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flie the nightes before, if the grounde feme to courfe in, vnlefle 

 the winde be contrarie, for then it were but follie to fet them 

 that waye: otherwayes the Wolfe will rather come that way 

 than any other way. If the winde ferue not that waye, then lette 

 him fet his Greyhoundes in the fayreft place to courfe in vppon 

 a good wynde : and lette hym fet his Greyhoundes in rankes 

 as neare one to another as the number of his Greyhoundes 

 will permitte: alwayes regardyng the wynde, and caufmg 

 them whiche holde the Greyhoundes to ftande clofe. That be- 

 yng fo appoynted, lette him fet hewers all rounde aboute the 

 Couert where the Wolues doo lye, to hewe and make noyfe on 

 euery fide but onely that where the Greyhoundes doo ftande. 

 If his owne feruauntes and companie be not fufficient, he may 

 do well to afTemble the neighbours whiche dwell neare by : 

 who will be gladde to helpe hym bycaufe the Wolues doo them 

 fuche greate harmes and domages. And lette all thofe people 

 ftande as thicke as they can all aboute the couert, but onely on 

 that fide where the Greyhoundes arc fet, talkyng and walkyng 

 one to another, and makyng all the noyfe that they can deuife 

 to force them vnto the Greyhoundes. Then lette the Huntef- 

 man go with his Lyamehounde and drawe from the carion 

 vnto the thickes fides where the Wolues haue gone in : and 

 there the Huntes fliall cafte off the thyrde parte of their befte 

 houndes, for a Wolfe will fometimes holde a couert long 

 tyme before he come out. The Huntefmen mufte holde neare 

 in to theyr houndes, blowyng harde and encouragyng them 

 with the voyce : for many houndes will ftreyne curtefie at this 

 chace, although they bee luftie and arrant at all other chaces. 

 When the Wolfe commeth to the Greyhoundes, they whiche 

 holde them fliall do well to fuffer the Wolfe to pafte by the firft 

 ranke, vntill he be come vnto the feconde ranke or furder : and 

 let the laft ranke let (lippe their Greyhoundes full in the face of 

 the Wolfe : and at the fame inftant let al the other rankes let flippe 

 alfo. So that the firfte ranke ftaying him neuer fo little, he may 

 be aftayled on all fides at once : and by that meanes they fliall 

 the more eafily take hym. It is befte entryng of Houndes 



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