Superlative Hare Soup

• Hare, 1
• ham, 12 to 16 oz.
• onions, 3 to 6

Cut down a hare into joints, and put into a soup-pot, or large stewpan, with about a pound of lean nam, in thick slices, three moderate-sized mild onions, three blades of mace, a faggot of thyme, sweet marsoram, and parsley, and about three