Of the huntẏng of the haare

Now to speke of the haare how aƚƚ shaƚƚ be wroght

When she shaƚƚ with houndes be foundyn and soght

The first worde to the houndis that the hunt shaƚƚ owt pit

Is at the keneƚƚ doore when he openys it

That aƚƚ may hym here: he shaƚƚ say arere.

For his howndes wolde cum to hastely

That is the first worde my sonne of venery

And when he hath couplyd his houndes ychoon

And is forth with hem to the felde goon

And when he has of cast his cowples at wiƚƚ

Then shaƚƚ he speke and say his howndes tiƚƚ

Hors de couple auaunt se auaunt twis so

And then So ho so ho. thries and no mo

And then say .Sa sa cy auaunt So how I you pray

And iff ye se yowre howndes haue good wiƚƚ to renne

And draw a waywarde fro yow say as I yow kenne

Here how amy. agayne hem caƚƚ so

Than .Sweff mon amy sweff. to make hem soft go

And iff any fynde of the haare ther he hath bene

And he hight Richer or Bemounde thus to hym bedene

Oyes a Bemounde le vaillant. and I shaƚƚ you avowe

Qe quida tron̄ la cowarde on la court cowe

That Bemonde the worthe with owt any fayle

That wenyth to fynde the coward with the short tayle

¶ 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