24-2- The hooke of Hunting 



bable, crie, yearne, lapyfe, plodde, baye, and fuch lyke other noy- 

 fes. Firft when hounds are firfte calt off and linde of fome game 

 or chace, we fay, They call on. If they be to bufie before they finde 

 the Sent good, we fay They Baw/e. If they be to bufie after they 

 finde good Sent, we say They Bahle. If they run it endwayes or- 

 derly and make it good, then when they holde in togethers me- 

 rily, we lay They are in crie. When they are earneft eyther in the 

 chace or in the earth, we fay They yearne. When they open in the 

 ftring (or a Greyhounde in his courfe) we fay They lapyfe. When 

 they hang behinde and beate too muche on one Sent or place, we 

 fay They plodde. And when they haue eyther earthed a vermine, 

 or brought a Deare, Bore, or fuche lyke, to turne head agaynit 

 them, then we fay They Baye. 



The difference betweene houndes and 

 Greyhoundes for termes 



Difference. "\T 7'^ finde fome difference of termes betwene houndes, and 

 W Greyhoundes. As of Greyhoundes two make a Brafe, 

 and of houndes a Couple. Of Greyhoundes three make a Leafe^ 

 and of houndes a Couple and a halfe. We let flippe a Greyhound 

 and we cafte off' a Hounde. The ftring wherewith wee leade a 

 Greyhounde is called a Leafe, and for a Hounde a Lyame. The 

 Greyhounde hath his Coller, and the Hounde hath his Couples. 

 Many other differences there be, but thefe are moft vfuall. 



The different names of chaces, when they 



be yong in the neaft, or fucking 



the Damme 



ToH^. A Yong red Deare is called a Calfe : a yong fallow Deare, a 



XTL^awne: a yong Rowe or Gote, a Kidde : a yong Bore, a 

 Pigge: a yong Hare a Leueret : a yong Conie, a Rabet : a 

 yong Foxe is called a Cubbe : a yong Badgerd as the Bores 

 yong : a yong Catte, a Kittling ; a yong Martern, a Marterne- 

 cubbe : a yong Otter, a whelpe. And likewife of Beare and 



Wolfe 



