240 The hoohe of Hunting 



nor heard what it is termed of a Wolfe or a Beare : neyther is 

 it greatly material]. 



The termes of the time that thefe chaces 

 feeke eche other to engender 



"^ttc. TTTHen a Harte or Bucke feeketh to engender with Hynde 



VV or Doe, we fay they go to the Rut: as alfo the Gote doth. 

 A Rowe Deare is fayde to go in his Tourne. A Bore goeth to 

 the Brime : An Hare and Conie to the Bucke : a Foxe goeth on 

 clicketing : a Badgerd as the Bore : A Wolfe feeketh his Make 

 or Matche : And an Otter hunteth for his Kinde. 



The voyces and noyfes that euery of them 

 maketh at fuch times 



Voyce or AN Harte belloweth : a Bucke groyneth : a Rowe belleth : a 



Sovunde. J;\GotQ ratteleth : a Bore freameth : a Hare and aconiebeatethor 



tappeth : a Fox barketh : a Badgerd fliriketh : an Otter whineth : 



and a Wolfe howleth, when they feeke or hunte after their makes. 



The feafons of all Chaces 



Seafo>i. 'TpHe Harte and Bucke (with the Gote) is in feafon from Midfo- 

 X nier vntill Holyroode day : The Rowe is in feafon betwene 

 Eafter and Mighelmas. The Bore from Chriflmas till flirouetide : 

 The Hare from Mighelmas till Midfomer: The Fox and the 

 Wolfe from Holy roode day till the Annunciation: and the Otter 

 from Shrouetide vntill Midfomer. Conies are al wayes in fea- 

 fon, either yong or old : but their fkinnes are in beft feafon from 

 Alhallontide vnto Shrouetide. The Hynde, Doe, Rovjdoe^ Geate^ 

 and Swine, beginneth when the Male of euery one of them cealTeth, 

 and lafteth as long as they be fatte or in good plight. 



The Fatte of euery one of thefe beafts 



Fatte. ' I ^He Fatte of all kinde of Deare is called Sewet : and it may 



I be alfo very wel fayd, T/^is Deare nuas an high Deare of Greace^ 



or (o forth. But the Fatte (of it felfe) is called Sevjet^ vt fupra. 



The 



