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.

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Title: 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.
Author: Gascoigne, George, 1542?-1577.
Publication: [[London] :: Imprinted by Henry Bynneman, for Christopher Barker,; [1575]]
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Subject terms: Hunting -- Early works to 1800.
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Of the iudgement of the Abatures and bea∣ting downe of the lowe twigges and the foyles. Chap. 26. (Book 26)

IF you will know whether an Harte be high or not, and like∣wise the greatnesse and thicknesse of his bodie, you must looke where he entreth into a thicket amongest the fearnes and small twigges the whiche he hath ouerstridden, and marke thereby the heigth of his belly from the ground, whiche you shall perceyue by the heigth of the brakes or twigges whiche he hath borne downe. His greatnesse is knowen by the sides of the brakes or twigges where his bodie hath pas∣sed for it is harde if you finde not some drie broken stickes or suche like whereby you may measure his greatenesse.