OF SICKNESSES OF HOUNDS

CAPIT. XIII.|—OF THE SIKNESSE OF
JECOLUPNIDISS) ANINID) (OY MaWSIR (CORE
RUPCIONS

Tuer houndes hauen many dyuers sekenesse and
pe grettest siknesse is be rage, whereof per ben ix
maners of the whiche I wil you telle a partie.
The first is cleped furyous woodnesse * the houndes
pat ben woode of pat woodnesse crien and howlyn
with a vois and nouzet in pe wise pat pei were
wonned whan pei were in helthe whan pei may
ascape pei goon overalle byteng bop men and
women and alle pat pei biforun hem fynde, and
pei han a wondere perilous biteng for 3if bei biten
eny ping with grett payne it shall eskape perof,
3if he drawe bloode pat it ne shal wex woode
what ping euer it be. A tokenyng for to knowe
hym and pe bygynnyng is pis pat pei eten not so
wel as pei were wonned, and pei beten pe opere
houndes makyng hem chere with pe taile* and
first semblep® vpon hem, and likkep* hem and
pan he blowep a gret blast wip his nose, and pan
he lokep fersliche and byholdeth his owyn sydes
and makep semblaunt as he had flyes about hym,
and pan he cryethe, and whan a man knowep suche
tokenyngis men shuld take hym from pe other
into the iii day for pan may men se her siknesse
al openly or ellis that he is nat wode for somtyme
many men ben gyled in pat wise. pat eny hounde
is wood of eny of pe ix woodnesse he shal neuere
be hool and hure woodnesse may nou3t left® but
ix daies° that pei ne shal neuer be hool but dede.
That othere maner of woodnesse is knowe by
pise signes. In pe bigynneng as I haue saide he
doop, sauf p' pei ne biten neiber man ne beestis
but oonly houndes, as perilous is pe biteng of
pe first, and euermore thei goon up and doun
without eny abidyng, and this woodnesse is cleped
rennyng woodnesse and pise ii woodnesse bifore-
said taken pe other houndes that pei bene with
yonge pei byte hem nou3t. That oper woodenesse
is cleped ragerunet,’ for pei ne byten not ne pei
rennen not, eke pei wil not ete for her mouthe js
somedele gapyng, and 3if pei were envosed 8 in here
throte, and also pei dey with the terme bifore

1 See Appendix : Madness.

: Cherish, “ wagging their tayles and seeming to cherish tt
8 It should tead “ smelleth,”’ as it is in Shirley MS. and in G. «
* The friendly licking of other dogs has often been noticed

5 Should be “ last.’’
° Du Fouilloux in his La Venerie (
his editors made the ridiculous mist

not past (p. 222).
® Means “‘a bone in their throat.” G. de F. (p. 88)
MS. “enosed,” #.c., “un os.” See Appendix : Madness,

CHAP, 13.—OF SICKNESSES OF
HOUNDS AND OF THEIR COR-
RUPTIONS

Tue hounds have many divers sicknesses and
their greatest sickness (is) the rage whereof there
be nine manners, of the which I shall tell you a
part. The first is called furious madness.1 The
hounds that be mad of that madness cry and howl
with a loud voice, and not in the way that they
were wont to when they were in health. When they
escape they go everywhere, biting both men and
women and all that they find before them. And
they have a wonderful perilous biting, for if they
bite anything, with great pain it shall escape thereof
if they draw blood, that it shall go mad whatever
thing it be. A token for to know at the be-
ginning, is this, that they eat not so well as they
were wont to, and they bite the other hounds,
making them cheer with the tail® first, smelleth
upon them and licketh * them, and then he bloweth
a great blast with his nose, and then he looketh
fiercely, and beholdeth his own sides and maketh
semblant that he had flies about him, and then
he crieth. And when men know such tokens men
should take him from the others until the fourth
day, for then men may see the sickness all clearly,
or else that he is not mad for some time. Many
men be beguiled in that way. And if any hound
be mad of any of the nine madnesses he shall
never be whole. And their madness cannot
last ® but nine days® but they shall never be whole
but dead. That other manner of madness is known
by these signs: In the beginning he doth as I said
before, save that they neither bite man nor beast
save only the hounds, as perilous is his biting
as the first, and ever more they go up and down
without any abiding. And this madness is called
Tunning madness. And these two madnesses
beforesaid taketh the other hounds that they be
with, though they bite them not. That other
madness is called ragemuet,” for they neither bite
nor run not, eke they will not eat for their mouth
is somewhat gaping as if they were enosed 8 in their
throat, and so they die, within the term beforesaid

1em,”’ Turbervile, p. 223. See Appendix : Madness.
le FP. p. 87.

as an early symptom of rabies in a pack of hounds.

published 156x) copied much from Gaston de Foix’s book, but either he or

ake of saying nine » s inste< i
s | za < Saying tonths instead of days. Turbervile, who translate ? 7
cribbed, Du Fouilloux’s book, has copied this absurd mistake and says Y eeu

a hound may continue thus nine months, but
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