Alphabetization is unchanged. The body text consistently spells “Master”; the Index uses “Maister”.
| A. | |
| Abridgement of Dogges. | 1 |
| Abstinence from lost goods. | 27 |
| Aelianus his opinion of bloodhoundes. | 6 |
| Aelianus and Aelius, opinion of the beauer. | 19 |
| Alfredus maintained iustice. | 27 |
An example of rebellion, and the reward of the same. |
26 |
| An example of loue in a dogge. | 31 |
| Arcadian dogge. | 36 |
| B. | |
| Bandogges bayte the Beare and the Bull. | 25 |
| Blondus opinion of a dogge. | 30 |
| Blooddy and butcherlye curres. | 32 |
| Beauer called a water dogge. | 19 |
| Beauer wherein hee is lyke a dogge. | 19 |
| Beasts preuented of succor. | 5 |
| Bloodhoundes howe they are knowne. | 5 |
| Bloodhounds conditions in hũting. | ibidem |
| Bloodhounds whence they borrowe their names. | ibid. |
| Bloodhoundes pursue without wearinesse. | 6 |
| Bloodhoundes discerne theeues from true men. | 6 |
| Bloodhoundes hunte by water and by land. | ibid. |
| Bloodhoundes when they cease from hunting. | ibidem |
Bloodhoundes why they are kept close in the daye, and let lose in the night. |
ibide. |
Bloodhounds haue not lybertye alwayes to raunge at wyll. |
7 |
| Bloodhoundes are their maisters guides. | ibid. |
| Borders of England pestred with pylferers. | ibidem |
Bloodhounds why they are vsed in England and Scotland. |
ibi. |
| Bloodhoundes take not the water naturally. | ibidem |
| Bloodhoundes called Brache in Scottishe. | ibidem |
| Bloodhounds when they barck. | 8 |
| Butchers dogge. | 28 |
| Butchers dogge why so called. | ibide. |
| C. | |
| 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 |
| Castle of Flint. | 10 |
| Cunnies preuented of succor. | 11 |
| Callimachus. | 20 |
| Cõforter called Meliteus. | ibid. |
| Comforters proportion described. | ibide. |
| Comforters condicions declared. | ibidem |
| Comforters to what ende they serue. | ibidem |
| Comforters the pretier, the pleasaunter. | 21 |
| Comforters, companions of ydle dames. | ibidem |
|
Comforters why they are so much estemed among gentlefolkes. |
ibidem |
| Comforters, what vertue is in them. | ibide. |
| Conditions natural, som secrete, some manifest. | ibide. |
| Comforters called by sundrye names. | ibide. |
| Cicero pro S. Ross. | 26 |
| Countrey cotages annoyed with theeues. | ibidem |
| Capitolium kept dogges at the common charge. | ibide. |
| Carrier why he is so called. | 28 |
| Carriers seruice and properties. | ibidem |
| Comeparcke, a perillous place. | 30 |
| Cõmendation of the mastiue. | 32 |
| D. | |
| Dogges for hunting two kindes generally. | 2 |
| Diuerse dogges diuerse vses. | 4 |
| Deceipt is th’ instrument of the Tumbler. | 12 |
Dogges for the faulcon, the phesaunt, and the partridge. |
15 |
| Dogs are houshold seruants. | 16 |
| Ducks deceaue both dogge and maister. | 17 |
| Ducks subtyle of nature. | ibi. |
| Ducks dissẽble weaknesse. | ibi. |
| Ducks prudent and prouident. | ibidem |
| Ducks regarde them selues and their broode. | ibid. |
| Dogges of a course kind. | ibi. |
| Dissembling theeues. | 27 |
| Dissembling dogges. | 30 |
Defending dogges stick to their maisters to the death. |
ibide. |
| Defending dogges greedy of reuengement. | ibidem |
| Diuersitie of mastiues. | 32 |
| Daungerous dogges. | ibid. |
| Daunsers qualities. | 35 |
| Daunsers begge for their meate. | ibidem |
| Daunsers vsed for lucre and gaine. | ibid. |
| Dogges wonderfullye ingendred. | ibidem |
| E. | |
| England is not without Scottish dogges. | 2 |
| Election in a gase hound. | 8 |
| England and VVales are cleare from wolues. | 24 |
| Edgar what tyme King of England. | ibidem |
| Epirus a countrey in Græcia. | 28 |
| F. | |
| Foxe hunted by the gasehound. | 8 |
| Flight preuenteth peryl. | 9 |
| Froisart historiographer. | 10 |
| Flint Castle. | ibide. |
| Fiench dogges howe their skins be speckled. | 15 |
| Fisher dogge none in Englande. | 18 |
| Fisher dogge, doubtfull if there be any such. | ibidem |
| Faulcon and an Eagle fight. | 26 |
| Faulcon kylled for fighting with an Eagle. | ibid. |
| Fire betraied by a dogge. | 30 |
| Fire raked vp by a dogge. | 31 |
| Farmars keepe dogges. | ibid. |
| Feareful dogges barke sorest. | 32 |
| Foxes kept for sundrye causes. | 36 |
| Foxes holsome in houses. | ibid. |
| G. | |
| Gesner desirous of knowledge. | 1 |
| Gesner earnest in experimentes. | ibi. |
| Gasehounde whence he hath his name. | 9 |
| Gasehoundes vsed in the North. | ibidem |
| Gasehound somtimes loseth his waye. | ibidem |
| Grehound light footed. | ibid. |
| Grehounds special seruice. | ibi. |
| Grehoundes strong and swifte. | ibidem |
| Grehounds game. | 10 |
| Grehounds spare of body. | ibi. |
| Grehounds nature wonderfull. | ibid. |
| Grehounde of King Richarde. | ibid. |
| Gentle dogge. | 14 |
| Gratius Poet his opinion. | 37 |
| Getulian dogge. | 38 |
| H. | |
| Hunting wherin it consisteth. | 2 |
| Hunting and fowleing doo differ. | 3 |
| Hunting dogges, fiue speciall kinds. | ibid. |
| Harryer excelleth in smelling. | ibidem |
| Harryer how he is known. | ibi. |
| Hare hunted by the gasehound. | 8 |
| Henry Duke of Lancaster. | 10 |
| Hole of the Conny, their hauen of health. | 11 |
| Hare daunsing in measure. | 16 |
| Hare beating and thumping a dogge. | ibidem |
Heare a hinderaunce to the water Spaniell in swymming. |
17 |
| Heare an vnprofitable burthen. | ibi. |
| Hector Boethus. | 18 |
| Henry the seuenth. | 26 |
| Henries commaundement to hang all bandogges. | ibid. |
| Henries Faulconer, and his Faulcon. | ibi. |
| Hippocrates. | 38 |
| I. | |
| Justice mayntained by Alfred. | 27 |
| Ingulphus Croyladensis historiographer. | 28 |
| Ianus watching. | 31 |
| Indian dogges. | 37 |
| Iseland curres, rough and rugged. | ibid. |
| Iselande curres mutch sette by. | ibidem |
| K. | |
| King Richarde of England. | 10 |
| King Edgars trybute out of VVales. | 23 |
| King Henrie the seuenth. | 26 |
| King of all beasts, the Lyon. | ibi. |
| King of all Birds, the Eagle. | ibi. |
| Keepers seruice. | 28 |
Kingston, or Kingstoune verye famous in olde time. |
30 |
Kinges crowned at Kingstoune, to the number of eyght, theyr names are these. Edward the first, Athelstan, Edmunde, Aldred, Edwin, Edgar, Edeldred, Edwarde, syrnamed Yron rybbes. |
ibid. |
| L. | |
| Leuiner quicke of smelling, and swyft of running. | 10 |
| Leuiner, why so called. | ibi. |
| Leuiner foloweth the game eagerly. | ibi. |
| Leuiner taketh his pray speedilie. | ibid. |
| Lyon King of all beasts. | 26 |
| Lust of the flesh reconcileth enemies. | 36 |
| M. | |
| Maisters becke a direction to the gasehound. | 9 |
| Melita or Malta. | 20 |
| Mastiues proportiõ described. | 20 |
| Mastiue, why he is called Villaticus. | ibi. |
| Mastiues vse and seruice. | ibi. |
| Mastiues are mankind. | ibi. |
| Mastiues of great might. | 16 |
| Molossia. | 28 |
| Mooner, why so termed. | 29 |
| Mooner watchfull. | ibi. |
| Mungrellesl. | [34] |
| Maisterles men carrie Apes about. | 35 |
| Man in the moone. | 37 |
| N. | |
| Nature hath made some dogges for hunting. | 4 |
| Naturall properties of the water spaniel. | 16 |
| No VVolues in Englande nor VVales. | 24 |
| No place free from theeues. | 27 |
| Nothing escapeth the spoiler. | 18 |
| Nonius bau wau. | 19 |
| Names of the mastiue. | 33 |
| Names of the spaniel gentle. | 22 |
| Names of Dogges whence they were deriued. | 39, 40, 41, 42, &c. |
| O. | |
| One Dogge hunteth diuerse beastes. | 4 |
| Owners of bloudhoundes howe they vse them. | 6 |
| Order of the Tumbler in hunting. | 11 |
| Of the Cumaneasse. | 37 |
| Of brasen shanckt Thales. | ibi. |
| Otter. | 7 |
| P. | |
| Properties of a bloudhound issuing from desire. | 7 |
| Proportion and making of the water spaniel. | 17 |
| Pupine a byrd and a fyshe. | 18 |
| Princes pallace pestered with theeues. | 16 |
| Paris in Fraunce. | 30 |
| R. | |
| Rome maintained dogges. | 28 |
| Rare toyes meete for Englishemen. | 37 |
| S. | |
| Smelling is not incident to the gasehound. | 8 |
| Spaniels of a gentle kinde. | 14 |
| Spaniels two sortes. | ibide. |
| Spaniel of the lande what properties. | ibidem |
| Spaniel for the hauke and the nette. | ibide. |
| Spaniels some haue speciall names. | ibide. |
| Spaniel a name vniuersall. | 15 |
| Spaniels the colour of their skinnes. | ibidem |
Setters make no noyse, or very litle, in their game. |
ibidem |
| Setters giue attendaunce. | ibide. |
| Setters behauiour. | ibide. |
| Setter whence he hath his name. | 16 |
| Sea calfe not numbred amonge Englishe dogges. | 19 |
| Sea calfe called a dogge fishe. | ibi. |
| Seele or sea veale. | ibidem |
| Spaniell gentle or the comforter. | 20 |
| Shepherdes dogge. | 23. |
| The necessity of their seruice. | ibi. |
| The proportion of them. | ibidem |
Shepherdes what benefite they reape by their dogges. |
24 |
Sheepherdes in what countryes they go before their sheepe. |
ibidem |
Sheepe howe they flocke at the sheepherds whistle. |
ibid. |
| Sheepherds Dogge choose and take. | ibid. |
| Salacones vaineglorious. | 37 |
| T. | |
| Terrars hunt the badger and the Foxe. | 4 |
| Terrars hunt as ferryts hunt. | ibi. |
| Terrars conditions. | ibid. |
| Terrars holde fast with theyr teeth. | 5 |
| Tumblers crafty and fraudulent. | 11 |
| Tumblers why so named. | ibid. |
| their trade in hũting. | ibi. |
| their dissembling of friendship. | ibi. |
| they hunt against the wind. | 12 |
| Theeuish dogges. | ibidem |
| Theeuish Dogge, a night curre. | ibidem |
| Theeues feare no law. | 27. |
| Some steale for neede. | ibid. |
| Some to maintaine brauery. | ibi. |
| Tynckers curres beare burthens. | 29. |
| their conditions. | ibi. |
| they loue their masters. | ibid. |
| Two suiters to one woman. | 30 |
| Turnespet painefull in the kytchen. | 34 |
| Thales with the brasen feete. | 37 |
| V. | |
| Vertue of the comforter. | 21 |
| Valentines law for vagabundes. | 27 |
| Virgils vearse. | 31 |
| W. | |
| VVatchwordes make Dogges perfect in game. | 8 |
| VVonder of a Hare or Leuerit. | 16 |
| VVater spaniell called the finder. | ibidem |
| VVater spaniels what properties. | ibidem. |
| VVater spaniels their proportion. | 17. |
| howe they be described by D. Caius. | ibidem |
| VVhy so called. | ibidem |
| VVhere their game lyeth and what it is. | ibidem |
| VVhy they are called fynders. | ibidem |
| VVanton women, wanton puppies. | 20 |
| VVolues bloudsucking beastes. | 23. |
| none England nor wales. | ibidem. |
| three hundred payde yearely to Prince Edgar. | ibid. |
| VVarner what seruice he doth. | 34 |
| VVappes vnprofitable dogges. | ibidem |
| Y. | |
| Young dogges barcke much. | 8 |
| Yolping and yelling in a bandogge. | 31 |
| Yll kinde whelpes not regarded. | 33 |
| In the last page of the Epistle | Dedicatory, Quæ for Qui |
| Page. 3. | Grecians for Græcians, |
| Page. 28. | Canis Cultos for Canis Custos, |
| Page. 38. | Britanica for Britannica. |
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Other faultes we referre to the correction of the Reader. |
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There bee also certaine Accents wanting in the Greeke words which, because we had them not, are pretermitted: so haue wee byn fayne to let the Greeke words run their full length, for lacke of Abbreuiations.
Studio & industriæ,
Abrahami
Flemingi.