14 THE MASTER OF GAME

pre dayes fro pe tyme pat she hap kyndeled she
shal ete here kyndeles. And whan pei be in hure
love pei goon to gidre as houndes saue pei hold
not to gidre as houndes. They kyndelen oft in
smale busshes or in litel hegges or pei hiden in pe
heth or in breres or in Corn or in vynes. And 3if
ye fynde an hare whiche hathe kyndeled pe same
day, and houndis hunten aftere hure, 3if ye come
pider pe next morowe ye shul fynde how she hath
remeued hure kyndeles and ybore hem ellis where
wip hure teeth as a biche dop her whelpes. Men
sle hares wip greyhoundes and with rennyng
houndes by strengthe, as in €ngelond, but ellis
where pei slee hem, Also with smale pocketes and
with pursuetes and with smale nettis wip hare
pipes and with long nettis and with smale cordes
pat men casten where pei make here brekyng of
the smale twygges whan pei goon to hure pasture
as I haue biforesaid.1 Trewly J trowe that a good
hunter uold sle hem so for no good whan pei be
in hure hete of loue 3if pei passen in eny place
ther as ony turnynges be the moost parte of hem
shul folowe aftur hure as as (sic) houndes folowyn
after a biche or a brach.

find the male within three days from the time
she hath kindled, she will eat her kindles. And
when they be in their love they go together as
hounds, save they hold not together as hounds.
They kindle often in small bushes or in little
hedges, or they hide in heath or in briars or in
corm or in vines. If you find a hare which has
kindled the same day, and the hounds hunt after
her, and if you come thither the next morrow ye
shall find how she has removed her kindles, and
has borne them elsewhere with her teeth, as a bitch
doth her whelps. Men slay hares with greyhounds,
and with running hounds by strength, as in Eng-
land, but elsewhere they slay them also with
small pockets, and with purse nets, and with small
nets, with hare pipes, and with long nets, and with
small cords that men cast where they make their
breaking of the small twigs when they go to their
pastures, as I have before said.! But, truly, I trow
no good hunter would slay them so for any good.

When they be in their heat of love and pass any
place where conies are the most part of them will
follow after her as the hounds follow after a_bitch

or a brache.

1 See Appendix: Snares.

 

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