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also if a man fynde suche an hert and men axe
hym what an hert it is he may answere p* it
is an hert chaceable of x. and shuld not be
refusid, and he se an hertis foot pat hap pe signes
to foresaide pe which ben grete and broode he may
say pat it is an hert pat sometyme had ibore x.
tyndes, and if he se pat pe forsaid signes ben
gretter and brodder he may saye pat it is a greet
heert and an olde, and pis is al pat he may seie
of pe hert. Also he shuld clepe pe foote of pe
hert pe trace’ and of a wilde boor also. Also
hunters of biyonde pe see callen of an hert or of a
boor pe routes and pe pace* and bothe is oon.
Napelees pace pei clepyn goynges where a beest
goop in pe routes where as he is passid, nebelees
I wold not sette pis in myn boke for as moche as I
wold Englisshe hunters coupen somdele of pe termys
pat hunters vsyn biz0nd pe see but not to pat entente 10
calle it so in Engelonde.

a man find such a hart, and men ask him what
hart it is, he may answer that it is a hart chaceable
of ten, that should not be refused. And if he sees
an hart’s foot that hath these signs aforesaid the
which are great and broad, he may say that it is
an hart that some time had carried ten tines, and
if he see that the aforesaid signs are greater and
broader he may say that it is a great hart and an
old (one), and this is all he may say of the hart.
Also he should call the foot of the hart the trace,!
and of the wild boar also. Also the hunters of
beyond the sea call of an hart and of a boar the
routes and the pace® and both is one. Neverthe-
less pace, they call their goings where a beast goes
in the routes, there where he has passed, neverthe-
less I would not set this in my book, but for as much
as I would English hunters should know some of
the terms that hunters use beyond the sea, but not
with intent to call them so in England.

1G. de F. (p. 135) says the footing of the deer should be called the view (voves), and of the bear, boar and

wolf the trace. See Appendix: Trace.
2 Should be ‘
par ot une beste va” (G. de F. p. 129).

“path” as a translation from G. de F. Shirley MS. has pas. Fr. erres. ‘“‘ Erres sont les aleures

 

 

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