Part 15

Me quoque vicinis pereuntem gentibus, inquit, Me juvit Stilico, totam cum Scotus lernen Movit, et infesto spumavit remige Tethys.

and again,

[Sidenote: Claudian. de +iv.+ Cons. Honor. vs. 32.]

maduerunt sanguine fuso Orcades: incaluit Pictorum sanguine Thule: Scotorum cumulos flevit glacialis Ierne.

[Sidenote: Arrian. de Venat. c. +vi.+]

[Sidenote: Ovid. Metam. L. +vii.+ 754.]

That these Canes _Scotici_ were our Canes bellicosi seems _highly improbable_; for the latter had been known in Rome for several centuries, and could not have been deemed _rarities_ in the days of Symmachus. I am inclined, then, to view them as high-bred Celtic hounds, εἴτε τοῦ δασέος γένους, εἴτε τοῦ ψιλοῦ, naturalized in these isles, and thence again exported to Rome by Flavian. From the earliest date of their existence, there have ever been two varieties of fleet Gallic hounds. As at this time we have greyhounds with rough, and others with smooth hair, so in the days of Arrian were they distinguished in the same way. In the sixth chapter of his Cynegeticus, on the colour of hounds,[423] and its little importance to their merits, he observes that the hair, whether the dog be of the rough or smooth sort, should he fine, close, and soft:—by which I understand that, though the dog be what is termed wire-haired, the hair must not be coarse of texture, nor loose and shaggy. And from these sources we may derive the existing races of England, Scotland, and Ireland, without any _necessary_ commixture with _other_ blood, to account for the wire-haired skin. But the extraordinary sagacity of nose, superinduced on swiftness of foot, in certain varieties of modern Celtic hounds with rough coats, favours the notion of Buffon and others, that a cross has taken place with some alien, sagacious breed, at a remote period. Be this, however, as it may, we will consider the coarse-haired and more powerful varieties of Arrian’s Celt, the representatives of the wolf-hounds of Ireland and Scotland;[424] and the fabulous Lælaps, “the goodly grewnd” of Golding, presented by Dian to Procris,

quem cum sua traderet illi Cynthia, currendo superabit, dixerat, omnes,—

a poetical picture of an individual, whose counterpart the author had seen, or heard of, in Celtic Gaul, or some Celtic colony, and whose eagerness in the wolf or fox chase is fully supported by his high-mettled descendants;

[Sidenote: Ejusdem vs. 772.]

Jamdudum vincula pugnat Exuere ipse sibi, colloque morantia tendit. Vix bene missus erat; nec jam poteramus, ubi esset, Scire; pedum calidus vestigia pulvis habebat: Ipse oculis ereptus erat. Non ocior illo Hasta, nec excussæ contorto verbere glandes, Nec Gortyniaco calamus levis exit ab arcu, &c.

[Sidenote: Golding’s Ovid’s Metam. Booke Seventh.]

He struggling for to wrest his necke already from the band Did stretch his collar. Scarcely had we let him off from hand, But that where Lælaps was become we could not understand; The print remained of his feete upon the parched sand, But he was clearely out of sight. Was never dart I trow, Nor pellet from enforced sling, nor shaft from Creetish bow, That flew more swift then he did run.

[Sidenote: Fleming’s British Animals. p. 12.]

The modern Scotch greyhound differs from the Irish in many respects.[425] The former is rough and wiry, has a bearded snout, and ears half-pricked; the latter has short smooth hair and pendent ears; the Scotch is sharp, swift, and sagacious; the Irish dull-looking, harmless, indolent. The former is still common in North Britain, the latter is become exceedingly rare everywhere. From Mr. Lambert’s description of a modern specimen, the Irish wolf-greyhound seems to have degenerated much in size.[426]

[Sidenote: Synopsis Animalium.]

[Sidenote: Arrian. de Venatione. c. +xv.+ +xvi.+ +xvii.+]

[Sidenote: De Venat. c. +xxiv.+]

The genuine Celtic greyhound, such as he is represented on the Arch of Constantine, is the “Canis venaticus Graius seu Græcus” of Ray;—“qui aspectu feras venatur, cursu velocissimus, formâ corporis et incessu decorus;”[427]—a definition strictly harmonizing with Arrian’s more copious description, in c. +iii.+ c. +viii.+ sub fine, and other parts of his manual. The genuine quarry of this hound is the little fugacious hare; of which the historian of the Celtic chase supplies us with many illustrative anecdotes. That such was “the startled quarry” whereat “the gallant greyhounds,” Hormé, Bonnas, Cirras,[428] were wont to “strain,” over the champaign fields of Cisalpine or Transalpine Gaul, or wherever the father of the leash slipped the “proavorum atavi” of the courser’s hound,[429] can admit, I think, of no doubt. Indeed, the field-instructions of the Cynegeticus refer almost exclusively to hare-coursing: nor does it appear that the author himself, sensible, as he confessedly was, of the peculiar physical adaptation of the greyhound to the hare-course, was ever guilty of misapplying the dog to inappropriate quarry. The red-deer, however, is noticed by him, in his 23rd chapter, as a chase of the Vertragus, fraught with imminent danger, and needing high-mettled hounds.[430] And, subsequently, the same animal is pursued with Scythian and Illyrian galloways on the open plains of Mœsia, Dacia, Scythia, and Illyria:[431]—and, in the following chapter, we find the like diversions practised in Africa with barbs;[432] whereby red and roe deer, and wild asses of extraordinary agility and endurance, are captured by mere boys—a style of chase resembling the Arabian onager-hunting of the elder Xenophon’s Anabasis. But whatever innovations upon the established field-sport of the mother country may have been effected in remote Celtic colonies, by the substitution of other larger quarry in lieu of the hare, the latter is alone to be viewed as the legitimate prey of the Vertragus.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES AND VIGNETTES.

+The+ Emperor Trajan with hunters and a Celtic greyhound: Medallion from the Arch of Constantine. _L’Antiquité Expliquée par Montfaucon._ Tom. +iii.+ Liv. +iv.+ Tab. 175. Frontispiece.

Apollo and Diana—Twin-deities of the Chace: Silver coin of Delos. _Goltzii Numism. Græc. Ins._ T. +xviii.+ fol. +iii.+ Title-page.

The Author’s greyhound—ἄῤῥην κύων τῇ ἀληθείᾳ γενναῖος. _Arrian. de Venat._ c. +xxxii.+ Dedication page.

Procris presenting Lælaps and the fatal dart to Cephalus. _Metamorphos. Ovid._ L. +xv.+ _Æneis formis ab Antonio Tempesta Florentino incisi._ Back of do.

Ancient implements of writing;—picture from Herculaneum. _Antiquités d’Herculanum gravées par F. A. David._ Pl. +xxxiv.+ p. 50. Page 1

Hunter bearing spoils of the Chace: Ancient gem. _Le Gemme Antiche figurate di Michel Angelo Causeo de la Chausse._ +Cacciatore.+ T. 135. p. 54. 48

+Diana Aricina seu Nemorensis+: Ancient gem. _Begeri Thesaur. Brandenb._ T. +i.+ _Gemmæ_ p. 64. 49

Diana in her usual hunting attire: Ancient gem of _La Chausse_. +Diana Cacciatrice.+ T. 61. p. 21. 49

+Ganymede.+ _pierres gravées d’orléans._ +Tome i.+ T. +xii.+ 50

Celtic greyhound: Brass coin of Cythnus. _Goltzii N. G. Ins._ T. +xviii.+ fol. +vii.+ 51

Celtic greyhound: Brass coin of Cythnus. _Goltzii N. G. Ins._ T. +xviii.+ fol. +viii.+ 54

Diana Venatrix: a beautiful Cameo of _La Chausse_. +Diana.+ T. 8. p. 4. 63

Equestrian Courser: Ancient gem of _Maffei_. _Gemme Antiche._ T. +iv.+ +Caccia.+ t. +lxxi.+ p. 116. 64

Celtic greyhound: Silver coin of Cythnus. _Goltzii N. G. Ins._ T. +xviii.+ fol. +ix.+ 65

Greyhound puppies—a groupe in white marble in the British Museum; from the ruins of Antoninus’s Villa at Monte Cagnolo 66

Celtic greyhound killing a hare: Ancient ring. _Gorlæi Dactyliotheca._ fol. 120. 67

+Diana Pergæa+: Silver coin of Perga in Pamphylia. _Begeri Thesaur. Brandenb._ T. +i.+ p. 506. 175

+Votum seu Donarium Dianæ Venatrici.+ In Hortis Mediceis. _Admiranda Romanarum Antiquitatum ac Veteris Sculpturæ Vestigia, &c. à Petro Sancti Bartolo._ Tab. 33. 176

Celtic greyhounds and deer from Vaillant. _Montfaucon L’Antiq. Expliq._ T. +iii.+ 177

Genii hunting from _Maffei: Gemme Antiche._ T. +iv.+ +Caccia di Genii.+ T. +liv.+ p. 86. 178

Diana Venatrix: Silver coin of Syracuse. _Begeri Thesaur. Brandenb._ T. +i.+ Numism. Siciliæ, p. 384. 179

Celtic greyhound: Silver coin of Cythnus. _Goltzii N. G. Ins._ T. +xviii.+ fol. +x.+ 306

+Funeralis Pompa.+ In Ædibus Barberinis. _Admiranda Romanarum Antiquitatum ac Veteris Sculpturæ Vestigia, &c. à Petro Sancti Bartolo._ Tab. 70. 307

Porter or Watch-dog—Canis Custos: Ancient gem of _Maffei: Gemme Antiche._ T. +iv.+ cane, t. +lxxxviii.+ p. 137. 315

[The Plates and Vignettes are executed by Messrs. Day and Haghe, Lithographers to the King, 17, Gate Street, Lincoln’s Inn Fields.]

BIBLIOTHECA CYNEGETICA.

Ὅτι μὲν οὖν καὶ ἑτέροις ὑπὲρ τούτων ἐσπούδασται, καλῶς οἶδα· ἐγὼ δὲ ἐμαυτῷ ταῦτα, ὅσα οἷον τε ἦν, ἀθροίσας, καὶ περιβαλὼν αὐτοῖς τὴν συνήθη λέξιν, κειμήλιον οὐκ ἀσπούδαστον ἐκπονῆσαι πεπίστευκα. Εἰ δέ τῳ καὶ ἄλλῳ φανεῖται ταῦτα λυσιτελῆ, χρήσθω αὐτοῖς· ὅτῳ δὲ οὐ φανεῖται, ἐάτω τῷ πατρὶ θάλπειν τε καὶ περιέπειν· οὐ γὰρ πάντα πᾶσι καλὰ, οὐδὲ ἄξια δοκεῖ σπουδάσαι πᾶσι πάντα.

+Ælian. de Natura Animalium, Præfat.+

For the amusement of such as may be desirous of consulting the Cynegetical works cited in the preceding annotations on Arrian and the Appendix, a list of their respective titles and editions is subjoined.

The author does not pretend to enumerate all the known editions of each Cynegeticon, but only those of his own library. Where two or more of the same work are mentioned, the copy made use of is either pointed out by specification, or the name of the editor and place of publication are printed in italics. In cases of disputed text, different editions have been collated, and the most approved readings selected for use.

Enrolled in the catalogue are a few treatises _de re Venaticâ_ which the present writer has never seen. They are admitted on the authority of earlier compilers, in whose bibliothecæ they appear: but their importance to the θήρης κλυτὰ δήνεα (Oppian. Cyneg. +i.+ 16.) is assumed rather than established. Remoteness of residence from public libraries must plead for the author’s unavoidable ignorance. He could not certify by actual examination the admissibility of any book not on his own shelves. The works in question are distinguished by the prefixture of an asterisk.

A Bibliotheca Cynegetica upon the following plan was first attempted by Rittershusius in his _Prolegomena_ to Oppian, imperfectly executed by Lallemant in his _Bibliotheca Historica et Critica Thereuticographῶn_, and subsequently, but still far short of perfection, by Belin de Ballu in his prefatory matter to the poet of Anazarbus. The latter’s catalogue professedly excludes all prosaic works, save those of the classic ages—departing from its rule in the solitary instance of Conrad Heresbach’s Compendium. Of the English Cynegetica, Somerville’s Chace is alone admitted, the doggrel of the Book of St. Alban’s possessing insufficient poetical pretensions, perhaps, in the eyes of a foreigner, to place Dame Juliana Berners, or the “one sumtyme scole mayster of seynt Albons,” or whoever be the author of these antique canons, amongst those “qui _metricè_ hanc materiam persecuti sunt.” Proleg. in Oppian. p. +xvi.+ Ed. 4to.

* * * * *

[Sidenote: +i.+ Xenophon.]

Xenophontis Opuscula Politica, Equestria, et Venatica, cum Arriani Libello De Venatione, &c. _J. G. Schneider. Oxonii_, +mdcccxvii.+

Xenophontis Scripta Minora, &c. L. Dindorf. Lipsiæ, +mdcccxxiv.+

On Hare Hunting, from Xenophon, by W. Blane, Esq. London, 1788.

[Sidenote: +ii.+ Gratius.]

Gratii, qui Augusto principe floruit, de Venatione Lib. i. This edition of the Faliscian is contained in the rare little Aldine volume, entitled Poetæ tres egregii, &c. Aldus, +mdxxxiiii.+ Republished by Sig. Feyerabendius, ad calcem Venatûs et Aucupii J. A. Loniceri. Francoforti, +mdlxxxii.+

Gratii Falisci Cynegeticon, &c. Th. Johnson, A.M. Londini, +mdcxcix.+

Poetæ Latini Rei Venaticæ Scriptores, &c. _G. Kempheri. Lugdun. Batav._ +mdccxxviii.+

Poetæ Latini Minores. J. C. Wernsdorf. Altenburgi, +mdcclxxx.+

A Poem of Hunting, by Gratius the Faliscian. Englished and Illustrated by Christopher Wase, Gent. London, 1654.

[Sidenote: +iii.+ Arrianus.]

Arrianus De Venatione, ex interpretatione L. Holstenii. Paris, +mdcxliv.+

Arriani Tactica, Peripli, Cynegeticus, et Epicteti Stoici Euchiridion, ex Recensione Nicolai Blancardi. Amstelodami, 1683.

[433]ΑΡΡΙΑΝΟΥ ΤΑ ΣΩΖΟΜΕΝΑ κ. τ. λ. Ἐπεξεργασθέντα καὶ Ἐκδοθέντα ὑπὸ ΝΕΟΦΥΤΟΥ ΔΟΥΚΑ εἰς τόμους ἑπτά. ΕΝ ΒΙΕΝΝΗι ΤΗΣ ΑΟΥΣΤΡΙΑΣ, 1809.

Xenophontis Opuscula Politica, &c. cum Arriani Libello de Venatione. _J. G. Schneider. Oxonii_, +mdcccxvii.+

[Sidenote: +iv.+ Pollux.]

Julii Pollucis Onomasticum. Hemsterhuis. Amst. +mdccvi.+ The fifth book, addressed to the Emperor Commodus, affords much valuable information on the technicalities of classical venation.

[Sidenote: +v.+ Oppianus.]

Oppiani Poetæ Cilicis De Venatione Lib. +iiii.+ &c. Conrad. Rittershusii. Lugduni Batav. +mdxcv.+

Oppiani Poetæ Cilicis De Venatione Libri +iv.+ &c. _Joh. Gottlob Schneider. Argentorati_, +mdcclxxvi.+

Oppiani Poema De Venatione, &c. Jac. Nic. Belin De Ballu. Argentor. 1786.

J. Brodæi Turonensis Annotationes in Oppiani Cyneg. L. +iiii.+ &c. Basileæ. +mdlii.+

Oppiani De Venatione Libri +iiii.+ Joan. Bodino interprete, &c. Lutetiæ, +mdlv.+

* The First Book of Oppian’s Cynegetics translated into English Verse, &c. by John Mawer, A.M. London, 1736.

[Sidenote: +vi.+ Nemesianus.]

M. Aurelii Olympii Nemesiani Cynegeticôn Lib. +i.+ Aldus, +mdxxxiiii.+ (The same Aldine volume as before referred to, entitled Poetæ tres egregii, &c.) Nemesian also occurs in the collections of Poetæ Venatici of Feyerabendius, Johnson, _Kempher_, and Wernsdorf.

[Sidenote: +vii.+ Demetrius.]

ΚΥΝΟϹΟΦΙΟΝ. Liber De Curâ Canum. This work of Demetrius of Constantinople, written about A.D. 1270, was first published by Aurifaber. Wittembergæ, +mdxlv.+ The author’s editions are those of _Rigaltius_ in the Rei Accipitrariæ Scriptores. _Lutetiæ._ +mdcxii.+ and of Johnson, attached to his Latin Poets of the Chace. Londini, +mdcxcix.+

[Sidenote: +viii.+ =Guillame Twici.=]

* =Le Art de Venerie le quel Maistre Guillame Twici Venour le Roy d’Angleterre fist en son temps per aprandre autres.= This Ms. is reported by the Historian of English Poetry, Vol. +ii.+ p. 221. note m. to have been formerly among the Mss. of Mr. Fermor, of Tusmore in Oxfordshire.

[Sidenote: =Gyfford and Twety.=]

=The Craft of Hontyng of Mayster John Gyfford and Willm Twety that were with King Edward the Secunde.= It is also denominated =Le Venery de Twety and of Maystr John Giffarde=. Ms. Cotton. Vespas. B. +xii.+ The French work is unknown to the writer: but of =The Craft of Hontyng= a faithful transcript is in his possession.

[Sidenote: +ix.+ Gaston Phebus.]

* Des Deduitz de la Chasse de Bestes Sauvaiges et des Oyseaux de Proye. The celebrated work of Gaston Phebus, Comte de Foix, and Vicomte de Bearn, written about the year 1347; first printed by Anthoine Verard; secondly, by Jehan Treperel; and, subsequently, by Philippe Le Noir, under the title of Le Miroye de Phebus. The author has no copy of this work.

[Sidenote: +x.+ =Edmund de Langley.=]

=The Book of Huntyng the which is clepyd Mayster of the Game.= Ms. Cotton. Vesp. B. +xii.+ =Mayster of Game.= Ms. Harl. 5086. The author’s copy is a transcript of the Cottonian text, corrected by collation with the Harleian.

[Sidenote: +xi.+ Juliana Berners, or Julyans Barnes.]

The Boke of St. Albans. The first and second editions (1486 and 1496.) being exceedingly rare, the author is satisfied to quote from Mr. Haslewood’s elegant reprint of Wynkyn de Worde’s edition of the latter date. London, +mdcccx.+

Hawking, Hunting, and Fishing, with the True Measures of Blowing. _At London, printed by Edward Allde, 1586._

[Sidenote: +xii.+ Hercules Stroza.]

Cæsaris Borgiæ Ducis Epicedium, per Herculem Strozam ad divam Lucretiam Borgiam Ferrariæ Ducem. Francoforti, +mdlxxxii.+

[Sidenote: +xiii.+ Adrianus.]

Adriani Cardinalis S. Chrysogoni ad Ascanium Cardinalem S. Viti, Vicecancellarium Venatio. _Aldus_, +mdxxxiiii.+ (Poetæ tres egregii anteà citati). Francoforti, +mdlxxxii.+

[Sidenote: +xiv.+ Lonicerus.]

Venatus et Aucupium Iconibus artificiosiss. ad vivum expressa, et succinctis versibus illustrata per Joan. Adam. Lonicerum, Francfortanum. Francoforti, +mdlxxxii.+

[Sidenote: +xv.+ Stradanus, Gallæus, et Dufflæus.]

Venatus et Aucupia Johan. Stradensis et Philip. Galle. 1578. Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium, Pugnæ Bestiariorum; et Mutuæ Bestiarum, depictæ à Joanne Stradano; editæ à Joanne Gallæo: carmine Illustratæ à C. Kiliano Dufflæo.

[Sidenote: +xvi.+ Belisarius.]

* Belisarius Aquaviva de Venatione, Aucupio, &c. Nap. 1519. Basil. 1571. apud Conrad. Gesner. Histor. Quadrupedum.

[Sidenote: +xvii.+ Blondus.]

Ad Christianissimum Regem Galliæ de Canibus et Venatione Libellus. Authore Michaele Angelo Blondo. In quo omnia ad canes spectantia, morbi, et medicamina continentur, Prisca et Neoterica etiam exempla, à nemine hactenùs accuratiùs scripta, insidiæ ferarum, et proprietates, cum quibusdam venationibus nostri sæculi maximorum principum cognitu dignissimis, Romæ, +mdxliiii.+ One of the rarest of the Cynegetica of the 16th century. A small thin 4to of thirty-seven leaves. The passages cited by the author are principally from Gesner’s H. Q.

[Sidenote: +xviii.+ Tardivus.]

* Gulielmus Tardivus de Accipitribus et Canibus Venaticis, apud Conrad. Gesner. Histor. Quadrupedum. (Auctores Gallici.)

[Sidenote: +xix.+ Heresbachius.]

Conrad. Heresbachii Rei Rusticæ L. +iv.+ item de Venatione, Aucupio, et Piscatione Compendium, in usum Heroum et Patrumfamilias ruri agentium concinnatum. The latter part is noticed in the preface to Arrian’s Cynegeticus under the name of Compendium Thereuticæ Universæ, a title given it by Rittershusius in his Oppianic _Prolegomena_. The author’s quotations are principally from Conrad Gesner’s Historia Quadrupedum; but since the prefatory remarks have been sent to press, he has examined a copy of the original (Spiræ Nemetum +CIↃ.IↃ.XCIV+). As an Epitome of Xenophon and Oppian, the appendix has merit—containing brief notices of many varieties of ancient and modern hounds, their style of hunting, quarry, &c. Part of the third book De Re Rusticâ treats of dogs connected with rural economy, the Œcurus, Villaticus, &c.

[Sidenote: +xx.+ Fracastorius.]

Hier. Fracastorii Alcon, sive de Cura Canum Venaticorum. Venet. +mdlv.+ Fracastor’s poem is appended to the Poetæ Venatici of Johnson. Lond. +mdcxcix.+ and of _Kempher. Lugd. Bat._ +mdccxxviii.+

[Sidenote: +xxi.+ Lotichius.]

Petri Lotichii Secundi Eclogæ. The author’s citations are from the Poemata Omnia Petri Lotichii Secundi à P. Burmanno Secundo. Amstel. +mdccliv.+

[Sidenote: +xxii.+ Natalis Comes.]

Natalis Comitum Veneti de Venatione, Libri +iiii.+ _Ald. Fil. Venet._ +mdli.+ also attached to his Mythologiæ Libri Decem. Lugduni. +mdcv.+

[Sidenote: +xxiii.+ Bargæus.]

Petri Angelii Bargæi Cynegeticon. Poemata Omnia, &c. Florent. apud Juntas, +mdlxviii.+ The poem De Aucupio is also cited in a separate form apud Juntas, +mdlxvi.+

[Sidenote: +xxiv.+ Darcius.]

Joannis Darcii Venusini Canes. Paris, +mdxliii.+ _Francofort._ +mdlxxxii.+

[Sidenote: +xxv.+ Caius.]

Joannis Caii Britanni De Canibus Britannicis Liber Unus. _Londini_, +mdlxx.+ This Libellus is also annexed to Johnson’s Edition of Gratius and Nemesian, and to Kempher’s Poetæ Venatici, Holinshed’s Account of British Dogs is a translation from Caius’s work.

[Sidenote: +xxvi.+ Jaques Du Fouilloux.]

La Vénerie de Jaques Du Fouilloux, &c. Paris, +mdlxxxv.+ +mdcxiiii.+ The author’s references are to the latter edition, wherein are contained Adjonctions à la Vénerie de Jacques Du Fouilloux. La Chasse du Loup (by Jean de Clamorgan): La Chasse du Connin: and an additional Essay on Cyniatrics, entitled Autres Remèdes pour guarir les Chiens Malades de Diverses Maladies, &c.

The Compendium of Hunting in La Maison Rustique is epitomised, according to Christopher Wase, from Fouilloux’s Treatise.

[Sidenote: +xxvii.+ Tubervile, Gascoigne, Burke.]

The Noble Art of Venerie or Hunting, &c. London, 1575. 1611. The authorship of this version of Fouilloux is much disputed:—by some it is given to Turbervile, the undoubted translator of the Booke of Falconrie; by others to Gascoigne; and by a third party to C. Burke. The citations are from the edition of 1611, and generally under the name of the first-mentioned author.

[Sidenote: +xxviii.+ Cockaine.]

* A Short Treatise of Hunting, compyled for the delyght of Noblemen and Gentlemen, by Sir Thomas Cockaine, Knight. London, 1591. The writer has never seen the rare tract of this “professed hunter, and not a schollar.”

[Sidenote: +xxix.+ Markham and others.]

The Gentleman’s Academie; or, The Booke of St. Albans, &c. by G. M. London, 1595.

Maison Rustique; or, The Countrie Farme, &c. translated into English by Richard Surflet. London, 1600.

The Countrey Farme, &c. (as the last,) by Gervase Markham. London, 1616.

A Jewell for Gentrie, &c. London, 1614.

Countrey Contentments; or, The Husbandman’s Recreations, &c. by G. M. London, 1633.

[Sidenote: +xxx.+ Micyllus.]

* Jacobi Micylli Κυνολόγιον. A Latin poem mentioned by Paullini in his Cynographia Curiosa: where also occur * Angelinus Gazæus, * Ronsæus, and others; the Venatio Medica of the latter being rather above the ordinary stamp of the muse of Æsculapius.

[Sidenote: +xxxi.+ Isachius.]

De Venatione Tractatus, in quo de Piscatione, Aucupio, Sylvestriumque insectatione agitur. Auctore Alfonso Isachio. Regii, 1625. A very ridiculous treatise on Piscatorial Licences, &c. of some rarity, but of no value to practical or literary sportsmen. It has been re-published, with other Cynegetical tracts of like description, by Fritsch.

[Sidenote: +xxxii.+ Savary.]

Album Dianæ Leporicidæ, sive Venationis Leporinæ Leges. Auctore Jac. Savary, Cadomæo. Cadomi, +mdclv.+ To some editions of this poem is annexed Venatio Vulpina et Melina of the same author; but the writer’s copy has it not.

Venationis Cervinæ, Capreolinæ, Aprugnæ, et Lupinæ Leges. Autore Jac. Savary Cadomensi. Cadomi, +mdclix.+

[Sidenote: +xxxiii.+ Vanierius.]

Jacobi Vanierii, &c. Prædium Rusticum. Tolosæ, +mdccxxx.+ +mdccxlii.+ The author’s citations are from the latter edition.

The Gentleman’s Recreation: in four parts. London, 1706.

[Sidenote: +xxxiv.+ Blome.]

The Gentleman’s Recreations: in three parts. By R. Blome. London, 1710.

[Sidenote: +xxxv.+ Somerville.]

The Chace. A poem by William Somerville, Esq.