The boke of Saint Albans : $b containing treatises on hawking, hunting, and cote armourBerners, Juliana
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The boke of Saint Albans : $b containing treatises on hawking, hunting, and cote armour
Berners, Juliana
Falconry -- Early works to 1800; Heraldry -- Early works to 1800; Hunting -- Early works to 1800
¶ And iff ye se where the haare at pasture hath bene
Iff hit be in the tyme of the corne grene
And iff yowre houndes chace weeƚƚ at yowre wiƚƚ
Then .iij. motis shaƚƚ ye blaw booth lowde and shiƚƚ
There oon and there an other there be pasturyde has
Then say .illoques illoques in thessame place
So say to hem in kynde: vnto tyme that ye hir fynde
¶ And then cast a signe aƚƚ the feld abowte
To se at hir pasture where she hath be in or owte
Oder at hir forme for gladli to be she is not lefe
Ther she hath pasturid in tyme of Relefe
And any hounde fynd or musyng of hir mace
Ther as she hath byne and is goon owt of that place
Ha sy touz cy est yll. so shaƚƚ ye say
venez auez so how sa. also lowde as ye may
Sa cy ad este so how. after that
Sa sa cy auaunt. and therof be not lat
And when ye se vnto the playne her at the last
In felde or in errabuƚƚ londe: or in to the wode past
And yowre hounde wiƚƚ fynde of her ther then
Say .la douce amy la est a. and do as I yow ken
That is to say swete frende: ther is he come low
For to dry here. and ther with ye shaƚƚ say so how
Illoques ey douce ey vaylaunt so how so how. then twy
Thus may yē now dere sonnys lerne of venery
And when ye come ther as ye trow he wiƚƚ dweƚƚ
And so semeth to yow weƚƚ then say as I yow teƚƚ
La douce la est a venuz. for to dweƚƚ thoore
And therwith .iij. sohow. say ye no moore
And iff it semes woƚƚ yow to fynde aƚƚ in fere
And wenen so to do then say .douce how here how here
How here douce how here how here he sittys
So shaƚƚ ye say my chyldre and for no thyng lettyz
Aƚƚ maner bestys that euer chasede wore
Haue oon maner of worde .so how. and no more
To fulfiƚƚ or vnfiƚƚ eche maner of chaas
The hunt euermoore in his mowth that worde he haas
And iff yowre houndys at a chase renne ther ye hunt
And the beest begynne to renne as herttis be wont
Or for to hanylon as doos the fox with his gyle
Or for to crosse as the Roo dooth oder while
Oder dweƚƚ so that yowre honndys cannot owte go
Then shaƚƚ ye say. hoo sa amy sa sa
A complex sa arere so how. sich is the play
And sohow as moch is as sa how to say
Bot for .sohow is short in speche when it is brought
Therfore say we .sohow bot sa how say we noght
And iff yowre houndis chase at hert or at haare
And thay renne at defaute thus ye shaƚƚ say thare
Icy sohow assayne assayne ston hoho
Sa assayne arere sohow theis wordes and no moo
And iff yowre houndes renne weeƚƚ at fox or at doo
And so fayle at defaute say thus ferther or ye goo
Ho ho ore swef aluy douce a luy. that thay here
Ho hoy assayne assayne sa arere
So how so how venez a coupler. and do as I yow kenne
The moore worshyp may ye haue among aƚƚ menne
Yowre craftis let be kydde: and do as I yow bydde
Aƚƚ my sonnys in same: and thus may ye konne of game
The boost that the maẏster hunter makẏthe to his man now here foloẏng ẏe
maẏ here.
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