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 conſent, by throwing up their caps, with a loud ſhout. And ſo the Earl made a vow, that for three days he would take his pleaſure in hunting in Chevychaſe. And, thereupon, ſending for his dogs and toils, early on a midſummer morning, they paſſed the Tweed; and were by a guide directed to the place, which was about ſix miles nearer Edinburgh.

So to the game they went; the dogs were put ſn to rouſe the harts; the horns ſounding, the huntſmen's ſhouts, with the noiſe of the dogs, alarmed all the country round. The villagers thinking it had been the ſound of war, or ſome ſudden invaſion, were ſo terrified, that many of them fled with what they could carry away, for fear of being plundered; and with their groundleſs fears put the whole neighbourhood, for many miles, into, conſternation and confuſion!

The harts and roes, tho' ſwift in their running, could not, however, outſtrip the Engliſh archers, they laying ſome ſcores of them on the ground. They killed ſo many, that they knew not how to get them carried off: ſuch was their ſucceſs in hunting the firſt day. At night, they kindled great fires, and roaſted the fat ſides and haunches; with which they refreſhed themſelves.