Fyrst ))en yf a man wyl be mery & haue a glad 

 spryspryt he must eschew all contrary usccmipanye 

 and all places of debati?^' and stryves vvher he niyjt 

 haue occasyon of malencoly and yf he wyl haue 

 a labur not outrages, he must the orden hym to hys 

 hertes plesens wti/i owt stody pensifulnes or trauel 

 a mery occupacion wyche may reioyse hys hert 

 and hys spryit in honest maner and yf he wyl dyet 

 hym selfe mesurably he must eschew all places of 

 ryot wiche is cause of surfettes and seknes and he 

 must draw hym to a place of sweyt eyr and huiigre 

 & ete norysching metes & defyabul Y wyl 

 nowdyscryve theseyd iiij°'' disport^j' and gamysto 

 fend the best of them as wyll as y can. All be 

 it pat pe ryjght nobul Duke of Yorke late calde 

 master of the game hathe dyscryved the myrihes 

 of huntyng lyke as y thynke to scryue of it and 

 all pe other pe greuys For huntyng as to myne 

 entent is to gret labur The hunter must all day 

 renne & folow hys howndes travelyng & swetyng 

 ful soyr he blowythe tyl hys lyppys blyst^r and 

 wen he wenyt hyt be a hare fuloft^n h/t ys a 

 heyghoge thus he chaset and wen he curwmet 

 home at even, reyn beton seyr prykud wt't/i thornes 

 and hys clothes tornes wet schod fulwy sum of 

 hys howndes lost som surbatted suche grevys & 



