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Deare. Andy'laftfort of greyhounds towards y« latter end of y« cource 

 is called receit or backfet : Thefe lall Greyhounds are commonly let flip 

 full in the face of the Deare, to the end they may the more amafe him : 

 And fo they with the help of the other tcafers and fidelayes may the bet- 

 ter take holde on him all at once and pull him downe, whereas the 

 fidelayes are to be let flippe at y* fide of a Deare or after him, for feare 

 leafl they make him fwarue from the backfettes: A redde Deare wil 

 beare fometimes foure or fiue brafe of Greyhoundes before they can 

 pull him downe: fuch wonderfull force he is of, and can fo eafilyfliake 

 ofFa Greyhounde when he pincheth him. The beft obferuation that is 

 to be taken in making the courfe at a Deare, is that the Teafers do 

 Hand clofe and vpon a cleare winde : For a Deare will quickly finde 

 them els : but beyng pail the Teafers how foeuer the reft lie, he will 

 not lightly turne heade. In courfing at a Deare if one Greyhounde 

 go endwayes by another, it is accoumpted a Cote, fo that he whiche 

 doth fo go by his fellow do reach the Deare and pinche: and in cour- 

 iingof a redde Deare that Greyhounde whiche doth firft pinche, fliall 

 winne the wager : but in courfing of a Fallow deare, your Grey- 

 hounde muft pinche and holde, or els he winneth not the wager. Jt is 

 alfo to be obferued that when you lay to courfe a Deare, you marke 

 the place and Countrie where you be. For in a padocke (whichis a clofe 

 courfe in a parke paled or rayled in) it is eafie to fee whiche way the 

 cource is to be made: fmce theDeare is held in with pales or rayles and 

 cannot fwarue: but in a plaine heath or countrie,youmuftmarkewhich 

 way it is moft likely that he will bend, and there lay your Greyhounds 

 behind fome buflie or tree : that the Deare finde not faulte at them and 

 fobreakebacke. ThisinefFed:isafmuchasitisneedefulltobeconfidered 

 in the courfe at a Deare. But neuer let flippe a yong Greyhound at a 

 Deare without the companie of fome olde fleflit dog: for euery dog wil 

 not byte a Deare at the firfte courfe. And furely he that hath a good 

 Haregreyhounde, flial do very euill to courfe a Deare with him, for it 

 will both brufe him and make him lyther : and the courfe at the Hare is 

 muchy^ nobler paftime. To courfe y« Hare you muft fend either Hare- 

 finders before you to find fome Hare fitting, or els your felf with your 

 companie may range and beateouer the fields vntil you either find a Hare 

 fittyng,or ftarte hyr. I haue marked the harefinders in theyr feeking of 

 TURB. VEN. s ^ Hare 



