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Book IV.
THE CHACE.
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Of high Import. But cautious here observeTo check their youthful Ardour, nor permitThe unexperienc'd Younker, immature,Alone to range the Woods, or haunt the BrakesWhere dodging Conies sport: His Nerves unstrung,And Strength unequal; the laborious ChaceShall stint his Growth, and his rash forward YouthContract such vicious Habits, as thy CareAnd late Correction never shall reclaim.
When to full Strength arriv'd, mature and bold,Conduct them to the Field; not all at once,But as thy cooler Prudence shall direct,Select a few, and form them by DegreesTo stricter Discipline. With these consortThe Stanch, and steddy Sages of thy Pack, 125By long Experience vers'd in all the Wiles,And subtle Doublings of the various Chace.

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