De Canibus Britannicis: Of Englishe Dogges

The Dogge called the fisher, wherof _Hector Boethus_ writeth, which seeketh for fishe by smelling among rockes & stones, assuredly I knowe none of that kinde in Englande, neithe...

As Virgill vaunteth in his verses, Then if his master byddeth him go abroade, he lingereth not, but raungeth ouer all his lands lying there about, more diligently, I wys, then a...

The greater sort which serue to hunt, hauing lippes of a large syze, & eares of no small lenght, doo, not onely chase the beast whiles it liueth, (as the other doo of whom menci...

By which meanes he obtaineth the sent and sauour of the Connyes, carryed towardes him with the wind & the ayre, either going to their holes, or cõming out, eyther passing this w...

But because we Englishe men make a difference betweene hunting and fowleling, for that they are called by these seuerall wordes, _Venatio_ & _Aucupium_, so they tearme the Dogge...

Nec minor erat fides in eo cane qui domino profundam foveam per venatum incidenti nunquam abfuit, dum sui unius indicio sublatus is per funem fuit: in quem, cum oris cavernæ pro...

The first kinde, namely the shepherds hounde is very necessarye and profitable for the auoyding of harmes and inconueniences which may come to men by the meanes of beastes. The...

[Villaticus seu Catenarius.] Villaticum vastum genus est & robustum, corpore quidem grave & parum velox, sed aspectu truculentum, voce terrificum, & quovis Arcadico (qui tamen e...

Some tell of starres th'influence straunge, Some tell of byrdes which flie in th'ayre, Some tell of beastes on land which raunge, Some tell of fishe in riuers fayre, Some tell o...

Caius booke of dogges twyse written. 1 Conny is not hunted. 4 Connye caught with the ferryt. ibidem Conny taken with the net. ibi. Continuaunce of tyme breedeth cunning. 8 Castl...

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[Levinarius.] A levitate Leviner, à loro Lyemmer, appellatur is quem Levinarium & Lorarium latinè nominavimus. Nam Lyemme nostra lingua, Lorum significat. Quod autem a levitate...