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The Master of Game: The Oldest English Book on Hunting

by of Norwich Edward

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Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Foreword to the First Edition
  3. Chapter I. The Prologue
  4. Chapter II. Of the Hare and of Her Nature
  5. Chapter III. Of the Hart and His Nature
  6. Chapter IV. Of the Buck and of His Nature
  7. Chapter V. Of the Roe and of His Nature
  8. Chapter VI. Of the Wild Boar and of His Nature
  9. Chapter VII. Of the Wolf and of His Nature
  10. Chapter VIII. Of the Fox and of His Nature
  11. Chapter IX. Of the Grey (Badger) and of His Nature
  12. Chapter X. Of the (Wild) Cat and Its Nature
  13. Chapter XI. The Otter and His Nature
  14. Chapter XII. Of the Manner and Habits and Conditions of Hounds
  15. Chapter XIII. Of Sicknesses of Hounds and of Their Corruptions
  16. Chapter XIV. Of Running Hounds and of Their Nature
  17. Chapter XV. Of Greyhounds and of Their Nature
  18. Chapter XVI. Of Alauntes and of Their Nature
  19. Chapter XVII. Of Spaniels and of Their Nature
  20. Chapter XVIII. Of the Mastiff and of His Nature
  21. Chapter XIX. What Manner and Condition a Good Hunter Should Have
  22. Chapter XX. How the Kennel for the Hounds and the Couples for the Raches and the Ropes for the Lymer Should Be Made
  23. Chapter XXI. How the Hounds Should Be Led Out to Scombre
  24. Chapter XXII. How a Hunter's Horn Should Be Driven
  25. Chapter XXIII. How a Man Should Lead His Groom in Quest for to Know a Hart by His Trace
  26. Chapter XXIV. How a Man Should Know a Great Hart by the Fumes
  27. Chapter XXV. How a Man Should Know a Great Hart by the Place Where He Hath Frayed His Head
  28. Chapter XXVI. How the Ordinance Should Be Made for the Hart Hunting by Strength and How the Hart Should Be Harboured
  29. Chapter XXVII. How a Hunter Should Go in Quest by the Sight
  30. Chapter XXVIII. How an Hunter Should Go in Quest Between the Plains and the Wood
  31. Chapter XXIX. How a Hunter Should Go in Quest in the Coppice and the Young Wood
  32. Chapter XXX. How an Hunter Should Go in Quest in Great Coverts and Strengths
  33. Chapter XXXI. How a Hunter Should Quest in Clear Spires and High Wood
  34. Chapter XXXII. How a Good Hunter Shall Go in Quest to Hear the Harts Bellow
  35. Chapter XXXIII. How the Assembly That Men Call Gathering Should Be Made Both Winter and Summer After the Guise of Beyond the Sea
  36. Chapter XXXIV. How the Hart Should Be Moved with the Lymer and Run to and Slain with Strength
  37. Chapter XXXV. How an Hunter Should Seek and Find the Hare with Running Hounds and Slay Her with Strength
  38. Chapter XXXVI. Of the Ordinance and the Manner of Hunting When the King Will Hunt in Forests or in Parks for the Hart with Bows and Greyhounds and Stable
  39. Appendix
  40. List of Some Books Consulted and Abbreviations Used in Text
  41. Glossary of Obsolete English Terms and Words Occurring in the Ancient Texts of "the Master of Game" and in Appendix
  42. Extracts from Reviews in the English and American Press

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