¶ When yowre houndis by strenath hath done her to dede The hunter shaƚƚ rewarde hem then with the hede With the shulderis and the sides and with the bowellis aƚƚ And aƚƚ thyngꝭ with in the wombe saue onli the gaƚƚ The paunche also: yeue hem noon of thoo. Wich rewarde when oon the erth it is dalt. With aƚƚ goode hunteris the .halow. it is calt Then the loynes of the hare loke ye not forgete Bot bryng hem to the kechyn for the lordis meete And of this ilke hare speke we no mare. Wiche beestes shall be flaẏne & wich stripte ¶ Now to speke of the bestes when thay be slayne How many be strypte and how many be flayne Aƚƚ that bere skyne and talow and Rounge leue me Shaƚƚ be flayne safe the hare for he shaƚƚ stripte be And aƚƚ that berith greece: and piles ther vppon Euer shaƚƚ be strypte when thay be vndoon On̄ theys maner play: thus ye shaƚƚ say. Whiche beestis shall be reride with the lẏmer. ¶ My dere sonnys echeon now wiƚƚ I yow lere How many maner beestys as with the lymere Shaƚƚ be vpreryde in fryth or in felde Booth the hert and the bucke and the boore so wilde And aƚƚ other beestys that huntid shaƚƚ be Shaƚƚ be sought and founde with Ratchis so fre Say thus I yow tolde: my childer so bolde The discreuẏng of a Bucke. ¶ And ye speke of the Bucke the fyrst yere he is A fawne sowkyng on his dam say as I yow wis The secunde yere a preket. the .iij. yere a sowreƚƚ A sowre at the .iiij. yere the trowthe I yow teƚƚ The .v. yere caƚƚ hym a Bucke of the fyrst hede The .vi. yere caƚƚ hym a Bucke and do as I you rede Of the hornẏs of a Bucke. ¶ The hornys of a grete Bucke or he so be Most be summyd as I say herkenyth to me Too braunchis first pawmyd he most haue And .iiij. avauncers the soth iff ye wiƚƚ saue And xxiiij. espelers and then ye may hym caƚƚ Where so ye be a grete Bucke I teƚƚ yow aƚƚ Of the Roobucke. ¶ And iff ye of the Roobucke wiƚƚ knaw thessame The first yere he is a kyde soukyng on his dame The secunde yere he is a gerle: and so be siche aƚƚ The thirde yere an hemule loke ye hym caƚƚ Robucke of the first hede he is at the iiij. yere The .v. yere a Roobucke hym caƚƚ I yow lere At saynt andrew day his hornys he wiƚƚ cast In moore or in moos he hidyth hem fast So that no man may hem sone fynde Ellys in certayn he doos not his kynde ¶ At saynt Iamys day where so he go Then shaƚƚ the Roobucke gendre with the Roo And so boldely ther as ye durne Then is he calde a Roobucke goyng in his turne And iff ye may a Robucke sle with owt any fayle And ye fynde that heue grece at his tayle As sum Robuckys haue when ye hit fynde Then shaƚƚ ye rere it as ye do of hert and of hynde Also the Robucke as hit is weele kyde At holyrode day he gooth to Ryde. And vsith the bit: when he may gete hit Now of the hert and of the hynde.