Dibdin, Thomas Frognall; Spencer, George John [Oth.]: Bibliotheca Spenceriana: or a descriptive catalogue of the books printed in the fifteenth century, and of many valuable first editions, in the library of George John Earl Spencer (Band 4) (London, 1815) [Cicognara, 4650-4]

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On the reverse, we have an aeeount of * Bestis of the chace of the
swete fewte & stinldng, ’ followed by sundry other curious matter;
some of which is of such a nature as to excite considerable doubt

Hors de couple auaunt se auaunt. twis so

And then So ho so lio. thries and no mo

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

And iff ye se yowre howndes haue goode wiil to renne

And draw a waywarde fro yow say as I yow kenne

There bon amy. agayne hem call so

Then. Sweff mon amy streff. to make hem sofi go

And iff any fynde of the haare ther he hath bene

And lie liight Iticher or Bemounde thus to hym bedene

Oyes a Bemounde le vaillant. and I shall you avowe

O quida troii la cowarde on la court cowe

That Bemonde the worthe witli out any fayle

That wenyth to fynde the coward with the short tayle

And iff ye se where the liaare at pasture hath bene
Iff hit be in the tyme of the corne grene
And iff yowre houndis chace weell at yowre will
Then. iij. motis shall ye blaw booth lowde and shill
There oon and there an otlier there he 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 all the feld abowte
To se at hir pasture where slie liath be in or oute
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 her mace
Ther as she hath byne and is goon oute of that place
Ha se touz cy est yll. so shall ye say
Venez aser so how sa. also lowde as he may
Sa cy ad este so liow. after that
Sa sa cy auaunt. and tlierof be not lat
And when ye se vnto the playne her at the last
In felde or in errabull londe: or in to the wode past
And yowre liounde will fynde of her ther tlien
Say. la douce amy la est a, and do as I yow ken
That is to say swete frende: tlier is he come low
For to dry here; And ther with ye shall say so how
Illoques cy douce cy vaylaunt so how so how. tlien twy
Thus may ye now dere sonnys lerne of venery
And when ye come ther as ye trow lie will dwell
And so serneth to yow well then say as I yow tell
La douce la est a venuz. for to dwell thoore
And therwith. iij. sohow. say ye no moore.