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HE that would hunte a Badgerde, must seeke the earthes and burrowes where they lie, and in a fayre mooneshine night, let him go vnto them vpon a cleare winde, and stoppe all the holes but one or two, & in those let him set sacks or pokes fastned with
some drawing string which may shut him in as •…•…one as •…•…e str•…•…i∣neth the bag. Some vse no more but to set an Hoope in y• mouth of the sacke or poke, and so put it into the hole: and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 as the Badgerd is in the poke and streyneth it, the poke slippeth off the hoope and followeth him into the earth, and so he lieth tumbling therein vntill he be taken, and these men are of opinion, that as∣soone as y• Badgerds head is once within the Sacke or hole, hee will lie still and wil not turne backe againe for any thing. The bagges or Sacks being thus set, let your Huntsman cast off hys Houndes, and beate all the groues, hedges, and tufts, within a mile or halfe a mile about, whiche are most likely: and when the Badgerd heareth any hunting, hee will straightwayes home to his earth, and there is taken as beforesayd. Euer remember that he which standeth to watch the pokes, do stand close and vpon a cleare wind, for else the Badgerd will soone find him & then wil forsake that earth to seeke some other, or else to escape some other way: but if y• hounds chance to encounter him, or to vndertake y• chace before he be gottē into his earth, or recouered neare vnto it, thē wil he stand at bay like a Bore, and make you good pastime.