a Falcon newly reclaimed you must consider three things First that she be well assured and boldned in Company well acquainted also with dogges and with horses Secondarily that shee be sharpe set and eager hauing regard to the howre of the morning or euening when you will lure her And the third consideration is that shee bée cleane within the lure must be well garnished with meate on both sides and you must be a part in some secret place when you would giue her the length of the lease You must first vnhoode her giuing her a bitte or twaine vpon the lure as she sitteth on your fist afterwards take the lure from her and hyde it that shée sée it not and when shée is vnseazed cast the lure so neare her that she may catch it within the length of her lease and if shée doe seaze vpon it then shall you vse the voyce and accustomed spéech of a Falconer vnto his Hawke and féed her vpon the lure on the ground giuing her thervpon the warm thigh of a Henne or Pullet and the heart also When you haue so lured her at Euening giue her but a little meat and let her be lured so timely that when shée is therewith accustomed you may giue her plumage and a iucke of a ioynt Afterwards and in the morning betimes take her on your fist and when she hath cast and gleamed giue her a little beaching of good warme meat Afterwards when the day is further forwards and that it is time to féede her take a Criance and tye it to her lease and goe into some faire pleasant meadow and giue her a bitte or two vpon the lure as before sayd then vnseaze her and if you peceiue that she be sharpe set haue seased vpon the lure eagerly then giue her to hold vnto some man which may let her off to the lure then shall you vnwind the Criance and draw it after you a good way and hée which holdeth the Hawke must hold his right hand on the Tassell of the Hawkes hoode in a readinesse that hée may vnhoode her as soone as you beginne to lure and if shée come well to the lure and stoope vppon it roundly and seaze it eagerly then let her feede two or three bittes vppon it and then vnseaze her and take her from off the lure and hoode her and then deliuer her againe to him which held her and goe further off and lure her féeding her alwayes vpon the lure on the ground and vsing the familiar voyce of Falconers as they cry when they lure And thus you shall lure her euery day further and further off vntill she be well taught to come to the lure to take it eagerly Afterwardes let her be lured in company hauing regard that neither dogs nor other thing come in sodainly to fray her and when you take her vppe from the ground hoode her vpon the lure and when you haue well and often lured her on foote then vse to lure her on horsebacke the which you shall the eassier winne her too if when you lure her on foote you cause some on horsebacke to come neare you that shée may see them and cause them to come neare her when shée féedeth vppon the lure causing them also to turne and tosse their horses about her but let their horses be ruly least they should vpon the sodaine affright her Furthermore the better to acquaint her with Horses and that shée may the better know them carrie your Falcon whiles shée feedeth on high vppon the lure neare vnto some man on Horsebacke or gette your selfe vppe on horsebacke and reward her vppon the lure amongst Horsemen and when shée is well accustomed to them and well acquainted with them making no resemblance to feare them you may then lure her on horsebacke in this manner Hée which holdeth her to let her come to the Lure must be on foote and you where you Lure shall bée on Horse-backe and when you call and cast the Lure about your head then hee which holdeth her shall take off her hood by the tassell and you the meane while shall call and lure in the cunningest wise you can as Falconers vse to doe and if shée seare eagerly vppon the lure and feare neither people nor horses then take off the luring line or Creance and lure her loose further and further off And to make a Falcon come which is but newly reclaymed and to make her come in company of another Hawke there must bee two to hold a cast of Falcons and two which shall lure them but hee which holdeth the Falcon that is but lately lured shall not let her come so soone as the other shall do then shall the lure bee throwen out vnto the Falcon which is but lately lured and when shee is fallen therevpon her keeper shall carry her vppon the lure to féede amongst the other make Hawkes This being done twice or thrice shée will follow them and loue them and if you would haue her loue dogges which is most necessary you must call dogges about you when you féed her or giue her tyring or plumage How you shall bath your Hawke beeing but lately reclaimed how you shall make her fleeing and to hate the checke WHen your Falcon is well lured aswell on horsebacke as on foote and that shee is ready to bee cast off and hath béene well rewarded vppon the lure and is now altogether reclaymed from her ramage toyes and when shee is also somewhat recouered of the paine and trauell which you haue put her vnto in making and reclayming her and bee yet in good plight and haue her thighs ploompe and well brawned then offer her Water to bath her spie out a faire day when the Weather is cleare and temperate then take a Bason so deepe that your Hawke may stand therein vppe to the Thighes and fill it with water and set it in some secret place afterwards your Hawke being lured and well rewarded in the morning with warme meate beare her vp vpon some high place or banke and there hold her in the sun vntill she haue endued her gorge taking off her hood that shée may proyne and picke her selfe that being doone hood her again and set her neare to the bason afterwards taking off her hood againe if shée will let her leape downe into the Bason or vpon the grasse by it and to make her know the water slappe therein with a little wand and let her bath therein as long as shée lift when shee commeth out of the Water take some meat in thy hand and proffer it vnto her and be well ware that shée come not out before thou proffer her thy fiste to giue her a bitte or twaine then take her vp and hold her in the sunne and she will picke and proyne her on your sist or vppon your knée if shée will not bath her in a bason then proffer her to bath in riuer water at some foorde Bathing giueth an Hawke great courage
flee with them THere are some Falcons which will not flée with other Hawkes but draw backward and stirre not some other will crabbe with euery Hawke and flée of purpose to crabbe with them some Falcon hateth to sitte or to flée with another Hawke eyther for doubt and feare which shée hath of them or else for because she loueth them not That hawk which hateth other Hawkes doth crab with them and shee which feareth them doth flée from them For remedye hereof you must haue a gentle Lanner which may be set vpō a pearch with that Hawke which hateth others but farre inough off and by day light then giue each of them a bitte of meate as you passe by them and set them nearer and nearer and when they bée neare one to another put meate betwéene them that both of them may féede vpon it Then if the Falcon make no semblance to crabbe with the Laner you shall gorge her vppe at night with good meate and set her abroad in the frost or cold vpon a pearch if shée be high and in good plight able to abide it and so shall you lett her sitte thrée or foure houres In the meane time holde your Laner neare to the fire and afterwardes take her vpon your fist then let another bring you your Faldon hooded and holde her close betwéen your side and the Laner and when shee feeleth the warmth of the Laner shée will draw to her and hugge to her for the heat and let them stand so together without ieouking eyther the one or the other vntill you sée that the Falcon doth greatly desire to ieouke then vnhood her fayre and softly and let it be in such a place as shée sée not but let her sit so all the night vpon your fist And when day appeareth you must set them on the pearch that one neare to the other yet so as they cannot one reach to another That being don two or thrée nights together let them both be set abroad the third night in the cold so neare that they may sit close together on the pearch and when you see them sit close that one to that other for warmth then vnhoode them and afterwardes féede them pearch them and lure them both together and take paine to finde the aduantage How you shall enseame a Hawke or giue her castings and skourings c. SOme Falcons be harder bo enseame than some others are or the longer that a Falcon hath béene in the hand the harder shée is to be enseamed and an old mewed Falcon of the wood which hath mewed but one cote in the Falconers handes is much easier to be enseamed than a yonger Falcon which hath béene longer in the Falconers handes the reason is because a Hawke which preyeth for her selfe doth féede cleaner and better according to her nature and vpon more holesome meates than shée doth when shée is in mans handes so that it is no maruaile though shée bee not so fowle within when shée is at her owne dyet as when another man féedeth her For a Hawke which is in our kéeping doth féede gréedily both on skinne feathers and all that comes to hand Neyther is shée mewed with so cleane and holesome féeding nor doth endue her meate so well nor hath such open ayre at times conuenient as a Hawke which is at large to prey for her selfe When you draw your Hawke out of the mew if shée bee greasse the which you shall know by her thighes if they be round and fatte and also by her body if shée bée full in the hand and that her flesh bée round as hie as her breast bone and if shée be well mewed and haue all her feathers full sommed then giue her when shée woulde féede in the Morning a bitte or two of hote meate and at night giue her but a little vnlesse it bee very colde and if shée feed well without constraint or forcing thereunto then giue her washt meate thus prepared take the wings of a Henne or Pullet for her dinner and wash them in two waters and if you giue her Hares flesh or Beefe let it be washt in three waters on the morrow giue her the legge of a Henne very hote and at noone meate temperately warme a good gorge then let her fast vntill it be late in the euening and if shée haue put ouer her meate and that there be nothing left in her gorge then giue her a little warme meate as you did in the morning and let her thus be dyetted vntyll it bee time to giue her plumage the which you shall know by three tokens the first is that feeling the end of the pinion of the Hawkes wing you shall féele the flesh as it were tenderer and softer than it was before she eate washt meate the second if her mewets bée cleane and white and that the blacke of the mewt be right blacke and not mingled with any other fowle thing and colour the thirde token is if shée be very sharpe set and do plume eagerly you may giue her casting either of a Hares foote or a Conies foote or of the small feathers which are on the ioynt of the pinyon of an olde Hennes wing take then the forefoote of an Hare and beate it with the backe of a knife vntill the bones and clawes doe fall out because the small bones may mouldre and bee all to frushed to pieces the which you shall afterwardes cut and lay it in fayre fresh water then wring it and giue her it at two morsells and when you set her on the pearch sweepe cleane vnderneath it that you may see whether the mewte bée full of strakes or skinnes or not and whether it be full of slime and ordure or not and if it bée then continue this kinde of casting thrée or foure nights together with washt meat as is before sayd and if you perceiue the feathers digested and soft and that her casting be great and full of ordure then take the necke of an olde Henne and cutte it all alongst betweene the ioynts and lay the ioynts in cleare cold water and giue it to your Falcon without any other thing and this is done because it beareth downe before it into the pannell the meate which is vpon the ioynts and there in the pannell the flesh consumeth and the bones remayne sharpe pricking which break the kels and skins and the grosse ordure and bear them with them and giue her so three nights together giuing her by day washt meate as is before rehearsed afterwardes giue her casting or plumage againe according as her state doth require And thinke it not strange that a Falcon which is to bée enseamed is sometimes a fortnight or more before shée wil take casting neyther yet that some Falcons will easlier be enseamed in a month than some other in fiue wéekes according as they be stronger or weaker of nature and fedde with cleaner or fowler meates or according as they haue béene shorter or longer time in
both sides and beware that yée goe not awrie for so yée may do her great harme Then anoint it with oyle and butter together and it will recouer her by meane of the vente that you shall giue the humor by the nares For all manner of diseases in the head and specially for the ach that is in a Hawkes head WHensoeuer your hawk hath any great disease or pain in her head take sixe grains of pepper four of Stauesaker and fiue cloues beat them together into fine powder féede her but thrée dayes together with warme meat mingled with it and shée shall recouer And for want of that ye may vse the fine powder that is mentioned heretofore And if your hawke will not bée fed with it let be conueighed into cotton or into a hens skin to take away the sent of it and féede her w t none other than warme meat and such as is light of disgestiō For the diseases of the head doe so weaken her appetite stomacke that shée cannot put ouer nor endew her meat And to the end she may the better indew it giue her but small meales till shée be throughly recouered And if shée will eate the yolke of an egge drop vpon it some of the said powder and giue it her with hote meate and so yée shal reccouer her Here are sundry receits and medicines which I neuer haue proued and therefore I can warrant little of them but neuertheles I find them in my French Authors and therfore am so ventrous to place them here in this collection of remedies for hawkes leauing thē ouer to the desirous Falconer that hath a will to practise vpon his hawk For store they say is no sore and among many there must néeds fal out some good and wholesome receits Wherefore iudge discréetly of all and make proofe of such as you like Experience is the mother of skill Of the stone and how and whereof it commeth YOu must vnderstād y t ther are 3. sorts of diseases in hawks called by the name of the stone scarsly doth the one come without the other The one kéepeth beneath in their tuels and the other in their bowels panels they may be cured both together Some cal this disease y e Cray And M. Amè Cassian sayth that the stone or Cray cōmeth by the eating of filthy flesh by mean of soule féeding For it burneth and drieth in their bowels as I said heretofore in the diseases of the head becaus y e filth which they haue gathered in their panels inflameth their liuer which doth so drie vp the substance of the guts that they cānot mute but must néeds die of it if they be not cured Som say that this disease cōmeth of giuing thē washt meat hote before it be throughly cold that is like inough for a hawk likes not of water bloud both together at once The stone in the fundament cōmeth of the filth which the hawke should mute which thickneth and lies bakte at the tuel by means whereof she becomes so poor that she cannot mute or stise frō her and so must néeds die Yet notwithstanding I haue oftē seen that whē a Falcon is hie lusty shée wilstise it out wel inough by mean of her strength And ye may perceiue when shée hath the stone by that shee muteth with paine by drops which is a signe y t she néedeth to scowre that matter wherof the stone doth grow And when shée muteth at twice a third time after that it is a token that the stone is throughly confirmed in her guts and panel Moreouer when ye see that her tuel is chafed but litle drops from her and that the feathers of her train are much filed with her muting and that she is euermore picking with her beak about her tuel be ye sure she hath y e stone in her tuel which we cal y e stone Cray Again when she muteth maketh as though she would iouke vpō your fist in her cies is more troubled thā of ordinary doubt not but that she hath the stone cray And because she cannot rid it she is in danger if she bée not lookt too in time The remedy therof by the iudgement of M. Amé Cassian is this take a slice of lard or a pellet of sope wet in salet oyle of the bignesse of a goose quill and an ynch long and put thereon the powder of Aloes Cicotrine which done cast your hawk hansomly conuey it into her tuell as ye would giue a man a suppository if the lard be too tender and soft to handle sticke it vpon a hens feather so as the feather appeare not through the Lard for so may ye do her great harme with the feather and so conuey it vppe into her tuell drawing away the feather gently and leauing the Larde behind and haue snayles in a readinesse to giue her immediately after yée haue applyed the said deuise And for lacke of snayles giue her the forementioned pyll of lard mingled with marow and sugar and set her in the Sun or by a fire without féeding of her til one howre after noone And if thée endure wel to be by the fire or in the Sun let her alone for the heat is very good for her After this giue her somwhat more than half a gorge of a yong pullet or if yee can come by any myce or rats nothing is better But let her not stand in the ayre or in the wind except the weather be fayre warm At night when she hath indewed well giue her foure or fiue cloues of mace broken and lapped vp in a little cotton or in the skinne of a henne and do so three or four dayes sauing the suppository or pellet aforesaid for it will serue twice well inough And thus shall you skoure your hawk throughly Looke well to it that shée cast not vp y e cloues of mace for they be singular good for hawks in all respects specially for all humors that surcharge their heads and generally for all Filanders and worms And if you mind to rid a falcon clean out of the cray and of the said disease giue her meat steeped in Goats milke or in other milke and doe so foure or fiue dayes together for the said milke is very good against the cray In the booke of the Prince there is another receit for this disease of the cray or stone That is to wit Take the gall of a pigge of thrée weeks old and conuey it into your hawkes beake so as shée may take it and swallow it downe whole without breaking and take héed that she cast vp none of it againe Afterwardes giue her a little péece of the Pigges flesh of the bignes of a Beane and let her stand empty panneld vpon the same vntill night setting her in the Sun or by the fire This medicine is very good for all birds of prey that are encombred with the Cray or Stone Neuertheles
much boldnesse and eager appetite that day that shée batheth giue her no washt meat To make a new lured Falcon and to make her vpwardes the morrow after shée hath bathed get on horsebacke in the morning or in the euening when she is sharpe set and choose out some field or pasture where fewest doues or choughes bée then take your lure well garnished on both sides and hauing vnhooded your Hawke giue her a bitte or twaine vppon the lure then taking it away for her hoode her againe then going fayre and softly against the wind vnhoode her and before she bate or find any checke in her eye whistle her from off your fist fayre and gently and when shée flyeth about trotting forwards with your horse cast out your lure and suffer her not long to flée about you at the first Continue this both morning and euening for a few dayes and if you perceiue that your Hawke haue no great list to flée about you nor to stoope to the lure and that shée maketh no semblance to loue other Hawkes then must you make her flée with one which loueth other Hawkes and which will not gadde out to any change or checke and that must first be done at the Partridge for they flée not farre before an Hawke and if your Falcon haue slowen and returne to you twice or thrice cast out the lure vnto her and reward her vpon your Horsebacke and afterwardes féed her vppe on the lure vppon the ground with good hote meate to make her resolute in her fléeing and that shée may returne to you with the better will and if the fowle which you flew vnto be killed by any other Hawke let your Hawke feede with the other Hawke and when shée is so rewarded a little take her off and feed her vpon the lure If you flée to the Riuer with your Falcon and that the flight be fayre and likely to be landed staye and draw vnder the wind and taking off your Hawkes hoode cast her off with the rest When you would haue your Hawke proue vpwards and a high flying Hawke you must let her flée with a very high fléeing Hawke but sée that your Hawke be well taught to hold in the head and that shée loue well to flée with the other Hawkes and if the fowle be in a poole or on a pitte or plash you must first cast off the high fleeing hawke and hee which holdeth your new lured hawke shall doe well to gette him vnder the wind and when hee séeth his vantage let him vnhoode her and if shee bate then it is to get vppe to the other Hawke Then let him cast her off and she will clime against the wind right vnto the high fleeing Hawke and before shee weary her selfe too much with clyming to reach or couer that other Hawke lay out the fowle when the high fleeing hawke shall be at her pitch and lay them out behind her if she kill the fowle then giue your Hawke reward of the Heart and the breast with the other Hawks If your hawke goe out to any checke and kill a Doue or a Crow or any other checke and feed vppon it or haue fedde vppon it before you come at her seeme not roughly to rebuke her at first but take her downe to the lure giuing her a bitte of meat and hood her vppe and flee not with her in two or three dayes after but when you doe flee flee as neare as you can where there be no checke but if by no meanes you can keepe her from checking and going out then for your last remedy doe as followeth If your Hawke haue killed a checke and you come to her before shee haue fedde thereon take the gall of a Henne and annoynt therewith the breast of the checke which she hath killed when shee hath plumed it and is come to the bloud and let her feed but little thereon least she make her sicke for shee will surely cast it againe yea though she should not cast it yet would shee haue small lust to flee at such a fowle againe but will hate and loath the meat thereof or put any bitter meat therevppon as powder of Mirre or yong small wormes cut in gobbets but take heed that the bitternesse bee not ouer strong and if that the bitter taste haue discouraged the Hawke then wette her meat in sugred water Some put on two payre of belles vppon their Hawkes legges or stitch together the principall long feathers of their wings and also it shall be good when shee goeth from checke to cast her out the lure or to lay out an hurt fowle before her which shee may kill How to flee a Hearon TO make your Falcon a good Hearoner you must set her very sharpe and haue a liue Hearon whereof you shall make your hawk a quarrey in this sort In the morning when it shall be time to feede your Hawke if you perceiue that she be very sharpe set goe to a meadow and let the Hearon goe after that you haue bruised both his féet and his hill and hide your selfe behind some bush and then he which holdeth the Hawke shall vnhood her the which shal be vnder the wind And if your Hawke will not flée at the Hearon cast out your lure the which you shall hold in a readinesse therefore but if shée doe seaze on the Hearon make her a quarrey thereon giuing her first the heart and when she hath eaten it giue the Hearon to him which held the Hawke before who retyring backe a little shall lure tossing the Hearon about his head holding her by one of the legges or winges then doe you vnhood your hawke againe and let her flie to him which lureth so with the Hearon and let him not cast it out vnto her but stay vntyll shée take and seaze it in his hand as he lureth with it then despoyle the breast of the Hearon and let your Hawke féede vpon it take the marrow of the bone in the Hearons wing and giue it your Hawke and in this doing two or three dayes you shall now sle your Hawke therevnto and make her loue the Hearon the which you shall also bring the sooner to passe if at the first you inure her with a make Hawk a good Hearoner Then hauing found the Hearon at siege you must gette you with your Falcon vp into some high place into the wind and let him which hath the Hearoner that is the make Hawk put vp the Hearon and when he hath cast off his Hawke to her let him marke whether the Hearon doe mount or not for if she mount then cast not off your Hawke nor vnhood her not but if the Hearon séeme to be discomfited and that shée fall downe into the water and that the make Hawke doe stoops her then vnhood your yong Hawke and aduance her if shée bate to bée gone let her flée to it How a man shall make his Hawke to loue other Hawkes when she hateth to
shee will seaze long afterwardes If you cannot giue couert to your Falcon or your Goshawke then cast her off with the Sunne in her back All hawkes may be made flee at the sowrce or spring But in what sort soeuer you flée with your Goshawke let her haue the Sunne in her backe To flee all manner of Fowles ALl traines of Partridge Rookes Crowes Choughs should bee seeled Now to enter your hawke at any of them make a little pit or hole in the ground and put your traine therein Then couer the hole with a little borde or sod of earth to the which you shall fasten to a small cryance or corde and that you shall holde in your hande to drawe away when you list Then you shall make as though you vncoupled your spaniels to hunt and put vp y e game and you shall carry your hawke vnhooded And when you perceiue that your hawke looketh that way where you haue layd the traine then drawe off the borde and cause the traine to springe as though the spanels had sprong it And if your hawke doe take it let her féede thereon her fill vpon the ground And thus must you doe sundry times If you would haue a good hawke then nowsle her yong for so will shée encrease her force by little and little and in the end shee will ouercome both Feasant and Partridge c. And when shée hath killed let her gripe and seaze the prey at her pleasure And let her also plume thereupon so long as shée will euermore let her bée rewarded vpon the ground And when shee is well nousled then reward her neuer but vpon the cockes of all preyes because that will make her loue that prey the better And when shée killeth a hen of any kind let her no more but plume vpon it giue her but the heart and the brayne at the most because shée shall not loue to flée the Henne so well as the cocke It is much better to nousle hawkes at yong fowles than at the olde For most commonly if a yong hawke bée let flee at olde game shee will turne tayle end cowardly giue it ouer vnlesse you doe as before is declared If you woulde nouzle or enter a Haggart then do not enter her or set her in blood vppon a yong prey or inure her thereto For then shée woulde not afterwards passe much for olde game And likewise for the same consideration you shall not nouzle nor enter a mewed Hawke at yong game For the Goshawke all fowles generally are good traynes as Crane Bustard Hearne wilde Goose Riuer fowle Cormorants Choughes Rookes Kites and all other fowle that haunt Riuers or Plashes How to make a trayne or flight for the Goshawke SEt one of the sayd fowles vpon the water and betwéene you and the water let there be some small shrubs or bushes so as the Goshawke may haue couert to take the stand if néede bée as also to kéepe her out of sight of the fowle for her aduantage then aduance your fist so as the Hawke may descrye the fowle After which you may holde it lower again and so cast off the Hawke And if so be that shée seaze the fowle let her féed thereon at her pleasure on the ground To make your Goshawke to the brooke let her flée those traines afore sayde as I haue told you But when you sée the Hawke approach the fowle and to be within danger then strike vp your drum before such time as the fowle doe espie your Goshawke For if shée once sée the Hawke before shée spring shée will by no meanes willingly forsake the brooke but fall to dyuing and ducking a defence which nature hath prouided and taught them Thus must you deale with the Goshawke to the brooke but if you will flée with her to the Hare and Lyueret which is a game that the Goshawke doth much delight to kill and prey on then must you bréech her and at no time let her flée without that deuise for feare least shée spoyle herselfe For the Hare is of some force and in striuing to escape from her will force her to stretch her arms and open her selfe too wide which is the vtter vndoing of your hawke The Sparrow-hawkes doe vse to kill the fowle at the Sowrce or Souse as the Goshawkes doe which nature hath taught them for that being round winged Hawkes if they dealt not vpon the aduantage the fowle might easily slippe from them and escape their danger But so great is the curtesie of kinde as she euer seeketh to recompēce any defect of hers with some other better benefit or at least such as shall serue the turne Thus haue you the French Falconers opinions layd downe as touching the fléeing with each kind of hawk or at least the greatest part of them For the knowledge to flée with the Falcon serueth for all Towre Hawkes and the Goshawks for the round winged Hawkes ∵ To manne hoode and reclayme a Hawke after the opinion of the Italian Falconer HE that will furnish his hawke accordingly must haue esses and Bewets of good leather shrill belles according to the hugenesse or condition of his hawke So must he also haue a hoode for her and therewithall he must oftentimes hoode and vnhoode her in such sort that shée be not afraid thereof nor of her kéeper when he handleth her In 9. nightes he should not suffer her to ieouke at all nor to come on any pearch but should keepe her continually so long vpon his fist And when he will call her let him obserue this order Set the Falcon vpon the pearch and vnhoode her then shew her your fiste with some meate in it and call her so long till shee come to it And when shée commeth feede her and reward her as pleasantly as you can But if shée come not giue her nothing at all vntill she be very sharpe set And this order must you kéepe with your Hawke seauen or eight dayes together When you would lure her giue her vnto some other man to holde and call her with a lure well garnished with meat on both sides as you called her to your fist After you haue vsed that manner of calling 6 dayes or thereabouts cause her to bée held further from you and cast the lure about your head and throwing it out vpon the ground a little from you And if shée come to it roundly then feede her rewarde her bountifully And whiles your Hawke is vpon the lure go about her fayre softly luring and crying wo ho ho as Falconers vse And when you haue thus done by the space of certaine dayes take your lure garnished as before sayd and euery day call her to you as farre as shée may well heare and perceyue you and let her bée loose from all her furniture that is without eyther loynes or cryance and if shée come so far off to you then féed reward her wel and stop her in her féeding oftentimes
come from Ciprus Candya Alexandria and other far countryes the which hauing béene in the hands of such as could not well skill of them become coy and very vntowarde to bée hooded and will hardly be wonne to abide the Hoode by any meanes In this case you must first séele your Hawke and beeing séeled you must fitte her with a large easie hoode and hoode and vnhoode her often therewith watching her a night or two and handling her oftentimes about the head as before sayde vntill shée haue forgotten that fault And when shée once doth leaue it you may vnseale her in an euening by candle light handling her still softly with your hand about the head hooding and vnhooding her oftentimes vntill shée will well abide the Hoode and brooke to be handled And here I thinke good to expresse mine opynion that he which taketh in hand to be a Falconer ought first to be very patient and therwithall to take singular delight in a Hawke so that hée may séeme to be in loue as it were naturally with his Hawke euen that a man would say it were a thing bread so in the bone as it could neuer bee rooted out of the flesh For such a man with neuer so little paine and industrye will become an excellent Falconer but he which taketh not that delight in his Hawke but doth rather exercise it for a pompe and boast than vpon a naturall instinct or being a poore man doth vse it to get his liuing such a man in mine opinion shall seldome proue a perfect Falconer but a mar-hawke and shall beare the bagge after a right Falconer To turne to my purpose when your hawke beeing so séeled doth féede well and will abide the Hoode and to bée handled without striking or byting at your hand then in an Euening by Candlelight you shall vnséele her and with your finger and a little spittle annoynt the place where the séeling thread was drawne through And when you haue hooded her take her on your fist and holde her so all night vntill day appeare againe doing off her Hoode oftentimes and handling her gently with your hand stroking hersoftly about the wings and the body hooding and vnhooding of her and giuing her sometimes to féede a morsell or twaine or sometimes tyring or plumage But aboue all things you must watch her on the fist so many nights together without setting her downe on any pearch that she may be wearie and suffer you to hoode and handle her gently without any manner of resistance and vntill shée haue altogether left and forgotten her striking and byting at your hand but some hawkes will belong before they leaue that fault as the more coy or ramage that they be the longer they will retaine those ill tatches and will not peraduenture be wonne from them in thrée foure or fiue dayes When shée is well reclaymed from it then may you let her sit vpon a pearch to rest her But euery night you shall doe well to kéepe her on the fist thrée or foure houres handling her and stroking her gently and causing her to tyre or to plume alwayes making of her and hooding and vnhooding her oftentimes as before said And the like may you doe also by day light but in a Chamber apart where shée may see no great light vntill shée feede surely and eagerly without dread To make your Hawke know your voyce IF your hawke be thus in foure or fiue dayes manned so that shée begin to féede eagerly and boldly then you shall first beginne to make her know your whistle or the chirping of your mouth and afterwards your voice in this maner Take a quicke Pullette and going into some secret place where your Hawke may well perceiue the fowle and yet see no great open light let her plume and feede vpon it as shee sitteth vpon your fist then chyrke with your voice and vse those other sounds which Falconers do to their Hawks and féed her so hooding her gently then afterwards you may let her plume a little vpon some wing being still hooded as well to loose her in the head and to make her cast watâ—r as also to teach her the better how to fitte on the fiste The feeding for a Falcon shall bée Pullets not very old and Calues heartes weathers hearts and hogs harts and to giue her a conuenient gorge to the end the may the better disgest both the grosse substance and the slimie matter But if your Falcon be not eager or sharpe set then shall you do well to wash her meate sometimes in fayre water and some other whiles in vrine wringing it a little and then féeding her therewith for one two or three gorges and that not continually but respecting a day or two betweene and that is referred to the discretion of the good Falconer For this done somewhat to a bate a Hawke and to enseame her It shall not be amisse also in the morning when she is emptie both in the gorge and pannell to conuey into her a little Sugar candy to the quantity of a small nut for that dissoluing in her will make her the better to endure and will both breake the grosse substance and disgest the glit in her and also wil make her eager as shall be further said hereafter How to make a Hawke know her feeding WHen your Hawk féedeth eagerly and knoweth your wistle and your voyce then may you teach her to know know her feeding to bate at it in this wise You should with your right hand shew her meat crying and luring to her aloud and if bate or strike at it then must you quickly and handsomely let her foote it and féede on it for thrée or foure bits and doe thus oftentimes to the end she may the better know her feeding And afterwards feede her and giue her euery night without intermission some casting eyther of feathers or of cotton with two cloues sometimes cut in foure peeces and put into the casting or a little Aloes wrapped vp in the Cotten according as the Falconer shall see that it is requisite For such castings make a Hawke cleane and eager ∵ To make a Falcon bolde and ventrous WHen a Falcon hath learned to féede and to know the call of her Kéeper then to make her hardy you shall suffer her to plume a pullet or good great chicken And you shal goe into some close place where shée may not sée ouermuch light as before said where loosing her hood in a readinesse you must haue a liue pullet in your hand knéeling on the ground luring and crying aloud vnto her make her plume and pul the pullet a little Then with your teeth drawing the strings vnhoode her softly suffering her to plume and plucke it with her beake twice or thrice more cast out the pullet vpon the ground before her Then must you with raysing or holding down your fist encourage her vntill she leape down vpon the Pullet and seaze it Then when shée beginneth
to breake it and to take blood you shall lure cry aloud vnto her and encourage her by all the means that you can féeding her vpon the ground And therewithall you shal take her vp gently and nimbly with the pullet in her foot whereon let her plume and féed now and then a little Then hoode her gently and at last giue her tyring of a wing or a foot of the said pullet To make a Falcon know the Lure AFter that your Falcon hath twice or thrice thus killed a pullet in som secret place then must you make her know the lure in this wise Fasten a pullet vnto your lure and goe a part Then giue your Falcon to holde vnto some other man who may draw loose the strings of her hoode in a readines And when you are gone a little backe from him take your lure at halfe the length of the string and cast it about your head once or twice luring with your voyce also Then let that other vnhood your hawke whiles you throw out the lure not far from your hawke luring and crying stll vnto her And if your hawk doe stoope to the lure and seaze the pullet suffer her to plume her coying her and luring still with your voyce Then let her féede on the pullet vpon the lure and afterwards take her vppon your fiste together with her meat and hoode her suffering her to plume and tyre as is before said How to call your Falcon loose and at large WHen your Falcon hath come well thrée or foure times vnto the lure in some secret place as well to a liue pullet as to a dead then shall you goe abroad into some fayre meadow where are no trées and fastning a quicke pullet vnto the lure giue your Hawke to hold vnto another man Then tying also a cryance vnto your hawkes lease cause that other which holdeth your hawke to make ready her hoode and giue her a little bit of meat on his fist chirping and chearing her w t his voyce Euen therewithall doe you goe backe foure or fiue paces or more luring twice or thrice let him which holdeih the hawke doe off her hood then do you take the lure at length of the string and cast it about your head crying and luring alowde throwing it vpon the ground if your hawke stoope at the pullet suffer her to breake it and féed her vpon the lure casting her to eate the braines and the heart of the pullet with the lure also alwayes crying and luring And this order shall you obserue dayly further and further off vntill shée bée well lured entred and manned How to call a Falcon that will come loose WHen your Falcon wil come a farre off vnto the lure and stoope to it being thrown out without any coynes or ramagenes then setting her sharp you shal get on horsbacke in a morning and go into some fayre plaine field and as neare as you can where there is no wood nor trées there giuing your hawke vnto some other man to hold which must also bée on horsebacke Put your cryance to your hawke in such wise that she may not tangle her selfe therewith in comming to the lure Then drawing backe a little as much as you think méet giue a sign to him that holdeth the hawk to make ready her hood and let him hold vp his fist on high Then lure you thrée or four times as lowd as you can alwaies casting y e lure abour your head wherunto for y e first time I would haue Pullet fastned still And while you so doe let him which holdeth your hawke plucke off her hoode and if she come straight to the lure forbeare vntill shée come within eight or ten paces of you then cast it vnto her And if shée take the lure let her plume thereupon and lure you still with your voyce lighting off your horse and draw néere to your hawk fayre and softly luring and crying vnto her so féede her as before said But after that she be called two or thrée dayes to the lure on horsebacke with a criance or more or lesse according to the towardnesse or vntowardnesse of the Hawke if shee come roundly a bow shot from you you may then goe out in a morning hauing set her reasonably sharpe for the purpose call her loose on horsebacke that is without eyther lease or criance but loose in company And ifshée come to you féede her vpon the lure as before said luring still vnto her to make her acquainted with your voyce And the next day you may call her to the drie lure without a Pullette or any thing vpon it And when she is come to the lure cast her out a quicke Pullette breaking first the féete and legges thereof and let her kill it vpon the lure and féede her vp To make a Falcon fleeing WHen your Hawke will come and stoope to the lure roundly and without any ramagenes then if shee bee a Haggart you must put her on a payre of great luring belles and the like shall you doe also to a Soarehawke And so much the greater ought your bels to be by how much more you sée your Hawk giddy-headed or like to rake out at check For it can be no hurt to clog her w t great bels at the first vntil her conditions be known well perceyued That being done hauing also set her sharp go one morning on horsebacke into some faire large field without wood or trées if it be possible hauing your hawk vpō your fist consider of y e wind ride you vp into the wind or towards that way as the wind bloweth halfe a bow shot And hauing loosened your Hawkes hoode whistle softly as it were to prouoke your hawke to flée Whereupon shée will beginne to bate or at least to slap with her flagges and sayles and to aduance her selfe vpon your fiste Then suffer her vntill shée rowse or mewt and when shée hath done eyther of them vnhoode her and let her flée with her head into the wind For thereby shée shall be the better able to get vp on wing and to get into the wind Then will your Falcon naturally clime vpwards rouing fléeing round Therefore when you sée that shée hath flowen two or thrée turns you shall cry and lure with your voyce cast the lure about your head whereunto first tye a Pullet as before sayde and if your Falcon come in when she approacheth neare you then cast out the lure into the wind and if she stoope to it reward her as before To make a Falcon leaue the stand on the ground IF your Falcon at first when shée fléeeth from the fist will not get vp but take stand on the ground as the most parte of soare Falcons doe commonly you shall not yet therefore be discouraged nor out of hope but rather making towards her with your horse threatning of her séeme to feare with your wand and driue her from the
shall strike vppon his Tabarde twice or thrice and his Companion hearing him shall throw out the Ducke aloft And let the Falconer cast off his Goshawke to it and if she take it at the Sowrce let him reward her and féede her with a reasonable gorge making her all the cheare that may be then let him take her vpon his fist and hoode her suffering her to plume or to tyre vpon a wing or a leg of the Ducke The next day hée shall not flée with her as before I haue admonished But the third day he may go again in like maner with his companion or else may seeke some water plash or pitte where Wilde-fowle lye as Teales or such like Prouided alwayes that he seeke the aduantage of his flight where the Banckes bee high for the higher that the banks be the better he may come to make his flight and in such a place hee and his companion one on the one side that other on the other may ride fayre and softly vntill they find fowle and yet put them not vppe When they haue found them both of them shall draw backe along by the banke and the Hawke beeing vnhooded they shall trotte both of them right vpon the fowle with their horses When they bee neare them he which hath the Tabarde shall beate it so that the Fowle may rise and then he may let flée his Hawke and if shée take any of them at Sowrce let him make in to her apace and crosse the Fowles winges so that shée may foote it and plume it at her pleasure rewarding her as before c. And the better to encourage her when he hath hooded her let him set her vpon the Fowle and let her plume it her fill and after let him take her on his fist and giue her a wing or a leg of the fowle to tyre on And the next day let him not flee c. And when his Hawke is throughly nouzled and in blood then hee may flee twice in a day or oftner with her rewarding her as before is expressed Vsing his Hawke thus hee shall so well encourage her that hee may flée the oftner with her at his pleasure Of fiecing the Wilde-goose and Crane with a Goshawke SOme delight to flee Wildgeese and Cranes with a Goshawke and such other great flights And the traine must be made in this wise When the Hawke is made to the fist as before said let him goe on foote abroad into the field with his Goshawke on his fist carrying with him a wildgoose or a tame Goose of the colour of a wilde-goose tyed by the tayle with a Cryance And hauing sette her on the ground eight or tenne Paces from him lette him vnhoode the Hawke and twitch the Goose with the Cryance vntill hee make it stirre and flicker with the winges Then if his Goshawke bate at it cast her off and runne in to succour her so that the Goose beate her not with her wings for discouraging her And if he haue store of traines then he shall reward and féede her on the braines heart and thigh of that which hée trayned withall But if hee haue no store then it shall bée néedefull to saue that for another traine This done let him closely conuey a pigeon vnder the wing of the traine and reward his hawke therewith as hath beene heretofore declared in the traines to the Hearon And the next day let her not flée but set her down c. The third day he may giue her another traine somewhat further off And the third train hee shal giue it her on horsebacke fiftie or threescore paces off at the least or so farre off as hee may come in to succour his hawke in time His hawke being thus trayned and entred hee may ride out with his hawke without belles because the Géese shall not rise before the Falconer haue brought his Hawke to the vantage then with his Tabard to beate it vp so foorth whereof I haue told before And hauing found any wilde géese he shall shew them to his hawke who being naturally mooued will make from the fist to them and will flee low by the ground vntill shée come neare them Then the Falconer shall ride after apace and strike vpon his Tabarde vntill hée rayse the wildgéese And if his Hawke seaze any of them at Source hée shall quickly succour her and reward her c. But forasmuch as wilde Géese will rise as soone as they sée any body Therefore the Falconer must teach his Hawke to take the aduantage which is thus done As soone as hée hath found them a farre off lette him alight from his horse and carry his Hawke vnhooded behind his horse stawking towardes them vntill hée haue gotten reasonably neare them holding downe his hawke couerte vnder the horse necke or body in such sorte that shée may finde the Géese Then the Falconer shall runne in apace and strike vpon his Tabarde to rayse the Géese And if she kill any of them rewarde her c. Vsing his hawke in this order she may be made to kill two or thrée or more in a day And in like manner may shee be made to the Crane And in like sort may hee creepe to flee at fowle which lye vpon pits or pondes First shewing them to his Hawk and letting her draw to them and then running in to put them vppe with his Tabarde But the Falconer must take héed that as long as he may finde great flights hée flée not at smaller fowle to the end his Hawke way continue the more boldly to flée great flights For a man may soone make a Hawke a cowarde and a slugge Yet some there bée but those are very rare which fleeing at all kindes of Fowles become still hardier and hardier and better and better Now hauing written sufficiently of such flights I will passe ouer to teach the meanes to mewe a Goshawke To mew a Goshawke WHen you haue flowen eyther with Goshawke or Tercel Soar or Haggart vntill March giue her some good quarrey in her foot and foreséeing that shée be cleane from lyse cut off the buttons of her Iesses and throw her into the mew the which may bée a roome eyther below or on the ground set towards the North if it bee possible And as for the bignesse so that it be not too little lette it be as large as you will and let the pearches therein be lyned with Cannas or cotton so that the hawke hurte not her féete there vppon for thereby shée might catch eyther the gowte or the pynne Let the mewe also haue a window toward the East and another toward the North to take fresh ayre and the comforte of the Sunne You shall also prouide in the same mewe a Bason or other vessell for water and euery thrée dayes at the most change and shift the water And feede your hawke eyther with Pygeons or with Quailes or else with hote flesh of a Weather or gelded Goate for that will
make her mew well and quickly To draw the Goshawke out of the Mewe ABout the beginning of October if you perceiue your Goshawke faire mewed and hard penned then giue her eyther chickens or Lambes hearts and Calues hearts by the space of 20. dayes together to skowre her and to make her slise out the slimy substance and glytte out of her pannell and to enseame her as Falconers tearme it That being done one euening you may draw her out of the mew and new furnish her with Iesses belles Bewets and of all other things that shall bée néedefull And when you haue féeled her keepe her so séeled two or thrée dayes vntill she will be gently hooded And thereof a Falconer ought to haue a speciall regard For commonly all mewed hawkes are as coy to bée hooded as when they were first taken But when you haue won her to abide the hoode gently then in an euening by candle light you may vnséele her and the next day you may goe about to shew her the fist and the gloue And as I haue before aduised you to deale with Haggarts or hawkes new taken from the Cage you shall not forget to let her tyre and plume morning and euening giuing her somtimes in the morning when her gorge is emptie a little Sugar Candie for that will helpe her maruailously to endew Sometimes also when shée is emptie in gorge and panell you shall giue her skowrings of Aloes Cicatryne Cloues and Stauesaker wrapped in a little péece of cotton or in towe or linnen cloth But hereof shall hée written more plainely in the treatise of medicines To make a mewed Goshawke fleeing WHen the Falconer shall perceyue his Goshawke to féede eagerly and perceiueth by his iudgement that she is enseamed and that hee may boldly flée with her then let him goe with her into the field and finding Partridge if the hawke bate at them of her owne accord it is a token that shée is empty and ready to flée but if shee bate not then doth it betoken the contrary Therefore in such case féed her still with washt meats and thinges conuenient as long as you shall think requisite For doubtles if she be once throughly enseamed and ready shée will flée of her owne accord And then if shée kill féede and reward her as hath béene before declared But if shée flée to the marke with a Partridge then you must retriue it and serue her as is also before expressed How to keepe Nyasse Sparowhawkes SParowhawkes are to bee considered as all other kindes of hawkes are according to their age and disposition Some of them are named Nyasses some Braunchers some Soarehawkes and some mewed hawkes Some also Haggarts béeing mewed in the woode they are called Nyasses which are taken in the eyrée Branchers are those that hauing forsaken the eyrée are fodde by the old hawke vpon the boughes and branches neare about the eyrée and thereupon they are called Branchers afterwards they are called Soarehawks They are called Soarehawkes because when they haue forsaken the wood and beginne to prey for themselues they flée vp aloft vpon pleasure which with vs Falconers is called soaring Mewed hawkes are all hawkes that haue once or more shifted their feather and Haggarts are they which prey for themselues doe also mew themselues eyther in the wood or otherwise at large To beginne with the Nyasse which is of greatest difficulty to bring vnto any perfection you must first féede her in some fresh coole Chamber or parler vpon the ground And the same chāber should haue two windows not very large whereof that one should open towards the North and that other towards the East to take the fresh coole ayre or the comfort of the Sunne at her pleasure These windowes must be open barred ouerthwart with lathes or thin bordes so thicke that neyther your hawkes may gette out nor your Catte may come in And in this Chamber caste and strew Vine leaues and other fresh leaues For it refesheth a hawke maruailously to rest vpon them And for the same consideration it shall not be amisse to sette two or thrée great frée stones in the chamber whereuppon the Hawkes may sitte coole and fresh You must also haue two or thrée pearches lined or couered one a little higher than another so that the hawke as she groweth huger and huger may flée from one pearch to another and neuer hurt her féete And when she is full sommed so as she can flée then wil it be méete and most necessarie to sette some large bason or other vessell full of Water that shée may bath her at pleasure therein For that is not onely very wholesome for her bodie but also will make her put out her feathers the better the faster And you shall doe well to shift her water euery three dayes You shall féed her with young Sparrowes Martelettes and young Pigeons and sometimes with shéepes hearts and whiles shee is very young and little you should cutte her meate and shredde it in small pellets vppon a trencher or a cleane boorde for the purpose setting it so neare her that shee may reach it with her beake and feede Thus you shall fade her twice or more euery day euen as you shall sée her endew it or as Falconers say put it ouer Beware that you giue her not gorge vpon gorge for that will make her cast her gorge But when shee is full sommed and fléeth about then you shall doe better to giue her whole birdes and sometimes to féede her vpon your fist suffering her to kill and straine the liue birdes in your hand Yea and sometimes to put quicke birdes into the chamber to her that shée may learne to know them to foote them and to kill them and let her féede vpon them her selfe in your presence For that shall bée very good as well to noule her as also to make her leaue that vile condition which commonly all Nyasses haue which is to carry and hide their prey in some hedge or ditch or secret place and therein they will sitte very close for being heard when they heare or perceiue their Kéeper to séeke them Whereupon their Kéepers are oftentimes euill troubled and displeased And also it shall not bée amisse euery morning to goe into the saide Chamber and to call them to the fist whistling and chirping with your mouth for by that means you shall both man them throughly and also you shall gaine the time which you should else spend afterwardes in making them when they were ready to bée drawne out of the faid chamber To reclayme and make the Nyasse Sparowhawke WHen your Nyasse Sparowhawke hath put forth all her feathers is full sommed then shall you take her out of the chamber and furnish her with belles bewets Iesses and lines And by my counsell you shall also séele her at the first to make her gentle to abide the hoode which is contrary to her nature and to make her tractable to bee
maner of a Sirop put thrée or foure droppes of it into your hawkes nares and set her in the Sun or by the fire as is said afore if it be cold That done then by Martines aduise take pitch if you will to the mountenance of a beane which you must warme betwixt your handes and afterward cleaue it to the roofe of her Beake rubbing it ouer with a little of the powder of Stauesacre and Pepper till shée féele the pitch well vppon her Palate and by and by in labouring to shake off the sayd pitch and water from her Palate shée will cast and let her cast her fill till shée be throughly scowred And when yée thinke shée is scowred sufficiently take away the said pitch if it it bée not falne off already and set your hawke to the fire or in the Sunne as is saide in the medicine of the pepper and féede her with some good meat one howre after And to recomfort your hawke after all these Medicines ye may giue her foure or fiue Cloues of Mace as is sayde afore after as the bignesse of them is which you must first brooze a little and put into her casting For the Cloues so giuen are singularly good for hawkes against all Rhewmes and humors of the head so that it maketh them to haue a good breath and keepeth it from stinking by setting their whole bodies in a temperate heate And the Cloues béeing so giuen euerie eight day is enough to kéepe a Hawke from all rhewmatike diseases of the head and from all other diseases that come of cold Of a confirmed Rhewme that commeth of colde NOw that I haue spoken of the disease of the head which commeth oftentimes of giuing too great a gorge or of fowle féeding I will speake of the Rhewme or pose which bréedeth of the coldnesse of the braine and vpper part of the head The hawks that haue this disease endure such paine as they cannot holde open their eyes And of this disease spring many other griefes as the pinne and the webbe in the eye whereby they loose their sight and sometimes they loose their sight without hauing the pinne and the webbe in theyr eyes Besides that there followeth the Hawe in their eyes as in the eyes of a horse and sometimes also the pyp in their tongs and another disease which is called the Effâ—â—â—â—yllous in the French tong I know not what english terme to bestow vpon it And moreouer the swelling of the roofe of their pallate which is called the Vvulâ— an ill disease whereof bréedeth the Canker All these diseases are very dangerous and put hawkes in great hazard if there bée not skill to remedy them betimes And Master Amé Cassian saith that such diseases bréede of flegme which is in the bodies of Hawkes as I sayde afore of the other Rhewm and that flegme commeth of setting them in moist and colde places Also sometimes it commeth of bringing them home cold and wet out of the fieldes and of setting them downe vpon their pearches without drying or warming them at the fire or in the Sunne The remedy of those diseases is first and formost to cauterize them in manner following Fashion a little yron with a round head like a peaze which is called a button and make it in manner redde hote in the fire but yet not ouerhote for yron is very violent if it bée too much heat Cauterize her therewith on the toppe of her head because the griefe and disease is there grounded Cause your hawke to be well cast that you may cauterize her at your ease and pleasure for you must beware of burning her too déepe and therefore that yée may be sure to do it well mayle your hawk fast and pull off a few of her feathers As soone as you haue done so take another yron with a point as sharpe as the tooth of a combe and put it in the fire as afore saide and therewith pierce her nares in the mids TheÌ„ two or thrée dayes after take another flat yron of a finger broad heat likewise red hote and cauterize your hawke againe therewith handsomely as it were betwéene the eye-lidde and the horne of the beake do it with the sharper side of the yron not that the yron ought indéede to haue any edge but rather by all reason to be blunt And take good héed that the fire touch neither the ball of her eye nor her nares and therefore sée that yée gard her eye with a wet clout to kéepe it from the smoak All such maner of fires must bée giuen towards the euening before hawkes are supped when they are empty for otherwise the handling of them would make them cast their gorges When all is done as it should bée halfe gorge your Hawke or somewhat lesse with warme meate And the same day make prouision of such Snayles as are among vines or among Fenell and such as haue gray shelles they are the best for men are wont to eate of them Stéepe fiue or sixe of them in the milke of an Asse or of a Gate or else for want of that in womans milke and let it be done in a good large glasse well couered that they créepe not out The next morning breake the shelles and wash them in new milke as it commeth from the Cow then giue foure or fiue of those Snailes to your hawke after that they bée of bignesse And as soone as that is done set her against a fire or the Sunne and remoue her not away til she haue muted four or fiue times And if shée can abide the heat well let her alone still for it doth her much good After noone féed her with a hens legge or with some small birds or with a Ratte or a Mouse which are best of all and then set her in a warme placa and giue her not too great a gorge When euening comes that shée hath indued put ouer her meat take fiue or sixe Cloues of Mace broken a sunder and wrapped in a péece of flesh or a pellet of Cotton and make her to receiue it by faire meanes or fowle by opening her beake and conueying it into her Continue this medicine fowre or fiue dayes and your hawk shall recouer Afterward make her to tyre euening and morning and let her féeding bée stéeped in milke as is said afore of the Snayles for the milke scowreth her body within as is very nutritiue and will quickle bring her to be hie and in flesh againe Another medicine that Mallop in giveth in stead of the other aforesaid TAke the powder of Saffron and Camomill of each the mountenance of a litle pease when yée haue mingled theÌ„ together put thereto larde that is neyther restie nor ouer salted and stéepe them a night and a day in thrée of foure changes of water and then wash the Larde throughly in faire licour That done take Sugar clarified and the marow of a Béefe Of the things aforesaid take as much of the