THE MASTER OF GAME

CAP. 15".—OF GREYHOUNDES AND
OF HERE NATURE

Tue greihounde is a maner knyde ot houndes
per byn fewe be which ne han say some. Naber-
elees to deuyse how a greyhound shuld be hoold
for good and fayre I shal deuyse and of her
maners. Of alle maner of greihoundes per byn
booth good and euel. Napelees pe best hewe is
rede falow wip a blak moselle. Goodnesse of
greyhoundes commep of ryght corage and of pe
good nature of her fadere and modir, and also
men may wel helpe to make hem good in pe
encharmyng ' of hem wip oper good greihoundes,
and feede hem wel in pe best pat he takep.2 The
good greyhounde shuld be of middel asise, neiper
to moch neiper to litel, and pan is he good for
alle beestis for if he were meche he were nought
for pe smale beestis, and if he were to litel he were
nought for pe greete beestis, Naperlees ho so
may mayntyn hem it is good to haue booth of pe
grete and of pe smale and of be myddil. A grei-
hounde shuld haue a longe hede and somdeel
greet imakyd, in be maner of a bace,® a good
large mouthe and good sesours, pe on a3ein pe
oper so pat be neper jawes passe not hem aboue
ne pat pei aboue passe not hem by neper, here
eynne shuld be reed or blak as of a sparhauke,
pe eerys smal and hie in pe maner of a serpent,
pe neke grete and longe bowed as a swannes nek,
his paas * greet and opyn pe heere vndir his chyn
wel hangyng adoun, in pe maner of a lyoun * hey
shuldres as a roo buk, pe forlegges streght and
greet inow and nought to hie legges, pe feet
straught and rounde as a Catte, and greet clees, a
long hede as a Cowe,° and wel analed, be boone
and pe joyntes of pe Chyne greet and hard as pe
chyne of an hert. Eke be resoun his chynne
shuld be a litel hie for it is better pan it were
flatt, a lytel pyntel and litel honging ballokis,
and well trussed nye pe ars, smal. wombe’? and
streght heere, pe hoghes streight, and not cromp-
yng as of an oxe, a Cattes take makyng a ryng at
eende and not to hie, pe to boonys of pe chyne
behynd brode of a large pame or more. Also per

Encharning, feed with the flesh of game, to blood.

CEU AVio nae (©)H) GREYHOUNDS AND
OF THEIR NATURE

THE greyhound is a kind of hound there be few
which have not seen some, Nevertheless for to
devise how a greyhound should be held for good
and fair, I shall describe their kinds. Of all
kinds of greyhounds there be both good and
bad, nevertheless the best hue is red fallow with
a black muzzle. The goodness of greyhounds
comes of right courage, and of the good nature of
their father and their mother. And also men may
well help to make them good in the encharning! of
them with other good greyhounds, and feed them
well with the best that he taketh.2 The good grey-
hound should be of middle size, neither too big nor
too little, and then he is good for all beasts. If
he were too big he is nought for small beasts, and
if he were too little he were nought for such great
beasts. Nevertheless whoso can maintain both,
it is good that he have the great and the small,
and of the middle size also. A greyhound should
have a long head and somewhat large made, resem-
bling the making of a pike.® A good large mouth
and good seizers the one against the other, so
that the nether jaw pass not the upper, nor that
the upper pass not the nether. Their eyes are red
or black as those of a sparrow hawk, the ears small
and high in the manner of a serpent, the neck great
and long bowed like a swan’s neck, his chest great
and open, the hair under his chin hanging down
in the manner of a lion.’ His shoulders as a roe-
buck, the forelegs straight and great enough and
not too high in the legs, the feet straight and round

a cat, great claws, long head as a cow ® hanging
down.

The bones and the joints of the chine great
and hard like the chine of a hart. And if his
chine be a little high it is better than if it were flat.
A little pintel and little ballocks, and well trussed
near the ars, small womb,’ the hocks straight and
not bent as of an ox, a cat’s tail making a ring at
the end and not too high, the two bones of the chine
behind broad of a large palm’s breadth or more.

i é i a 1 ieulz,” p. 103.
G. de F. says: “ Feisant bonnes cuyrées en la beste qu il voudra qu il ore esi ic penne
Should be “luce,” and G. de F. has “luz,” from Lat. luctus, pike, p. 103. See Appendix : y Ss

Piz, chest.

‘ i é i ion,” har4 ing in this instance flanks.
G. de F. p. 104 says: ‘‘La harpe bien avalée en guise de lion,” harpe meaning in tl é p

® “Long head as a cow”’ is evidently a mistake of translator or scribe.

G. de F. has: “le costé lonc

P : a?
comme une biche et bien avalé”’ (‘the sides long as a hind, and hanging down well”’).

* The following words should be added here,

line having been omitted by the scribe “and

i ae aD i i . and
straight near the back as a lamprey, the thighs great and straight as a hare.” They are in Shirley MS. an

G. de PB. p. 104.

 

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