recito
English

Public domain. Cover image from Project Gutenberg ebook #43452.

The Master of Game: The Oldest English Book on Hunting

by of Norwich Edward; count of Foix Gaston III Phoebus

Chapters (41)
  1. THE MASTER OF GAME: INTRODUCTION 0:00
  2. FOREWORD TO THE FIRST EDITION 10:05
  3. CHAPTER I THE PROLOGUE 23:27
  4. CHAPTER II OF THE HARE AND OF HER NATURE 37:34
  5. CHAPTER III OF THE HART AND HIS NATURE 47:28
  6. CHAPTER IV OF THE BUCK AND OF HIS NATURE 1:02:57
  7. CHAPTER V OF THE ROE AND OF HIS NATURE 1:05:24
  8. CHAPTER VI OF THE WILD BOAR AND OF HIS NATURE 1:10:46
  9. CHAPTER VII OF THE WOLF AND OF HIS NATURE 1:18:12
  10. CHAPTER VIII OF THE FOX AND OF HIS NATURE 1:29:38
  11. CHAPTER IX OF THE GREY (BADGER) AND OF HIS NATURE 1:33:13
  12. CHAPTER X OF THE (WILD) CAT AND ITS NATURE 1:34:45
  13. CHAPTER XI THE OTTER AND HIS NATURE 1:36:35
  14. CHAPTER XII OF THE MANNER AND HABITS AND CONDITIONS OF HOUNDS 1:39:26
  15. CHAPTER XIII OF SICKNESSES OF HOUNDS AND OF THEIR CORRUPTIONS 1:50:44
  16. CHAPTER XIV OF RUNNING HOUNDS AND OF THEIR NATURE 2:11:09
  17. CHAPTER XV OF GREYHOUNDS AND OF THEIR NATURE 2:19:04
  18. CHAPTER XVI OF ALAUNTES AND OF THEIR NATURE 2:21:42
  19. CHAPTER XVII OF SPANIELS AND OF THEIR NATURE 2:25:06
  20. CHAPTER XVIII OF THE MASTIFF AND OF HIS NATURE 2:27:20
  21. CHAPTER XIX WHAT MANNER AND CONDITION A GOOD HUNTER SHOULD HAVE. 2:28:21
  22. CHAPTER XX HOW THE KENNEL FOR THE HOUNDS AND THE COUPLES FOR THE RACHES AND THE ROPES FOR THE LYMER SHOULD BE MADE 2:30:23
  23. CHAPTER XXI HOW THE HOUNDS SHOULD BE LED OUT TO SCOMBRE 2:32:15
  24. CHAPTER XXII HOW A HUNTER'S HORN SHOULD BE DRIVEN 2:32:56
  25. CHAPTER XXIII HOW A MAN SHOULD LEAD HIS GROOM IN QUEST FOR TO KNOW A HART BY HIS TRACE 2:34:11
  26. CHAPTER XXIV HOW A MAN SHOULD KNOW A GREAT HART BY THE FUMES 2:37:18
  27. CHAPTER XXV HOW A MAN SHOULD KNOW A GREAT HART BY THE PLACE WHERE HE HATH FRAYED HIS HEAD 2:38:51
  28. CHAPTER XXVI HOW THE ORDINANCE SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE HART HUNTING BY STRENGTH AND HOW THE HART SHOULD BE HARBOURED 2:52:32
  29. CHAPTER XXVII HOW A HUNTER SHOULD GO IN QUEST BY THE SIGHT 2:56:53
  30. CHAPTER XXVIII HOW AN HUNTER SHOULD GO IN QUEST BETWEEN THE PLAINS AND THE WOOD 2:58:37
  31. CHAPTER XXIX HOW A HUNTER SHOULD GO IN QUEST IN THE COPPICE AND THE YOUNG WOOD 2:59:04
  32. CHAPTER XXX HOW AN HUNTER SHOULD GO IN QUEST IN GREAT COVERTS AND STRENGTHS 2:59:30
  33. CHAPTER XXXI HOW A HUNTER SHOULD QUEST IN CLEAR SPIRES AND HIGH WOOD 3:00:35
  34. CHAPTER XXXII HOW A GOOD HUNTER SHALL GO IN QUEST TO HEAR THE HARTS BELLOW 3:04:00
  35. CHAPTER XXXIII HOW THE ASSEMBLY THAT MEN CALL GATHERING SHOULD BE MADE BOTH WINTER AND SUMMER AFTER THE GUISE OF BEYOND THE SEA 3:05:50
  36. CHAPTER XXXIV HOW THE HART SHOULD BE MOVED WITH THE LYMER AND RUN TO AND SLAIN WITH STRENGTH 3:08:04
  37. CHAPTER XXXV HOW AN HUNTER SHOULD SEEK AND FIND THE HARE WITH RUNNING HOUNDS AND SLAY HER WITH STRENGTH 3:26:43
  38. 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 3:35:00
  39. APPENDIX 3:49:36
  40. LIST OF SOME BOOKS CONSULTED AND ABBREVIATIONS USED IN TEXT 5:53:00
  41. Extracts from Reviews in the English and American Press 6:13:03
Download .m4b · 393 MB

How to listen → Problem with this narration? Let us know →

Narrator
Arthur — English RP Narrator (en-GB)
Length
6 hr 17 min
Language
English
Added
October 23, 2026
Source ebook
Project Gutenberg
Cover of The Master of Game: The Oldest English Book on Hunting by of Norwich Edward; count of Foix Gaston III Phoebus