When ye hunt at the Roo then shaƚƚ ye say thoore He crossies and tresones yowre howndys byfoore A grete Roobucke ye caƚƚ hym not so Bot a fayre Roobucke and a fayre doo With the bowellis and with the bloode Rewarde ye yowre howndes my sonnys so goode ¶ And eche foote ye shaƚƚ cutte in .iiij. I yow kenne Take the bowellis and the bloode and do aƚƚ to gedre then Yeuyth hit than to yowre howndys so And moche the glaadder then thay wiƚƚ go That to yowre howndes a rewarde is calt For hit is eeten on the grownde and on the skynne dalte ¶ The Roo shaƚƚ be herdeled by veneri I weene The .ij. forther legges the hede layde by twene And take oon ender legge vp I yow pray And that oder forder legge right as I yow say vppon the oder forder legge booth ye hem pytte And with that other forther legge vp ye hem knytte Oon thys maner thus when ye haue wroght Aƚƚ hoole to the kechen then hit shaƚƚ be broght Saue that yowre howndes eete: the bowillis and the fete. Now of thage & vndoẏng of the boore ¶ Now to speke of the boore the fyrst yere he is A pygge of the Sounder called ale haue I blis The secunde yere an hogge and so shaƚƚ he be And an hoggestere when he is of yeris .iij. And when he is of .iiij. yere a beore sheƚƚ he be From the Sounder of the swyne then deꝑtiith he A Synguler is he so: for a lone he wiƚƚ goo. ¶ when ye haue slayn the boore and wiƚƚ do hym right Ye shaƚƚ vndo hym vnflayne when he shaƚƚ be dight Xxx. bredys and .ij. of hym ye shaƚƚ make By the law of venery as I dare vnder take Thurgh yowre houndys by stryngth iff that he be dede Thay shaƚƚ haue the bowyllis boyle with the brede Cast vppon the grownde ther the boore was slayne And that is calde a Rewarde so hunteris it sayne vppon the erth so haue I blis: for that so eeten is Now of the hare. ¶ Now for to speke of the hare my sonnys secureli That beest kyng shaƚƚ be calde of aƚƚ venery For aƚƚ the fayre spekyng and blawyng lerf sere Commyth of sechyng and fyndyng of the hare For my leif chylder I take it on honde He is the meruellest beest that is in ony londe For he fymaes and crotis and Roungeth euermoore And beerith talow and gris: and a boue teeth hath be foore And other while he is male: and so ye shaƚƚ hym fynde And other while female and kyndelis by kynde ¶ And when he is female and kyndelis hym with in In .iij. degrees he hem berith or he with hem twyn Too Rough and .ij. smoth who wiƚƚ hem se And ij. knottis also that kyndelis wiƚƚ be When he is female so teƚƚ I my tale. ¶ The rewarde for howndẏs.