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twinkling of an eye: and of the fiftie houndes 

 there went not twelve sounde and alive to their 

 masters houses. 



" Againe, if a kennell of houndes be once used to 

 hunte a Bore, they will become lyther, and will never 

 willingly hunte fleeing chases againe. Forasmuch as 

 they are (by him) accustomed to hunte with more 

 ease and to find great scent. For a Bore is a beast 

 of a very hot scent, and that is contrary to light 

 fleeing chases which are hunted with more paine to 

 the hound, and yet therwith do not leave so great 

 scent. And for these causes, whosoever meaneth to 

 have good hounds for an Hart, Hare, or Bow-deare, 

 let him not use them to hunt the Bore : but since 

 ■ men are of sundry opinions, and love to hunte such 

 chases as lie moste commodiously aboute their dwell- 

 ing places, I will here describe the propertie of the 

 Bore and how they may hunt him, and the manner 

 of killing him either with the sword or bore-speare, 

 as you shall also see it set out in portrayture hereafter 

 in his place." 



Then follows a chapter " of the nature and subtiltie 

 of the Bore," wherein we are told that "the Bore is 

 of this nature, that when his dame doth pigge 

 him, he hath as many teeth as ever he will have 

 whiles he liveth, neither will their teeth any 

 way multiply or encrease but onely in greatnesse 

 and length. Amongst the rest they have foure, 

 which (with the Frenchmen) are called defenses, 

 and we call them tuskes or tusches, whereof the 

 two highest do not hurte when he striketh, but 



