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Wherefore they get a great part of their victuals, by hunting and hauking.
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And therefore when the great Can will solace himselfe with hunting or hauking, he needs not so much as once to step forth of his palace.
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Wherefore they get a great part of their victuals, by hunting and hauking.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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The nightes and dayes were all one to him, for hee could take no rest, he gaue ouer vse of armes and administration of iustice, hunting and hauking, wherin before that time he had great delight: and all his study was many times to passe and repasse before the gate of the
The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter
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Use not your self to hemming or hauking, a foolish custom of some endeavoring to clear their throat thereby; nor be not too long in tuning your instrument.
The Gentlewoman's Companion: or,%0AA Guide to the Female Sex 1675
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Also for such as haue delight in hauking, there are haukes of sundry kinds, and great store of game, both for land and riuer, as
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. Richard Hakluyt 1584
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