Raising a greyhound — 7 couplets from the Boke of St.
Albans
Note: Possibly annexed to
5938.
Subjects: dogs; animal husbandry
Versification: —
two-line —
aa
1.Source: STC 3308.
Boke of Hawking, Hunting, and Blasing of Arms, [St Albans, 1486] , sigs. f.4
v-f.5
First Lines:The first yere he most lerne to fede
The secund yere to felde hym
lede…
Last Lines:…ffor the beest hownde that euer bikke hade
at ix yere he is
full badde
Note: CUL shelfmark, Inc. 3. J. 4. 1. (3636).
Attributed Title: The propreteis of a goode Grehound (sig. f.4v)
Facsimiles:
Blades, William.
“Introduction.”
Facsimile edition of The Boke of Saint Albans by Dame Juliana
Berners.
London: Elliot Stock, 1881.
Hands, Rachel.
“Introduction.”
English Hawking and Hunting in The Boke of St Albans.
Oxford: University Press, 1975.