The Master of Game

About this eBook

Author

Gaston III Phoebus, count of Foix, 1331-1391

Title

The Master of Game: The Oldest English Book on Hunting

Credits

Produced by Chris Curnow, Martin Mayer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

SK: Agriculture: Hunting sports

Subject

Hunting -- Early works to 1800

Category

Text

eBook-No.

43452

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43452

Release Date

August 12, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE MASTER OF GAME
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.ILLUSTRATIONS
4. 4.INTRODUCTION
5. 5.FOREWORD TO THE FIRST EDITION
6. 6.CHAPTER I THE PROLOGUE
7. 7.CHAPTER II OF THE HARE AND OF HER NATURE
8. 8.CHAPTER III OF THE HART AND HIS NATURE
9. 9.CHAPTER IV OF THE BUCK AND OF HIS NATURE
10. 10.CHAPTER V OF THE ROE AND OF HIS NATURE
11. 11.CHAPTER VI OF THE WILD BOAR AND OF HIS NATURE
12. 12.CHAPTER VII OF THE WOLF AND OF HIS NATURE
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII OF THE FOX AND OF HIS NATURE
14. 14.CHAPTER IX OF THE GREY (BADGER) AND OF HIS NATURE
15. 15.CHAPTER X OF THE (WILD) CAT AND ITS NATURE
16. 16.CHAPTER XI THE OTTER AND HIS NATURE
17. 17.CHAPTER XII OF THE MANNER AND HABITS AND CONDITIONS OF HOUNDS
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII OF SICKNESSES OF HOUNDS AND OF THEIR CORRUPTIONS
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV OF RUNNING HOUNDS AND OF THEIR NATURE
20. 20.CHAPTER XV OF GREYHOUNDS AND OF THEIR NATURE
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI OF ALAUNTES AND OF THEIR NATURE
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII OF SPANIELS AND OF THEIR NATURE
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII OF THE MASTIFF AND OF HIS NATURE
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX WHAT MANNER AND CONDITION A GOOD HUNTER SHOULD HAVE.
25. 25.CHAPTER XX HOW THE KENNEL FOR THE HOUNDS AND THE COUPLES FOR THE RACHES AND THE ROPES FOR THE LYMER SHOULD BE MADE
26. 26.CHAPTER XXI HOW THE HOUNDS SHOULD BE LED OUT TO SCOMBRE
27. 27.CHAPTER XXII HOW A HUNTER'S HORN SHOULD BE DRIVEN
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII HOW A MAN SHOULD LEAD HIS GROOM IN QUEST FOR TO KNOW A HART BY HIS TRACE
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV HOW A MAN SHOULD KNOW A GREAT HART BY THE FUMES 177
30. 30.CHAPTER XXV HOW A MAN SHOULD KNOW A GREAT HART BY THE PLACE WHERE HE HATH FRAYED HIS HEAD
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI HOW THE ORDINANCE SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE HART HUNTING BY STRENGTH AND HOW THE HART SHOULD BE HARBOURED
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVII HOW A HUNTER SHOULD GO IN QUEST BY THE SIGHT
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVIII HOW AN HUNTER SHOULD GO IN QUEST BETWEEN THE PLAINS AND THE WOOD
34. 34.CHAPTER XXIX HOW A HUNTER SHOULD GO IN QUEST IN THE COPPICE AND THE YOUNG WOOD
35. 35.CHAPTER XXX HOW AN HUNTER SHOULD GO IN QUEST IN GREAT COVERTS AND STRENGTHS
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXI HOW A HUNTER SHOULD QUEST IN CLEAR SPIRES AND HIGH WOOD 198
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXII HOW A GOOD HUNTER SHALL GO IN QUEST TO HEAR THE HARTS BELLOW
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIII HOW THE ASSEMBLY THAT MEN CALL GATHERING SHOULD BE MADE BOTH WINTER AND SUMMER AFTER THE GUISE OF BEYOND THE SEA
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIV HOW THE HART SHOULD BE MOVED WITH THE LYMER AND RUN TO AND SLAIN WITH STRENGTH
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXV HOW AN HUNTER SHOULD SEEK AND FIND THE HARE WITH RUNNING HOUNDS AND SLAY HER WITH STRENGTH
41. 41.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
42. 42.APPENDIX
43. 43.LIST OF SOME BOOKS CONSULTED AND ABBREVIATIONS USED IN TEXT
44. 44.GLOSSARY OF OBSOLETE ENGLISH TERMS AND WORDS OCCURRING IN THE ANCIENT TEXTS OF "THE MASTER OF GAME" AND IN APPENDIX.
45. 45.INDEX
46. 46.Extracts from Reviews in the English and American Press

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