HOW THE HOUNDS SHOULD BE LED OUT TO SCOMBRE 71

CAP". xxi_HOW pE HOUNDE SHULD
BE LADDE OUT TO SCOMBRE

How pe child shuld lede pe houndes to scombre
twies in pe day in the mornyng and in the evenyng
so pat pe sonne be vp specially in wyntere pan
shuld be lat hem renne and play longe in a faire
medew in pe soune, and pan kembe euery hounde
after other and wipe hem wip a grette wispe of
straw, and pus shal be doo euery mornyng, and
pan he shal lede hem in some faire place per as
tendre gras groueth as corn and ober pinges, pat
pei mowe fede hem isithe for to make her
medecynes for somtyme houndes ben seke and
wip gras pat pei etyn pei voiden hem and helyn
hem self.

CHAP. 21—HOW THE HOUNDS
SHOULD BE LED OUT TO SCOMBRE

Atso I will teach? the child to lead out the hounds
to scombre twice in the day in the morning and in
the evening, so that the sun be up, especially in
winter. Then should he let them run and play
long in a fair meadow in the sun, and then comb
every hound after the other, and wipe them with
a great wisp of straw, and thus he shall do every
morning. And then shall he lead them into some
fair place there where tender grass grows as com
and other things, that therewith they may feed
them (selves) as it is medicine for them, for sometimes
hounds are sick and with the grass that they eat
they void and heal themselves.

1 The first four words are omitted in our MS., but they are in the Shirley MS. and in others, and inG, de F.