After this, take a Gallon of _Wheat_, and _Oatmeal-flower_, and with _Ale_, half a score _Whites_ of _Eggs_, and _Butter_, work it into a stiff _Past_; bake it into broad _Cakes_, and when four days Old, cut it into square Bits.
The Second day after _Sparring_, bring your _Cock_ into a Green-close, and shew him in your Arms a _Dung-hill-cock_, then run from him, and allure him thus to follow, suffering him now and then to strike the _Dung-hill-Cock_, and so Chase him up and down for half an Hour, till he pants again; and thus Heated, carry him home, and scour him with half a Pound of _Fresh-butter_, beaten with the Leaves of the _Herb of Grace_, _Hysop_, and _Rosemary_, to the consistence of a _Salve_, and give him the quantity of a _Wallnut_; then _Stove_, and _Feed_ him as above. And thus for the first Fortnight, Spar or Chase him every other day.
The second Fortnight, twice a Week will be enough to Chase or Spar your _Cock_: Observing that you Stove and Scour him, proportionable to his Heating.
The third and last Fortnight (for six Weeks is long enough) feed him as before, but do not Spar him, but Chase him moderately twice, or thrice, as before; then roll his aforesaid scouring in _Brown-sugar-candy_, to prevent his being Sick; rest him four days, and then to the Pit.
Now Gentlemen, Match your Cock carefully, or what you have hitherto done, is nothing. And here observe the Length, and Strength of Cocks. The Length is thus known: Gripe the Cock by the Waste, and make him shoot out his Legs, and in this Posture compare, _And have your Judgment about you_. The Strength is known by this Maxim, _The largest in the Garth, is the Strongest Cock_. The Dimension of the _Garth_ is thus known: Gripe the _Cock_ about from the joynts of your Thumb, to the Points of your great Finger, and you will find the Disadvantage, _The weak long Cock is the quickest easier Riser, and the short strong one, the surest Striker._
Thus being well Matcht, accoutre him for the Pit. Clip his _Main_ off close to his Neck, from his head to his shoulders. Clip his Tail close to his Rump, the Redder it appears the better. His wings sloping, with sharp Points; scrape smooth, and sharpen his Spurs; leave no feathers on his Crown; then moisten his head with Spittle.