the Wolues commyng too it, and ha- 

 uing not fedde all the night before, will feede hungerly, and 

 through their gluttonie will forgette themfelues and abyde vn- 

 till it be farre foorth dayes, and fo go to kennell in the couerts 

 adioyning : for they will be fo hungry to feede, and they fliall 

 haue fo fmall tyme to fatiffie their hunger, that they will be con- 

 ftrayned to abyde. But bicaufe commonly Lordes and No- 

 blemen do not ryfe fo earely as to fee thefe paftymes and polli- 

 citSy therefore I thinke meete that when he hath beaten downe 

 the fleflie as beforefayde, he caufe fome good fellowes to go and 

 to make fires betweene them and the lafte couerts that the 

 Wolues fledde vnto : and lette the fires be not paflfyng a bow- 

 fliotte or not fo much one from another : and at euery fire lette 

 fome one or two of the company ftand talking and laughing one 

 with another : when the Wolues fliall heare that, they fliall be 

 conftreyned (by reafon that the day light is now come vpon them) 

 to abyde there in the couert harde by the carion. In meane 

 whyle, the Lord or Gentleman fliall be come and may hunte 

 them at hys pleafure : and that fliall he order thus. Firfte lette 

 him regard which way wil be the fayreft courfe for Greyhounds, 

 and place them accordingly : and as neare as he can lette him 

 foreflall with his Greyhoundes the fame way y* the Wolues did 



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