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come most sharp Hounds and swift, and be so strong, that 
they throw down cruel beasts as lions. The cruelness of 
Hounds abateth to a meek man. 
Bartholomew (Berthelet), bk. xviii. § 25. 
GentTLeness and nobility of Hounds and of Bitches is 
known by length of face and of the snout, and by breadth 
of the breast, and by smallness of the womb and flank. 
And a gentle Hound hath long ears and pliant, and long 
legs and small, and that is needful to be the more swift 
in course and in running; and his tail is more long and 
crooked than the tails of other Hounds, and hath less 
flesh than a Dog and shorter hair, and more thin and 
smooth. Ibid, § 26, 
Unver the Hound’s tongue lieth a worm that maketh 
the Hound wood, and if this worm is taken out of the 
tongue then the evil ceaseth, The violence and biting of 
a wood Hound is so much, that his urine grieveth a man 
if the tread thereon, and namely if he have a botch or 
a wound. Also who that throweth his own urine upon 
