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The Master of Game

Edward of Norwich

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .her and mother, and of good getting (breeding) and of good nurture and from being born in good constellations, and in good signs of heaven, and that (is the case) with men and all other beasts. Men take them with hounds, with greyhounds and with nets and with cords, and with other harness,43 with pits and with shot44 and with other gins (traps) and with strength, as I shall say hereafter. But in England they are not slain except with hounds or with shot or with strength of running hounds.

40 In modern sporting terms, a warrantable deer.

41 See Appendix: Curée.

42 Should be: venison.

43 Harness, appurtenances. See Appendix: Harness.

44 Means from a cross-bow or long-bow.

An old deer is wonder wise and felle (cunning) [Pg 31] for to save his life, and to keep his advantage when he is hunted and is uncoupled to, as the lymer moveth him or other hounds findeth h. . . Read More

Community Reviews

Purportedly the oldest extant English book on hunting (being carried out as an aristocratic pastime). It’s a fun historical artifact, but I knocked off a star because this volume left out a few things from previous editions, including a foreword by Teddy Roosevelt. I read this because the internet l