replenished and wheÌ„ they haue fed themselues full of fleshe then returne they to the water from whence they came But albeit so much be graunted that this Beauer is a dogge yet it is to be noted that we recken it not in the beadrowe of Englishe dogges as we haue done the rest The sea Calfe in like maner which our country meÌ„ for brenitie sake call a Séele other more largely name a Sea Vele maketh a spoyle of fishes betwéene rockes and banckes but it is not accounted in the catalogue or nuÌ„ber of our Englishe dogges notwithstanding we call it by the name of a Sea dogge or a sea Calfe And thus much for our dogges of the second sort called in Latine Aucupatorij seruing to take fowle either by land or water ¶ A Diall pertaining to the second Section Dogges seruing the disport of fowlingâ— are diuided into Land spaniele Setters called in latine Canes Aucupatorij Water spaniels or finders called in latine Canes Aucupatorij The fisher is not of their number but seuerall The thirde Section of this abridgement NOwe followeth in due order and conuenient place our Englishe Dogges of the thirde gentle kinde what they are called to what vse they serue and what sort of people plant their pleasure in theÌ„ which because they néede no curious canuastings and nye syfting wee meane to bee so much the briefer Of the delicate neate and pretty kind of dogges called the Spaniel gentle or the comforter in Latine Melitaeus or Fotor THere is besides those which wée haue already deliuered another sort of gentle dogges in this our Englishe soyle but exempted from the order of the residue the Dogges of this kinde doth Callimachus call Melitaeos of the Iseland Melita in the sea of Sicily which at this day is named Malta an Iseland in deede famous and renoâ—med with couragious aud puisaunt souldiours valliauntly lighting vnder the banner of Christ their vnconquerable captainâ— where this kind of dogges had their principall beginning These dogges are litle preâ—ty proper and fyne and sought for to satisfie the delicatenesse of daintie dames and wanton womens wills instrumentes of folly for them to play and dally withall to tryâ—â—e away the treasure of time to withdraw their mindes from more commendable exercises and to content their corrupted concupiscences with vaine disport A selly shift to shunne yrcksome ydlnesse These puppies the smaller they be the more pleasure they prouoke as more méete play fellowes for minsing mistrisses to beare in their bosoms to kéepe company withal in their chambers to succour with sléepe in bed and nourishe with meate at bourde to lay in their lappes and licke their lippes as they ryde in their waggons and good reason it should be so for coursnesse with fynenesse hath no fellowship but featnesse with neatenesse hath neighbourhood enough That plausible prouerbe verified vpon a Tyraunt namely that he loued his sowe better then his sonne may well be applyed to these kinde of people who delight more in dogges that are depriued of all possibility of reason then they doe in children that be capeable of wisedome and iudgement But this abuse peraduenture raigneth where there hath bene long lacke of issue or elsewhere barrennes is the best blossome of bewty The vertue which remaineth in the Spainell gentle otherwise called the comforter NOtwithstanding many make much of those pretty puppies called Spaniels gentle yet if the question were demaunded what propertie in them they saye which shoulde make them so acceptable and precious in their sight I doubt their aunswere would be long a coyning But seeing it was our intent to trauaile in this treatise so that the reader might reape some benefite by his reading we will communicate vnto you such coniectures as are grounded vpon reason And though some suppose that such dogges are fyt for no seruice I dare say by their leaues they be in a wrong boxe Among all other qualities therfore of nature which be knowne for some conditions are couered with continuall and thicke clouds that the eye of our capacities can not pearse through theÌ„ we find that these litle dogs are good to asswage the sicknesse of the stomacke being oftentimes thervnto applyed as a plaster preseruatiue or borne in the bosom of the diseased and weake person which effect is performed by theyr moderate heate Moreouer the disease and sicknesse chaungeth his place and entreth though it be not precisely marcked into the dogge which to be no vntruth experience can testify for these kinde of dogges sometimes fall sicke and somtime die without any harme outwardly inforced which is an argument that the disease of the gentleman or gentlewoman or owner whatsoeuer entreth into the dogge by the operation of heate intermingled and infected And thus haue I hetherto handled dogges of a gentle kinde whom I haue comprehended in a triple diuisioÌ„ Now it remaineth that I annex in due order such dogges as be of a more homely kinde A Diall pertaining to the thirde Section In the third section is coÌ„tained one kind of dog which is called the Spaniell gentle or the coÌ„forter It is also called A chamber coÌ„panion generally called Canie delicatus A pleasaunt play fellow generally called Canie delicatus A pretty worme generally called Canie delicatus The fourth Section of this discourse Dogges of a course kind seruing for many necessary vses called in Latine Canes rustici and first of the shepherds dogge called in Latine Canis Pastoralis Dogges of the courser sort are These two are the principall The shepherds dogge The mastiue or Bandogge THe first kinde namely the shepherds hounde is very necessarye and profitable for the auoyding of harmes and inconueniences which may come to men by the meanes of beastes The second sort serue to succour against the snares and attemptes of mischiefous men Our shepherdes dogge is not huge vaste and bigge but of an indifferent stature and growth because it hath not to deale with the bloudthyrsty wolf sythence there be none in England which happy and fortunate benefite is to be ascribed to the puisaunt Prince Edgar who to thintent that the whole countrey myght be euacuated and quite cleered from wolfes charged commaunded the welshemeÌ„ who were pestered with these butcherly beastes aboue measure to paye him yearely tribute which was nâ—te the wisedome of the King thrée hundred Wolfes Some there be which write that Ludwall Prince of Wales paide yéerely to King Edgar three hundred wolfes in the name of an exaction as we haue sayd before And that by the meanes hereof within the compasse and tearme of foure yeares none of those noysome and pestilent Beastes were left in the coastes of England and Wales This Edgar wore the Crowne royall and bare the Scepter imperiall of this kingdome about the yeere of our Lorde nyne hundred fifty nyne Synce which time we réede that no Wolfe hath bene seene in England bred within the bounds and borders of this countrey mary there haue bene diuers brought ouer from
declared already The Dogge called the Setter in Latine Index ANother sort of Dogges be there seruiceable for fowling making no noise either with foote or with tounge whiles they followe the game These attend diligently vpon theyr Master and frame their conditions to such beckes motions and gestures as it shall please him to exhibite and make either going forward drawing backeward inclining to the right hand or yealding toward the lest In making mencion of fowles my meaning is of the Partridge the Quaile when he hath founde the byrde he kéepeth sure and fast silence he stayeth his steppes and wil procéede no further and with a close couert watching eye layeth his belly to the grounde and so créepeth forward like a worme When he approcheth néere to the place where the birde is he layes him downe and with a marcke of his pawes betrayeth the place of the byrdes last abode whereby it is supposed that this kinde of dogge is called Index Setter being in déede a name most consonant and agreable to his quality The place being knowne by the meanes of the dogge the fowler immediatly openeth and spreedeth his net intending to take them which being done the dogge at the accustomed becke or vsuall signe of his Master ryseth vp by and by and draweth néerer to the fowle that by his presence they might be the authors of their owne insnaring and be ready intangled in the prepared net which conning and artificiall indeuour in a dogge being a creature domesticall or housholde seruaunt brought vp at home with offalls of the trencher fragments of victualls is not much so be maruailed at seing that a Hare being a wilde and skippishe beast was séene in England to the astonishment of the beholders in the yeare of our Lorde God 1564. not onely dauncing in measure but playing with his former feete vppon a tabberet and obseruing iust number of strokes as a practicioner in that arte besides that nipping pinching a dogge with his téeth and clawes cruelly thumping him with the force of his feete This is no trumpery tale nor trifling toye as I imagine and therefore not vnworthy to bee reported for I recken it a requitall of my trauaile not to drowne in the seas of silence any speciall thing wherin the prouidence and effectuall working of nature is to be pondered Of the Dogge called the water Spaniell or finder in Latine Aquaticus sâ—u Inquisitor THat kinde of Dogge whose seruice is required in fowling vpon the water partly through a naturall towardnesse and partly by diligent teaching is indued with that property This sort is somewhat bigge and of a measurable greatnesse hauing long rough and curled heare not obtayned by extraordinary trades but giuen by natures appointment yet neuerthelesse friend Gesner I haue described and set him out in this maner namely powlde and notted from the shoulders to the hinder most legges and to the end of his tayle which I did for vse and customs cause that beyng as it were made somewhat bare and naked by shearing of such superfluitie of heare they might atchiue the more lightnesse and swiftnesse and be lesse hindered in swymming so troublesome and needelesse a burthen being shaken of This kinde of dogge is properly called Aquaticus a water spaniel because he frequenteth and hath vsuall recourse to the water where all his game exercise lyeth namely waterfowles which are taken by the helpe seruice of them in their kind And principally duckes and drakes whervpon he is lykewise named a dogge for the ducke because in that quallitie he is excellent With those dogges also we fetche out of the water such fowle as he stounge to death by any venemous worme we vse them also to bring vs our boultes arrowes out of the water missing our marcke wherat we directed our leuell which otherwise we should hardly recouer and oftentimes they restore to vs our shaftes which we thought neuer to sée touche or handle againe after they were lost for which circumstaunces they are called Inquisitores searchers and finders Although the ducke other whiles notably deceaueth both the dogge and the master by dyuing vnder the water and also by naturall subtilty for if any man shall approche to the place where they builde bréede and syt the hennes go out of their neastes offering themselues voluntarily to the haÌ„ds as it were of such as draw nie their neasts And a certaine weaknesse of their winges pretended and infirmitie of their féete dissembled they go so slowely and so leasurely that to a mans thinking it were no masteryes to take them By which deceiptfull tricke they doe as it were entyse and allure men to follow them till they be drawne a long distaunce from theyr neastes which being compassed by their prouident conning or conning prouidence they cut of all inconueniences which might growe of their returne by vsing many carefull and curious caueates least theyr often haunting bewray the place where the young ducklings be hatched Great therfore is theyr desire earnest is theyr study to take héede not only to theyr broode but also to themselues For when they haue an ynckling that they are espied they hide themselues vnder turfes or sedges wherwith they couer and shrowde themselues so closely and so craftely that notwithstanding the place where they lurcke be found and perfectly perceaued there they will harbour without harme except the water spaniell by quicke smelling discouer theyr deceiptes Of the Dogge called the Fishers in Latine Canis Piscator THe Dogge called the fisher wherof Hector Boethus writeth which séeketh for fishe by smelling among rockes stones assuredly I knowe none of that kinde in England neither haue I receaued by reporte that there is any suche albeit I haue bene diligent busie in demaunding the question as well of fishermen as also of huntesmen in that behalfe being carefull and earnest to learne and vnderstand of them if any such were except you holde opinion that the beauer or Otter is a fishe as many haue beléeued according to their beliefe affirmed and as the birde Pupine is thought to be a fishe and so accounted But that kinde of dogge which followeth the fishe to apprehend and take it if there bee any of that disposition and property whether they do this for the game of hunting or for the heate of hunger as other Dogges do which rather then they wil be famished for want of foode couet the carckases of carrion and putrifyed fleshe When I am fully resolued and disburthened of this doubt I wil send you certificate in writing In the meane season I am not ignorant of that both Aelianus and Aelius call the Beauer 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a water dogge or a dogge fishe I know likewise thus much more that the Beauer doth participate this propertie with the dogge namely that when fishes be scarse they leaue the water and raunge vp and downe the lande making an insatiable slaughter of young lambes vntil theyr paunches be
whose longer absence he was lothe to lacke Some Dogges there be which will not suffer fyery coales to lye skattered about the hearthe but with their pawes wil rake vp the burnyng coales musyng and studying fyrst with themselues howe it myght conueniently be done And if so bée that the coales cast to great a heate then will they buyry them in ashes and so remoue them forwarde to a fyt place wyth theyr noses Other Dogges bée there which exequute the office of a Farmer in the nyghte tyme For when his master goeth to bedde to take his naturall sleepe And when A hundred barres of brasse aud yron boltes Make all things safe from startes and from reuoltes VVhen Ianus keepes the gate with Argos eye That daungers none approch ne mischiefes nye As Virgill vaunteth in his verses Then if his master byddeth him go abroade he lingereth not but raungeth ouer all his lands lying there about more diligently I wys then any farmer himselfe And if he finde any thing their that is straunge and pertaining to other persons besides his master whether it be man woman or beast he driueth them out of the ground not medling with any thing which doth belong to the possession and vse of his master But how much faythfulnes so much diuersitie there is in their natures For there be some Which barcke only with free and open throate but will not bite Which doe both barcke and byte Which bite bitterly before they barcke The first are not greatly to be feared because they themselues are fearefull and fearefull dogges as the prouerbe importeth barcke most vehemently The second are daungerous it is wisedome to take héede of them because they sounde as it were an Alarum of an afterclappe and these dogges must not be ouer much moued or prouoked for then they take on outragiously as if they were madde watching to set the print of their teeth in the fleshe And these kinde of dogges are fearce and eager by nature The thirde are deadly for they flye vpon a man without vtteraunce of voyce snatch at him and catche him by the throate and most cruelly byte out colloppes of fleashe Feare these kind of Curres if thou be wise and circumspect about thine owne safetie for they bee stoute and stubberne dogges and set vpon a man at a sodden vnwares By these signes and tokens by these notes and argumentes our men discerne the cowardly curre from the couragious dogge the bolde from the fearefull the butcherly from the gentle and tractable Moreouer they coniecture that a whelpe of an yll kinde is not worthe the kéeping and that no dogge can serue the sundry vses of men so aptly and so conueniently as this sort of whom we haue so largely written already For if any be disposed to drawe the aboue named seruices into a table what maÌ„ more clearely and with more vehemency of voyce giueth warning eyther of a wastefull beast or of a spoiling théefe then this who by his barcking as good as a burning beacon fore showeth hassards at hand what maner of beast stronger what seruauÌ„t to his master more louing what companion more trustie what watchman more vigilant what reuenger more constant what messinger more speedie what water bearer more painefull Finally what packhorse more patient And thus much concerning English Dogges first of the gentle kinde secondly of the courser kinde Nowe it remaineth that we deliuer vnto you the Dogges of a mungrell or currishe kinde and then will wee perfourme our taske ¶ A Diall pertaining to the fourth Section Dogs comprehended in the fourth section are these The shepherds dogge The Mastiue or Bandoggeâ— which hath sundry names diriued froÌ„ sundry circuÌ„stances as The kéeper or watch man called in Latine Canes Rustici The butchers dogge called in Latine Canes Rustici The messinger or carrier called in Latine Canes Rustici The Mooner called in Latine Canes Rustici The water drawer called in Latine Canes Rustici The Tinckers curr called in Latine Canes Rustici The fencer called in Latine Canes Rustici The fifth Section of this treatise Containing Curres of the mungrell and rascall sort and first of the Dogge called in Latine Admonitor and of vs in Englishe VVappe or VVarner OF such dogges as keepe not their kinde of such as are mingled out of sundry sortes not imitating the conditions of some one certaine spice because they reseÌ„ble no notable shape nor exercise any worthy property of the true perfect and gentle kind it is not necessarye that I write any more of them but to banishe them as vnprofitable implements out of the boundes of my Booke vnprofitable I say for any vse that is commendable except to intertaine strauÌ„gers with their bareking in the day time giuyng warnyng to them of the house that such such be newly come wherevpon we call them admonishing Dogges because in that point they performe theyr office Of the Dogge called Turnespete in Latine Veruuersator THere is comprehended vnder the curres of the coursest kinde a certaine dogge in kytchen â—eruice excellent For wheÌ„ any meate is to bée roasted they go into a wheele which they turning rounde about with the waight of their bodies so diligently looke to their businesse that no drudge nor skullion can doe the feate more cunningly Whom the popular sort herevpon call Turnespets being the last of all those which wée haue first mencioned Of the Dogge called the Daunser in Latine Saltator or Tympanista THere be also dogges among vs of a mungrell kind which are taught and exercised to daunce in measure at the musicall sounde of an instrument as at the iust stroke of the drombe at the sweete accent of the Cyterne tuned strings of the harmonious Harpe showing many pretty trickes by the gesture of their bodies As to stand bolte vpright to lye flat vpon the grounde to turne rounde as a ringe holding their tailes in their téeth to begge for theyr meate and sundry such properties which they learne of theyr vagabundicall masters whose instrumentes they are to gather gaine withall in Citie Country Towne and Uillage As some which carry olde apes on their shoulders in coloured iackets to moue men to laughter for a litle lucre Of other Dogges a short conclusion wonderfully ingendred within the coastes of this country Thrée sortes of them The first bred of a bytch and a wolfe In Latine Lyciscus The second of a bytche and a foxe In Latine Lacaena The third of a beare and a bandogge In Latine Vrcanus OF the first we haue none naturally bred within the borders of England The reason is for the want of wolfes without whom no such kinde of Dogge can bée ingendred Againe it is deliuered vnto thée in this discourse how and by what meanes by whose benefite and within what circuite of tyme this country was cleerely discharged of rauenyng wolfes and none at all left no not to the least number or the beginnyng of a number which is an Vnari Of the second sort we are not
dogge therevpon is called a daunser and in the latine Saltator you are so farre taught as you were desirous to learne And now suppose I there remaineth nothing but that your request is fully accomplished The winding vp of this worke called the Supplement c. THus Friend Gesner you haue not only the kindes of our countrey dogges but their names also as well in latine as in Englishe their offices seruices diuersities natures properties that you can demaunde no more of me in this matter And albeit I haue not satisfied your minde peradueÌ„ture who suspectest al spéede in the performaunce of your requeste employed to be méere delayes because I stayde the setting fourth of that vnperfect pamphlet which fiue yeares ago I sent to you as to a priuate friende for your owne réeding and not to be printed and so made common yet I hope hauing like the beare lickt ouer my younge I haue waded in this worke to your contentation which delay hath made somewhat better and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 after witte more meete to be perused The ende of this treatise FINIS An Alphabeticall Index declaring the whole discourse of this abridgement The number importeth the Page A. A Bridgement of Dogges 1. Abstinence from lost goods 27. Aelianus his opinion of bloodhoundes 6. Aelianus and Aelius opinion of of the beauer 19. Alfredus maintained iustice 27 An example of rebellion and the reward of the same 26 An example of loue in a dogge 31 Arcadian dogge 36 B. Bandogges bayte the Beare and the Bull. 25 Blondus opinion of a dogge 30 Blooddy and butcherlye curres 32 Beauer called a water dogge 19 Beauer wherein hee is lyke a dogge 19 Beasts preuented of succor 5 Bloodhoundes howe they are knowne 5 Bloodhounds conditions in huÌ„ting ibidem Bloodhounds whence they borrowe their names ibid. Blooâ—houndes pursue without wearinesse 6 Bloodhoundes discerne theeues from true men 6 Bloodhoundes hunte by water and by land ibid. Bloodhoundes whne they cease from hunting ibidem Bloodhoundes why they are kept close in the daye and let lose in the night ibide Bloodhounds haue not lybertye alwayes to raunge at wyll 7 Bloodhoundes are their maisters guides ibid. Borders of England pestred with pylferers ibidem Bloodhounds why â—hey are vsed in England and Scotland ibi Bloodhoundes take not the water naturally ibidem Bloodhoundes called Brache in Scottishe ibidem Bloodhounds when they barck 8 Butchers dogge 28 Butchers dogge why so called ibide C. Caius booke of dogges twyse written 1 Conny is not hunted 4 Connye caught with the ferryt ibidem Conny taken with the net ibi Continuaunce of tyme breedeth cunning 8 Castle of Flint 10 Cunnies preuented of succor 11 Callimachus 20 CoÌ„forter called Meliteus ibid. Comforters proportion described ibide Comforters condicions declared ibidem Comforters to what ende they serue ibidem Comforters the pretier the pleasaunter 21 Comforters companions of ydle dames ibidem Comforters why they are so much estemed among gentlefolkes ibidem Comforters what vertue is in them ibide Conditions natural som secrete some manifest ibide Comforters called by sundrye names ibide Cicero pro. S. Ross. 26 Countrey cotages annoyed with theeues ibidem Capitolium kept dogges at the common charge ibide Carrier why he is so called 28 Carriers seruice and properties ibidem Comeparcke a perillous place 30 CoÌ„mendation of the mastiue 32 D. Dogges for hunting two kindes generally 2 Diuerse dogges diuerse vses 4 Deceipt is th' instrument of the Tumbler 12 Dogges for the faulcon the phesaunt aud the partridge 15 Dogs are houshold seruants 16 Ducks deceaue both dogge and maister 17 Ducks subtyle of nature ibi Ducks disseÌ„ble weaknesse ibi Ducks prudent and prouident ibidem Ducks regarde them selues and their broode ibid. Dogges of a course kind ibi Dissembling theeues 27 Dissembling dogges 30 Defending dogges stick to their maisters to the death ibide Defending dogges greedy of reuengement ibidem Diuersitie of mastiues 32 Daungerous dogges ibid. Daunsers qualities 35 Daunsers begge for their meate ibidem Daunsers vsed for lucre and gaine ibid. Dogges wonderfullye ingendred ibidem E. England is not without Scottish dogges 2 Election in a gase hound 8 England and VVales are cleare from wolues 24 Edgar what tyme king of England ibidem Espirus a countrey in Graecia 28 F. Foxe hunted by the gasehound 8 Flight preuenteth peryl 9 Froisart historiographer 10 Flint Castle ibide French dogges bowe their skins be speckled 15 Fisher dogge none in Englande 18 Fisher dogge doubtfull if there be any such ibidem Faulcon and an Eagle fight 26 Faulcon kylled for fighting with an Eagle ibid. Fire betraied by a dogge 30 Fire raked vp by a dogge 31. Farmars keepe dogges ibid. Feareful dogges barke sorest 32 Foxes kept for sundrye causes 36 Foxes holsome in houses ibid. G. Gesner desirous of knowledge 1 Gesner earnest in experimentes ibi Gasehounde whence he hath his name 9 Gasehoundes vsed in the North. ibidem Gasehound somtimes loseth his waye ibidem Grehound light footed ibid. Grehounds special seruice ibi Grehoundes strong and swifte ibidem Grehounds game 10. Grehounds spare of body ibi Grehounds nature wonderfull ibid. Grehound of King Richarde ibid. Gentle dogge 14 Gratius Poet his opinion 37 Getulian dogge 38 H. Hunting wherin it consisteth 2 Hunting and fowleing doo differ 3 Hunting dogges fiue speciall kinds ibid. Harryer excelleth in smelling ibidem Harryer how he is known ibi Hare hunted by the gasehound 8 Henry Duke of Lancaster 10 Hole of the Conny their hauen of health 11 Hare daunsing in measure 16 Hare beating and thumping a dogge ibidem Heare a hinderaunce to the water Spaniell in swymming 17 Heare an vnprofitable burthen ibi Hector Boethus 18 Henrie the seuenth 26 Henries commaundement to hang all bandogges ibid. Henries Faulconer and his Faulcon ibi Hippocrates 38 I. Iustice mayntained by Alfred â—7 Ingulphus Croyladensis historiographer 28 Ianus watching 31 Indian dogges 37 Iseland curres rough and rugged ibid. Iselande curres mutch sette by ibidem K. King Richarde of England 10 King Edgars trybute out of VVales 23 King Henrie the seuenth 26 King of all beasts the Lyon. ibi King of all Birds the Eagle ibi Keepers seruice 28 Kingston oâ— Kingstoune verye famous in olde time 30 Kinges crowned at Kingstoune to the number of eyght theyr names are these Edward the first Athelstan Edmunde Aldred Edwin Edgar Edeldred Edwarde syrnamed Yron rybbes ibid. L. Leuiner quicke of smelling and swyft in running 10 Leuiner why so called ibi Leuiner foloweth the game eagerly ibi Leuiner taketh his pray speedilie ibid. Lyon king of all beasts 26 Lust of the flesh reconcileth enemies 36 M. Maisters becke a direction to the gasehound 9 Melita or Malta 20 Mastiues proportioÌ„ described 20 Mastiue why he is called Villaticus ibi Mastiues vse and seruice ibi Mastiues are mankind ibi Mastiues of great might 26 Molossia 28 Mooner why so termed 29 Mooner watchfull ibi Mungâ—ellesl 24 Maisâ—erles men carrie Apes about 35 Man in the moone 37 N. Nature hath
made some dogges for hunting 4 Naturall properties of the water spaniel 16 No VVolues in Englande nor VVales 24 No place free from theeues 27 Nothing escapeth the spoiler 28 Nonius bau wan 29 Names of the mastiue 33 Names of the spaniel gentle 22 Names of Dogges whence they were deriued 39.40.41.42 c. O. One Dogge hunteth diuerse beastes 4 Owners of bloudhoundes howe they vse them 6 Order of the Tumbler in hunting 11 Of the Cumane asse 37 Of brasen shanckt Thales ibi Oâ—ter 7 P. Properties of a bloudhound issuing from desire 7 Proportion and making of the water spaniel 17 Pupine a byrd and a fyshe 18 Princes pallace pestered with theeues 26 Paris in Fraunce 30 R. Rome maintained dogges 28 Rare toyes meete for Englishemen 37 S. Smelling is not incident to the gasehound 8 Spaniels of a gentle kinde 14 Spaniels two sortes ibide Spaniel of the lande what properties ibidem Spaniel for the hauke and the nette ibide Spaniels some haue speciall names ibide Spaniel a name vniuersall 15 Spaniels the colour of their skinnes ibidem Setters make no noyse or very litle in their game ibidem Setters giue attendaunce ibide Setters behauiour ibide Setter whence he hath his name 16 Sea calfe not numbred amonge Englishe dogges 19 Sea calfe called a dogge fishe ibi Seele or sea veale ibidem Spaniell gentle or the comforter 20 Shepherdes dogge 23. The necessity of their seruice ibi The proportion of them ibidem Shepherdes what benefite they reape by their dogges 24 Sheepherdes in what countreys they go before their sheepe ibidem Sheepe howe they flocke at the sheepherds whistle ibid. Sheepherds Dogge choose and take ibid. Salacones vaineglorious 27 T. Terrars hunt the badger and the Foxe 4 Terrars hunt as ferryts hunt ibi Terrars conditions ibid. Terrars holde fast with theyr teeth 5 Tumblers crafty and fraudulent 11 Tumblers why so named ibid. their trade in huÌ„ting ibi their dissembling of friendship ibi they hunt against the wind 12 Theeuish dogges ibidem Theeuish Dogge a night curre ibidem Theeues feare no law 27. Some steale for neede ibid. Some to maintaine brauery ibi Tynckers curres beare burthens 29. their conditions ibi they loue their masters ibid. Two suiters to one woman 30 Turnespet painefull in the kytchen 24 Thales with the brasen feete 37 V. Vertue of the comforter 21 Valentines law for vagabundes 27 Virgils vearse 31 W. VVatchwordes make Dogges perfect in game 8 VVonder of a Hare of Leuerit 16 VVater spaniell called the finder ibidem VVater spaniels what properties ibidem VVater spaniels their proportion 17. howe they be described by D. Caius ibidem VVhy so called ibidem VVhere their game lyeth and what it is ibidem VVhy they are called fynders ibidem VVanton women wanton puppies 20 VVolues bloudsucking beastes 23. none in England nor wales ibidem three hundred payde yearely to Prince Edgar ibid. VVarner what seruice he doth 34 VVappes vnprofitable dogges ibidem Y. Young dogges barcke much 8 Yolping and yelling in a bandogge 31 Yll kinde whelpes not regarded 31 The ende of the Index ¶ Faultes escaped thus to b'amended In the last page of the Epistle Dedicatory Quae for Qui Page 3. Grecians for Graecians Page 28. Canis Cultos for Canis Custos Page 38. Britanica for Britannica Other faultes we referre to the correction of the Reader There bée also certaine Accents wanting in the Gréeke words which because we had them not are pretermitted so haue wée byn fayne to let the Greeke words run their full length for lacke of Abbreuiations Studio industria Abrahami Flemingi