. Wild scenes of a hunter's life; . ch a conquest; among whom the skilfuUest opensthe beast, and rewards the hounds with what properly belongs tothem, for their future encouragement, for which purpose the hunts-men dip bread in the blood of the beast to give to the hounds. Itis very dangerous to go into a hart at bay ; o, which there are twosorts, one on land and the other in water. If hart be in a deepwater, where you cannot well come at him, couple up your dogs;for should they continue long in the water, it endanger theirsurbating or foundering. In this case get a boat, and swim t
. Wild scenes of a hunter's life; . ch a conquest; among whom the skilfuUest opensthe beast, and rewards the hounds with what properly belongs tothem, for their future encouragement, for which purpose the hunts-men dip bread in the blood of the beast to give to the hounds. Itis very dangerous to go into a hart at bay ; o, which there are twosorts, one on land and the other in water. If hart be in a deepwater, where you cannot well come at him, couple up your dogs;for should they continue long in the water, it endanger theirsurbating or foundering. In this case get a boat, and swim to him,with a drawn dagger, or else with rope that has a noose, and throwIt over his horns ; for if the water be so deep that the hart swims,there is no danger in approaching him; otherwise you must bevery cautious. As to the land bay, if a hart be burnished, consider the place;for if it be in a plain and open place, where there is no wood orcovert, it is dangerous and difficult to come into him; but if he b« 68 HUNTINS STAG AT BAY. on the iedge-side, or in a thicket, then, while the hart is staringon the iiounds, you must come softly and covertly behind him, andcut his throat. If you miss your aim, and the hart turn head uponyou, then take refuge at some tree ; and when the hart is at bay,couple up your hounds ; and when you see the hart turn head tofly, gallop in roundly to him, and kill him with your sword. The first ceremony, when the huntsman comes in to the deathof a deer, is to cry ware haunch, that the hounds may not breakin to the deer ; which being done, the next is the cutting his throat,and blooding the yo ingest hounds, that they may the better love adeer, and learn to Jeap at his throat: then the mort having beenblown, and all the company come in, the best person, who hath nottali««.^ say before, is to take up the knife that the keeper or hunts-mjM* IS to lay across the belly of the deer, some holding by theforv legs, the person who takes say, is to
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