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A14021	The noble arte of venerie or hunting VVherein is handled and set out the vertues, nature, and properties of fiutene sundrie chaces togither, with the order and maner how to hunte and kill euery one of them. Translated and collected for the pleasure of all noblemen and gentlemen, out of the best approued authors, which haue written any thing concerning the same: and reduced into such order and proper termes as are vsed here, in this noble realme of England. The contentes vvhereof shall more playnely appeare in the page next followyng.	Gascoigne, George, 1542?-1577.; Turberville, George, 1540?-1610?, attributed name.; Fouilloux, Jacques du, 1521?-1580. Vénerie.	1575 (1575)	STC 24328; ESTC S121817	161,973	257

water woulde haue made it colder and moyster and yet would also nourishe them better also if they should be neare vnto warennes they might breake out and be drawne to hunting amysse after Coneys Therefore it shall be beste to bryng them vppe abroade wyth mylke breade and all sortes of pottages and you shall vnderstande that to bring them vppe in Uillages of the countrey is muche better than to bryng them vppe in a Butcherie for as muche as they are not closed vppe and that they maye goe out when they will to seede and to learne the tracke of a chace Also bycause they are accustomed vnto the colde the rayne and all euill weather and are not so soone subiecte to runnyng after tame beastes when they are ordinarily bred amongest them on that otherside if they be bred in butcheries or shambles the fleshe and bloude they should eate would heate their bodyes in such sorte that when they should become greate and that they should runne in chace two or three raynye dayes they woulde marfounder them selues and would not fayle to become maungie and to be subiecte vnto madnesse and to runne after tame beastes bycause in the Shambles they feede ordinarily on bloud and neyther learne to questnor to hunte any thing at all To conclude I neuer sawe dogge come to good perfection especially to become a good haryer which was fed and brought vp in the Shambles In vvhat time men ought to vvithdravve their VVhelpes from their Nursse and vvhat kynd of bread and flesh is best to giue vnto them Chap. 11. IT shal be good to withdraw the whelpe from his nource when he is tenne moneths olde and to keepe them all together in kennell to th ende they may vnderstand and know one an other There is great difference to see a kennell of houndes nourished togither and all of one age and another of houndes gathered here and there bicause those whiche are brought vp togither do better vnderstand eche other and keepe closer togither in Crie than those whiche are gathered from sundrie places When you haue brought your whelpes to kennell you must hang clogges or billets of woodde aboute theyr neckes to teache them to go coupled the bread which should be giuen them should be a third parte of wheat a thirde of Barley or Otes and a thirde of Rie bicause beyng so mixed it keepeth them fresh and fatte and healeth or preserueth them from sundrie diseases whereas if it were all Rie it might make them skoure too much and if it were all wheate it would binde them too much the whiche would cause many diseases and therefore it is best so to mire one with an other Men must giue fleshe to their houndes in winter especially those whiche are leane and hunte the Harte but you should not feede haryers with fleshe for diuers considerations for if you do they will become fleshly and gyuen to hunte great beastes of chace and will make none accompt of the Hare and the Hare also doth often conueye hyr selfe amongst the heardes of tame beasts to be thereby ridde of the dogges and by that meanes the houndes might chaunce to leaue theyr chace and to runne after the tamer beasts But Buckhoundes and such as hunt the Harte will not so easily do it bicause the Bucke or Harte is of greater sent than the Hare in such sorte that his fleshe is vnto them more delicate and more greedely desired thā any other The best flesh that you can giue Houndes and that will beste set vp a weake hounde are horseflesh asse and mules fleshe as for beefe eyther oxe or cowes fleshe and suche like the fleshe is vnto them of a more soure substance You should neuer suffer your houndes to feede vpon any flesh vntill it be fleyed to the ende they may haue no knowledge neither of the beast nor of his heare I allow and prayse pottage made of Mutton Goates fleshe and the heades of beeues for such leane houndes as are variers And it shall not be amisse sometime to mingle therewith some brimstone the whiche may warme them Hereof I will more amply deuise in the treatie of receyntes How a Kennell ought to be situate and trimmed for Houndes Chap. 12. A Kennell ought to be placed in some orientall parte of a house where there may be a large courte wel playned being fourescore paces square according to the commoditie and abilitie of the Lorde whiche oweth it but the greater and larger that it is the better it will be for the Houndes bicause they shall haue the greater pleasure to play themselues and to skōmer through the middest of it were meete and good to haue a little chanell of good fountayne water neare vnto the whiche you shall lay a great trough of stone to receyue the course of the sayde water the whiche trough shal be a foote and a halfe high to the end the houndes may drinke thereat the more easily and that trough musfe be pearced at the one ende to let out the water and to make it cleane when you would In the highest place of the Courte it shal be good to buylde the kennell or lodging for the Houndes in the whiche you must haue two chambers whereof the one shal be larger than the other and in the same should be a chimney great large to make a fire when neede shall require The gates and windowes of the chāber must be set and situate agaynst the rising of the Sunne and the South the chamber should be raysed three foote higher than the leuell of the ground and in the floore you shoulde make two gutters and holes to the ende the filthinesse and vryne of the Houndes may thereby auoyde the walles ought to be well whited and the plankes well mortised and ioyned and so shall spyders fleas punayses and such like the lesse breede and remaine therein You must alwayes leaue them some little dore or wicket to go out into the courte when they would skommer or ease themselues then must you haue in the chamber little bodsteades which shal be raysed a good foote frō the groūd and therwithal let euery bedsteade haue vnder it a roller to remoue it where you will when you would make the place cleane and againe that when they come frō the chace and that it were needefull to warme them you may rolle thē as neare the fire as you wil also those bedsteads must be couered with hurdels or plankes pearced to the end that when the hounds do pisse the vrine may drayne to the groūd You must also haue another chāber wherin the Hūte may withdraw himself keepe his hornes cowples and other things necessarie I thought not needefull to speake of sumptuous chābres that which Princes cause to be made for their hoūds wherin there be closets stoues other magnificences for asmuch as that hath seemed vnto me to be more anoyance than profitable for the houndes for when they are accustomed to such heates beyng so tenderly and

thy selfe hast eke aboue all others prayse To h●…llow well in hollow woodes vnto thy houndes alwayes ●…so I haue seene in a Chronicle in the towne of Lambale a chapter which maketh mention that a Lord of the sayde place with a kennel of fallow and redde howndes did rowse a stagge in a forrest of the countie of Poiucti●…ur and did hunte and pursue him by the space of foure dayes in such sorte that the fourth day he tooke him neare to the citie of Paris And it is to be presumed that the fallow howndes are the auncient howndes of the Dukes and Lordes of Brytaine of the which the lord Admirall d'Anybauld and his predecessours haue alwayes kepte and mainteyned the race the whiche came first to be common in the time of the great King Frances father of Hūters These fallow houndes be hardie and of good sent keeping very wel their chace without chaunge and are almost of the same complexion that the white houndes are sauing that they endure not heat so well nor yet the prease or throng of the prickers and galloppers but they are swifter more vniuersall for all chaces and hotter in hūting and if it chance that a beast do stray out in the champaigne or the fieldes they yet do neuer lightly forsake the chace their complexion is strong for they feare neyther the colde nor the waters and they runne surely and are very hardie they are fayre hunters louing commonly the Harte better than any other kind of chace and they are more opinionate and harder to be taught than the whyte howndes and so are they able to endure greater payne and trauayle The beste that you shall finde of the race of these Fallow houndes are those whiche haue their heare most liuely redde and suche as haue a white spotte in theyr forehead or a ring aboute their necke and likewise those whiche are all altogither fallow but those that be lighter yellow beyng marked or spotted with blacke or dunne are not greatly to be esteemed those whiche are well ioynted and dewclawed are best to make bloudhoundes there are some whiche haue their tayles shagged like eares of Corne those are cōmonly good swift since Princes at these dayes haue mingled the races of Fallow howndes one with an other therfore they are become much strōger and better for the hart the which is the right chace to yeeld pleasure vnto Kyngs and Princes But such houndes are not meete for meane Gentlemen bycause they are commonly but for one chace and they passe not greatly for the Hare and other small chaces and agayne they are muche enclyned to runne at tame beastes Of the complexion and nature of dunne Houndes Chap. 4. OUr dunne houndes are suche as aunciently our Kynges of Fraunce and Dukes of Alencon did most esteeme They be common bicause they are fitte for most chaces and therefore they are fittest for Gentlemen for their nature and complexion is suche that they hunt all kynde of chaces which you would haue them to hunt The best of the race are such as be dunne on the backe hauing their foure quarters redde or tanned and the legs of the ●…ame coloure as it were the-coloure of a Hares legs Sometimes you shall see some that haue their hayre on the top of their backes dunne or almost blacke and their legges streaked and flecked with redde and blacke the which doe commonly proue excellent and although there are not many badde dunne houndes to be seene yet neuerthelesse the light dunne hauing their legges fallowe after a whytishe coloure are seldome so stron̄g nor so swifte as the other are and Princes can not so much delight in them for sundrye eauses One cause is for that they doe muche feare the throng of the huntesmen on horsebacke and they are troubled with their noyse for as muche as they are hote and of a great courage and put them selues quickly out of breath hearing the Crye and noyse of the hunters Another cause is that they feare heate and doe not greatly esteeme a chace whiche doubleth or turneth before them but if the chace holde endlong you shall hardely finde better or swyfter hounds although they be verie opinionate harde to beleeue their huntesman and verie easily inclyned to chaunge bycause of they●… heate and follye and bycause of the great compasses which they caste when they are at defaulte And aboue all thinges they sticke muche vpon knowledge of their maister and especially his voyce and his horne and will do for him more than for any other huntesman They ha●…e suche emulation amongest them selues that they knowe the voyce of their fellowes and whether they be sure or not for if they be babbler●… and lyers they will not lightly followe them They are houndes of great trauell fearing neither colde nor water and if they feele a chace to synke once before them and that it beginne to be spent once then will they neuer for●… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 they haue kylled it They which will take pleasure in them muste vse them 〈◊〉 this sorte At the fyrst vncoupling of them they must followe and encourage them as temperately as maye be and with verie little noyse for that they are hote and doe quickly ouershoote the tracke or path of the chace which they vndertake and therefore the huntesmen on horseba●…ke ought not ouer hastily to followe them vntill they vndertake it endlong nor likewise ought they not to come ouer hastily vnto them at a defaulte and they must likewise beware that they crosse them not for feare least they make them turne backe vpon them and so in this maner they may take pleasure in thē Of blacke hounds aunciently come from Sainct Huberts abbay in Ardene Chap. 5. THe houndes which we call Sainct Huberts houndes are cōmonly all blacke yet neuerthelesse their race is so mingled at these dayes that we finde them of all colours These are the hounds which the Abbots of Sainct Hubert haue alwayes kept some of their race or kynde in honour and remembrance of the Sainct which was a hunter with Sainct Eustace Wherevpon we may coniecture that by the grace of God all good huntsmen shall follow them into Paradise To returne vnto my former purpose this kind of Dogges hath bin dispersed thorough the Countries of Hennault Lorayne Flanders and Burgonye they are mighty of body neuerthelesse their legges are lowe and short likewise they are not swift although they be very good of sent hunting chaces whiche are farre straggled fearing neyther water nor colde and do more couet the chaces that smell as Foxes Bore and suche like than other bycause they ●…ince themselues neyther of swiftnesse nor courage to hunte and kill the chaces that are lighter and swifter The Bloudhoundes of this colour prooue good especially those that are cole blacke but I make no greate accompte to breede on them or to keepe the kinde and yet I founde once a Booke whiche a Hunter did dedicate to a Prince of Lorayne whiche seemed to loue

in the ende of October bycause of the Wynter and coldes whiche then beginne to reygne and for that mylke and other nouritures which are most meete for them doe then beginne to fayle and therefore it is then verie harde if they be whelped in such season that they shoulde escape death for as muche as the Winter hath ouertaken them before they haue force to endure the colde and though they doe escape yet will they be small and weake Another vnmeete season for whelpes is in Iuly and August bycause of the vehement heates and the flyes fleas and other vermyne which then will torment them But the best season to haue whelpes is in March Apryll and Maye when the time is temperate and the heate not ouer greate Also it is the right time which nature hath appoynted for the breeding of all lyuing creatures as Kyne Goates Sheepe and suche lyke for that is the season most fytte for their nouriture And seeyng that whelpes maye be bredde in all seasons and that many delyght to breede their kynde and to nourishe them in what season to euer they come I haue therfore thought good according to my fantasie to gyue vnderstanding of meanes howe to preserue them Fyrst if they be whelped in Wynter you shall take a Barrell or a Pype well dryed and knocke out the heade at the one ende thereof afterwardes put strawe therein and set it by a place where there is ordinarily a good fyre then turne the open ende towardes the fyre to the ende the whelpes may haue the ayre thereof and you shall feede the damme with good pottage or broth made with Beefe or Mutton Then when the whelpes begynne to lappe you shall accustome them also vnto pottage but such as haue no salte therein bycause salte doth make them drye and causeth them to become maungie vnto the which disease they are subiect when they are whelped in winter Also you shall put in their pottage much Sage other hote hearbes And if peraduenture you see that their haire do fall you shall then annoynt thē with oyle of Walnuts honny mingled together kepe them in their tun or which as cleane as you can and chaunge their strawe euery day and when you perceiue that they beginne to goe you shall haue a net made of strong thread laced with a thong and fasmed about the Tun or Pype euen as they couer a Swyssers drūme so that you may kepe them from going out and that other dogs do not byte them or that they be troden vpon or marred with mens feete And you must make this pype or tunne in such sorte that it may be opened when you will. And as touching other whelpes which are bred in Sommer they must be put in some freshe place whether other dogges come not ordinarily and you should lay vnder them some hardle or watlyng with strawe therevpon least the colde or moystnesse of the earth doe annoy them and that strawe must also be often changed They ought also to be in some darke place bycause the Flyes shall so least annoy them and therewithall it shall be also good to annoynte them twyce a weeke with oyle of Nuttes myngled and beaten with Saffron bruzed to pouder for that oyntment doth kyil all sortes of wormes and recomfortes the skynne and the synewes of dogges and keepeth them from byting of Flyes and Punayses And sometyme you must also annoynte the Bytch in like manner and put there to the iupce of Berue or wylde Cresseys for feare least she fyll hir whelpes full of Fleas and forget not to nourishe hir with pottage as is before rehearsed When the whelpes shall be fyfteene dayes olde you muste worme them and eyght dayes after you may cut off one ioynte of theyr tayles in suche fourme and manner as I will prescribe hereafter in the treatie of Receiptes Afterwardes when they shall begynne to see and to rate you muste gyue them good mylke alwayes hote whether it be Cowes mylke Gotes mylke or Ewes mylke and note that it shall not be good to wayne them and put them to keeping abroade vntyll they be two monethes olde and that for dyuers causes One bycause the longer they taste of theyr dammes teate the more they shall take of hir complexion and nature the which we may see by experience For when a Bytch hath whelpes let a mastyffe bytch gyue sucke to that one halft and you shall fynde that they will neuer be so good as those which the damme dyd bring vppe Another cause is that if you separate them one from another before they be two monethes olde at the least they will be chyll and tender and it will be straunge vnto them by want of their damme which was wont to keepe them warme The signes and tokens which a man ought to regarde in iudging whether the whelpes will be good or not Chap. 9. THE auncient Authours would say that a man maye knowe the best whelpes by the dammes teates and that such as commonly sucked the teates which are nearer the heart of the damme are the best and the strongest bycause the bloude about that place is most lyuely and delicate Others haue sayde that they might be knowne by a token which they haue vnder the throate whereas there are certayne haires lyke vnto Hogges brystles and that if there be odde haires it is a token of goodnesse and that if there be euen it is an euill token Some other haue taken marke by the hynder legges by the dewclawes for if there be none saye they it is a good token and if there be but one it is also good but if there be two it is an euill likelyhoode Some agayne wyll looke within the mouth of the whelpe thinking that suche as haue the roofe of their mouthe blacke should be good and suche as are redde there should not be muche worth And if they haue theyr nostrelles wyde and open it is a sygne that they shall be of perfect sent As to the consideration of other partes of the bodye there is no great iudgement vntyll they be three or foure monethes olde Neuerthelesse I take them whiche haue long large and thicke eares and the hayre vnder their belly hard and great to be the best and those markes I haue proued and founde true Nowe bycause I haue thereof spoken a little before I will speake none other thing therevpon at this present That it is best bringing vp of whelpes in villages in the countrey and not in shambles Chap. 10. WHen your whelpes be brought vp two monethes vnder the damme and that you see they can feede well then shall it be good to feede them abroad into the Uyllages to keepe in some fayre place whiche is neare vnto some water and farre from any Warren of Coneys for as much as if they haue scarcetie of water and when they come to be of force they maye chaunce to be subiecte vnto madnesse bycause theyr bloude wyll become hote and drye whereas the

yere when he doth most deuoure No no the minds of men which still be vainely bent Must haue their change of 〈◊〉 as first the Hare in Lent The Hart in Sommers heate and me poore Foxe in cold But wherto serue these sundry sports these chases manyfold Forsoth to ferde their thoughts with drags of vaine delight Whereon most men do muse by day wheron they dream by night They must haue costly clothes they must haue deintie fare They must haue coudxs stuft with doune they must haue all in square They must haue newfound games to make thē laugh their ●…iill The must haue foules they must haue beasts to bayt to hunt to kyll And all when all is done is nothing else but vayne So Salomon the wiseman sayd and so sayes Raynerd playne An aduertisment of the Translator I 〈◊〉 in mynè Author nothing written either of the wild Cat or of the Marterne and yet both those are vermine whiche we vse here in England cōmonly to hunt and in my iudgement as necessarie to be hunted as any vermine can be For the question may be doubtfull whether eyther Foxe or Badgerd doe more hurt than the wild Cat doth Since there are few gentlemen in England but haue commoditie by Conies either great or smal and I am sure that there is no vermine which doth more hurt in a Warren of Conies than a wild Cat doth And therewithal I haue heard some hunters say that she l●…aueth as great sent maketh as good a cry for the time as any vermin that is hunted especially the Marterne passeth all other 〈◊〉 for sweetnesse of sent and hir case is a noble ●…urre The wild Cats case is nothing so good furre but it is verie warme and medicinable for sundry a●…s and paines in the bones and ioynts Also hi●… greace is very good for sinewes that be shronke These two chases are not to be sought of purpose vnlesse the huntsman doe see them where they pray and can go readily to him But if a hound chance to crosse them he wil hunt it assone as any chase they make a noble crye for the time that they stand vp At last when they may no more they wil take a tree and therein seeke to begile the hounds But if the hounds hold in to them wil not so giue it ouer then they will leape from one tree to another make great shifte for their liues with no lesse pastime to the huntsmen When they are killed you must hold them vp vpon a pyked staffe hallowe in all your hounds then reward thē with some meate For the flesh of these 〈◊〉 is not good for a hoūd Thus much I haue thought good of my self to write according to my country hunting Of the hunting of the Otter Chap. 75. THe Otter is a beast well knowne Shee feedeth on fishe and lyeth neare vnto Ryuers Brookes Pooles and fishepondes or Meares hir lying commonly is vnder the rootes of trees and sometimes I haue seene them lying in ●… hollowe tree foure or fiue foote aboue the grounde euen as a Foxe Polcat wildecat or Badgerd will destroye a Warren so will the Otter destroy all t●…e fishe in your pondes if she once haue founde the waye to them She dyueth and hunteth vnder the water after a wonderfull manner so that no fishe can escape hir vnlesse they be verie great and swift A litter of Otters will destroy you all the fishe in a ryuer or at least the greatest store of them in two myles length They goe sault at suche times as firrets go sault which time euery mā may eassy know And they kindle bring forth their yong Otters euen as firrets do somtimes more somtimes lesse To speak a truth they seem to be a kind of water firrets There is great cunning in the hunting of thē as shal be saide in the next chapter also it is possible to take thē vnder the water by the ryuers side both in traps in snares as you may take a Hare with Harepypes or such like gynnes They byte sore and venomously and defende them selues stoutly And if they be taken in snares if they abyde long they will sone sheare themselues out with their teeth I will not speake much more of their nature but onely that they are footed like a Goose I meane they haue a webbe betweene theyr clawes and haue no heele but onely a rounde ball vnder their soale of their foote their tracke is called the marke of an Otter as we say the slot of an Hart and their fewmets are called spraynts as hath bene sayde before An Otter abideth not much nor long in one place but if she be frayed or finde any fault as they are very perfectly of smellyng and hearing they will forsake their couche shifte a mile or two vp or downe a riuer the like wil she do if she haue once destroyed the store of fishe and finde no plentie of feeding From a pondgarden or good store of fishpondes she wil not lightly be remoued as long as there is store of fish in them for therein fishes are taken with more ease than in the Riuers or greater waters but inough of their natures How to hunte and take an Otter Chap. 74. VVHen a huntesman would hunte the Otter he should first send foure seruants or varlets with bloudhounds or such 〈◊〉 as will drawe in the lyame let him sende them twoo vp the Riuer and two downe the riuer the one couple of thē on th●…t one side the other on that other side of the water And so you shal be sure to finde if there be an Otter in that quarter for an Otter cannot long abide in that water but must come forth in the night to make his 〈◊〉 sometimes to feede on grasse and heathes by the waters side If any of theyr lyamhounds finde of an Otter let that huntesman looke in the softe groundes and moyst places to see which way he bent the head vp or downe the riuer or if he cannot perceyue it by the markes he may partly perceyue it by that sprayntes then he may follow his hounde lodge it euen as you would do a Deare or a Bore And if he finde not the Otter quickly he may then iudge that he is gone to couche somewhere further off from the water for an Otter will sometimes seeke his feede a myle or little lesse from his couche and place of reste and commonly he will rather go vp the Riuer than downt for goyng vp the streame the streame bringeth him sent of the fishes that are aboue him and bearing his nose into the winde he shall the sooner finde any faulte that is aboue him also you should make an assembly for the Otter as you do for that Harte and it is a note to be obserued that all such chaces as you draw after before you 〈◊〉 them lodge them or herbor them you shoulde make a solempne assembly to heare

mingled put therein from off the fire a pound a half of Brymstone two pound of Copporas wel tried xii ounc●…s of Uerdegreace styr thē into it vntil it be cold This oyntment will kill heale all maner of manges itches how strong or vehement soeuer they be And before you anoynt your dogs therewith wash them rub them all ouer with water salt to clense their skins Afterwardes leade them to a good fire tye them there fast vntil they may sweate a good houre a half giuing them water to drinke lap their belly full When they are thus dressed warmed feede thē with good brothes made with Mutton boyled with a litle brimstone to warme thē within with good holsome hearbes continuing that dyet eight dayes Another medicine for the Tettar THe Tettar commeth vnto many dogs naturally or by kind or by age and it may be thus healed Take away the haire in the places where the Tettarres are then rub the dog with lye salt and vineger vntil the ringwormes do bleed And afterwards anoynt them with this oyntmēt Take a pound of an oyntment called Vnguentum enulatum half a pound of another ointmēt called Pomphiligos two pounds of the oyle of Nuts Tar a pounde a pound of the oyle of Cade half a pound of Brimstone half a pound of Soote half ●… pound of Vytrioll or Copperosse foure ounces of the lytarge of Golde foure ounces of white leade foure ounces of Uerdigreace sixe ounces of Roch Alume Beate them all to pouder boyle and incorporate them together with half a pound of vineger This oyntmēt is most excellent for the Tettar vsing it as before sayd For the common Mange THe common Mange commeth of tentimes by reason that the dogs lacke fresh water to drinke when they desire it Or else by foule filthy lodging kennelling As in swinesties or vpon the straw wherevpon other mangic dogs haue line And it may also come by foundring melting of their greace This mange may be easily healed without the drugs and drams before rehearsed but only with decoction of these herbes following Take two handfull of wild Cressyes otherwise called Berne two handfull of Enula campana of the leaues or rootes of wylde Sorrell and the roote of Roerb as much and the weight of two pounds of rootes of Frodyls make them al boyle wel in lye vineger When they are all well boyled you must streine the decoction take the iuice therof mingling it with two poūds of grey Sope and when the Sope is well melted and mingled in it thē rub your dogs with it foure or fiue days together it will heale thē This receipt al the rest I haue proued found medicinable A Receipt to heale the disease called the Wolfe which is a kernell or round bunch of flesh which groweth and increaseth vntill it kill the dogge THis disease or botch hapneth often vnto dogs And to heale it you must haue good regard in what place it is For if it be in any part of the bodie where many vaynes be or Arteryes then will it be verie harde to take it awaye But this is the meane to take a Wolfe away in places where you maye conuenyently There are two maners of curing of it The one is by Incision and that other by Receipt He that wil make incysion must first looke howe many va●…es and arteries doe come from any parte of the bodye vnto the place where the Wolfe is Then must he haue a sharpe foursquare needle that must be a little bended or crooked That being threeded with a good strong threed let him thrust his needle vnderneath the vayne and drawe it through and so let him with both ends of the threed tye the vayne as hard and close as he can and cut off the ends Thus shal he do with al the vaines which haue recourse into the disease for bleeding for marring his incision Then let him take a razor and cut rounde about the botch within the knots that are tyed about the vaines and so take away and cut out the botch or lumpe Then ●…hall he immediately take a hote Iron sear●… the little endes and ●…ypes of the vaynes and arteries Afterwardes he shall first apply vnto it a playster made of Sanguis draconis yolkes of egs pouder of burnt lynnen and good vyneger brused and tempred together And he muste mussell vp his dogge for feare least he byte the threads which tye the ends of the vaines and arteries and dresse him euery day with Larde melted in warme water and mingled and ●…rayed together with Pompiligos Aboue al things take heede that the vaynes bleede not at any time till the dogge be hole I take this Wolfe to be that which we call a Wenne Another approued receipt for the same TAke three great blacke thorns when they be grene fresh gathered lay thē xxiiij houres in steepe in a womans termes being wet moyled therwith pricke thē into the wolfe or Wen as far as they will go And if the Wolfe or Wen be so hard that they will not enter then make holes before with some bodkin or great pinne and thrust the thornes fast in and neuer take them out vntill they fall out of themselues This done the Wolf wil die and fall away by little and little Remember that the dog be fast musled for plucking out the thornes A receipt to kil Fleas Lice Tykes and other vermin on dogs and to keepe them cleane TAke two handfull of the leaues of Berne or wilde Cressyes as much of wilde Sorrell as much of Mynts and boyle thē in lye made with vine leaues and put amongst them two ounces of Stauesaker When it is well boyled streyne them cleane and take the decoction and mingle therein two ounces of Sope and one ounce of Saffron with a handfull of Salte Mingle all this together and washe your dogs therewith A receipt to kill wormes and cankers in a dogges eares or vpon any part of his bodie TAke the huskes of Walnuts and bruse them well then put them in a pot with a quart of Uyneger and let them stande so two houres That being done let them boyle two or three whalmes vpon the ●…ire Then strein them in a faire lynnē cloth put vnto the decoction these pouders one ounce of Aloe eupaticque called with vs Aloes cabellina one ounce of a Hartes horne burned an ounce of Rosyne Bruze all these into pouder put thē vnto the decoction in some pot When they haue stoode so together an houre or two droppe a little of it vpon the place where the worms cankers are it will kill them immediatly Another for the same TAke an Oxe gall Rosine in pouder Aloes in pouder vnsleakt Lyme in pouder Brimstone in pouder mingle them altogether with the Oxe gall it will kyll the wormes make them fall away Some haue vsed in times past to put