252 DEER AND DEER-PARKS. Ch. XI>' 



14, and the doe from November i to Candlemas day (February 2) ; which,' 

 as it is impossible to alter seasons with dates, may now be deferred to the 

 old style — eleven days later. 



This accords exactly with Dame Juliana Berner's verses in ' The Book 

 of St. Alban's ' :^- 



ISCBme ot flrrtc iKs^nnstS at JWsWomjr ttajiK : 

 antt tgll l)0ls 3a0lte ifase teiStjjti) aSJ sou Sajjf- 

 an&e Seatfon ol ti&e iroo SegjjimgtJ at piBs^jrimaS : 

 ^iTtt it ^all enlrure anU la^te tintsU Cantrtjlmad. 



The same venerable authority, with the pedantic accuracy which was 

 the delight of our ancestors, informs us — 



<M. ti^r crsensr of t^uiie "ittiivi 

 ^n liarte icIaSufiti) an)t a bucfie gronnst^ S fsnlre : 

 ainli telle roofiutSe wrtagK firngtl) Sjj Sutrtfr. 

 Cn^e nos^e of t^nSe SeStsS tl)uS B^ S|)aW tall : 

 JFor frglfe of tjepe malte tl)es uSe it all. 

 ^age rJaUfj to|)ere ye floo : jjour iiame taufll)t sou isi. 



And again — 



jWjj tI)sRfe taHstl) i)cr»i}g of Ijarte a«tf of ijunlte 



ana of iutte arrtf of ttoo inliere se tjfsm faxiBe. 



CSoenta is a IgtnXl I)erlie tjoujjj it Be of i&Bnttjja 



^nlr tjree Store iS a malflffin ]&erlre to tall ^txa fig iiMiilfafi. 



anil foure Store iS a grete l&erOe tall ije tibem Soo : 



%t it i)arte, ]&c it i)8nBe, fiutSe or elSe Hoe. 



It remains to mention the age of deer, and here there is a considerable 

 difference between the red deer and the fallow-deer; the former are known 

 to have attained to the age of thirty-five or forty years, the latter never 

 exceed twenty. 



With a curious anecdote, quoted by Bell from Playford's ' Introduction 

 to Music,' I will conclude these few remarks on the management of deer. 



