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XVIII. THE FIRSTE BOKE OF THE GOUERNOUR. 203but it is nat <strong>to</strong> be compared <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r hunting in cowmoditie<strong>of</strong> exercise. Therfore it wolde be vsed in <strong>the</strong> deepewyriter / whan <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r game is vnseasonable.Huntyng <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> hare with grehoundes / is a righte good30 solace for men that be studiouse : or Xhcm <strong>to</strong> whom naturehath nat gywtn personage or courage apte for <strong>the</strong> warres.And also for ge/ztilwome/z / which fere nei<strong>the</strong>r so^zne norwynde for appairing <strong>the</strong>ir beautie. And peraue?iture <strong>the</strong>yshall be <strong>the</strong>re-at lasse idell / than <strong>the</strong>y shulde be at home35 in <strong>the</strong>ir chambres.Kylling <strong>of</strong> dere with bowes or grehu;/desserueth well for<strong>the</strong> potte (as is <strong>the</strong> co?72mune saynge) and <strong>the</strong>refore it muste<strong>of</strong> necessitie be some-tyme vsed. But it contayneth <strong>the</strong>rinno commendable solace or exercise / in coraparisow <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong>40 o<strong>the</strong>r fourme <strong>of</strong> hunting / if it be diligently perceiued.As for haukyng / I can finde no notable remembrance /that it was vsed <strong>of</strong> auncient tyme amonge noble princes.I call auncient tyme before a thousande yeres passed / senswhich tyme vertueand noblenesse hath ra<strong>the</strong>r decayed than45 increased. Nor I coulde neuer knowe who founde firstethatdisporte.Plinius make<strong>the</strong> mention in his .viij. boke <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> his<strong>to</strong>ric <strong>of</strong>nature / that in <strong>the</strong> partes <strong>of</strong> grece / called Thracia / mew*and haukes / as it were by a confederacie / <strong>to</strong>ke byrdes <strong>to</strong>-50 ge<strong>the</strong>r in this wyse : The men spra;2ge <strong>the</strong> birdes out <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>busshes / and <strong>the</strong> haukes sorynge ouer <strong>the</strong>m / bete <strong>the</strong>mdoune : so that <strong>the</strong> men mought easily take <strong>the</strong>m. Andthai^ dyd <strong>the</strong> men departe equally <strong>the</strong> praye with <strong>the</strong> faukons: whiche beinge \\q\\ serued / eftsones and <strong>of</strong> a cus-55 <strong>to</strong>me repayred <strong>to</strong> suche places / where beinge a-l<strong>of</strong>te / <strong>the</strong>yperceyued men <strong>to</strong> that purpose assembled. By which rehersall<strong>of</strong> Plinius / we may coniecte / that <strong>from</strong> Thracia camethis disporte <strong>of</strong> banking. And I doubt nat but many o<strong>the</strong>r /

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