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A14017	The booke of falconrie or havvking for the onely delight and pleasure of all noblemen and gentlemen : collected out of the best authors, aswell Italians as Frenchmen, and some English practises withall concerning falconrie / heretofore published by George Turbervile, Gentleman.	Turberville, George, 1540?-1610?	1611 (1611)	STC 24325.5; ESTC S3107	237,831	383

as wel to spring and retriue a fowle being flowen to the marke as also diuers other wayes to assist and ayde Falcons and Goshawkes Wherefore séeing that hitherto in my collection I haue spoken altogether of Hawkes both for the riuer and field and in my conceite haue left few néeefull poynts for a good Falconer vntoucht or treated of now I shall not doe amisse nor wander ouer wide from my purpose if I say somewhat of Spaniels without the which a Falconer specially vsing to flée the field cannot be without mayme of his pastime and impayre of his gallant glée And againe for that they are subiect to many diseases and plagues as wée commonly tearme them for dogges and longer than they are without infection wée may expect from them no pleasure assistance or recreation I will onely in this treatise describe you their harmes with cures due to the same Among all which I place the Mangie first as the capitall enemy to the quiet and beauty of a braue Spaniell wherewith they poore dogges are oftentimes greatly plagued both to the infection of their fellowes and the no slender griefe of theyr masters The way to cure and discharge a Spaniell of the mangie is to annoint him eyther at the fire or in the Sunne thrice euery other day with an vnguent made of Barrow flicke one pound common oyle thrée ounces Brimstone well brayed foure ounces salt well beaten and broosed ashes well sifted and fierced of eyther two ounces boyling al these in a Kettle or Potte of Earth mingling them well together till the barrow flicke bée incorporate and well compounded with the rest With this Vnguent thus made and confected annoint and besmeare all the body of your Spaniell and euery other part of him shifting his litter and kennell often the oftner the better And lastly hauing thus done wash him ouer and ouer with good strong lye and it will mortifie and kill the Mangie But if perhaps as commonly it falleth out the Spaniel loose her heare though it procéedeth not of the force of this vnguent and strong medicine yet it shal be very good to bathe your Spanell shredding his haire in this order with the water of Lupines or Hoppes and to annoynt him with stale Barrowes flicke This medicine ouer and besides that it cureth and quitteth the Mangie it also maketh the Spanells skin beautifull and fayre to looke to and killes the flies the dogs disquieters and enemies to his ease But when this foresayd remedy is not of force sufficient to rydde the Mangie but that it spreddes and getteth greater power and dominion ouer your Spanell then doth it behooue you to douise a farre stronger medïcine which is to take of strong Vinegar two quarters or as much as will suffice common Oyle six ounces Brimstone thrée ounces sut of a chimny or pot a quantitie of six ounces brayed salt and serced two handfulls boyle all these aforesayd in the Vinegar vsing the former order of anoynting your Spanell in the Sommertime If neither of these remedies aforesayd will serue the turne then for a last refuge you must be driuen to practise with a far stronger than eyther of both But in any wise this medicine must not be ministred in the cold of winter for it will then put the Spanell in great hazard of death Take quicke Siluer as great a quantity as shall suffice and mortifie it with stale Barrowes flicke or Larde as if I should set you downe this proportion Of Quicke Siluer two ounces Barrowes grease ten ounces mingle them well together vntill they be incorporated with this vnguent annoynt your Spanell in the sunne tying him afterwards for the space of an houre in the Sun to the end the vnguent may sincke in and pierce the déeper Then wash him twice with blacke Sope and obseruing this order of annoynting him euery other day twice or thrice assuredly you shall ryd him of all Manginesse whatsoeuer it be But I must tell you this by the way that this vnguent of Quicke Siluer will cause her haire to fall away Wherefore it shall bée requisite euery third or fourth day to annoynt him with stale Bacon grease for that will presently make his haire to grow and come againe If a Spaniell bée not very much infected with the mangy ' then is it an easie matter to cure it in this sort To make a kind of bread with wheaten branne and the rootes leaues and fruit or flowers of the hearbe which wee call Agrimonie beating it wel in a morter and making it into a past or dow baking it in an ouen and so made to giue your Spaniels of the said bread as much as they list to eate and none other bread at all for a time With foure or fiue of these loaues of bread made in maner as I tell you haue I cured my Spaniels of the mangie and some other of my friends Though euery body for the most part doe know these common hearbes yet neuerthelesse I will follow mine Author set it downe with the same description as he doth Agrimonie is an hearbe that growes in meadowes fields neare vnto some roote of a trée and vpon the mouth of sawe pittes and other olde vncleane and vnoccupied places The leaues of it doe spread vpon the ground they are a shaftment in length iagged on each side like vnto the leafe of Hemp diuided into fiue or more parts and branches indented round about It brings forth one or two blackish stalkes vppon which there are certaine boughes standing one distant from another on which there are yellow flowers and those flowers being through ripe doe yéeld certaine round berries as bigge as a Peaze or Fetch which will cleaue and hang to a mans garments if he once touch them This description doth my Italian Author make of the hearbe Agrimonie wherof hée would haue this bread made to cure the mangie Spaniel I leaue it ouer to thy vse and discretion till thou néede it But when all these medicines shall fayle or to be sure not to fayle in your cure take onely a pint of strong wine Vinegar mixe therewith a good quantity of gun-powder well bruised and therewith annoint the dog al ouer and you shal spare all other experiments Of divers accidents that happen to dogges and first of that ill which is called For●ica EVery man doth know that there is a kinde of vile disease that lights vpon Spaniels eares which doth greatlie vexe them in the Summer time especially with the flies and the scratting and tearing themselues with their owne féet We tearme it in English a kinde of Mangie but but both the Latimst and the Italian tearme it Formica The French man hee calleth it Fourmye● which in troth is in English nothing else but an Ante or Pismire applyed héere in this place to a dogges disease for some likelyhood and property betwixt the Pismire and the mischiefe which is accustomed to exéepe and goe further

still or steady but is euer mouing it to one side or other holding her eyes close shut withall This disease is called Soda which in english we may tearm the Megrim or a kind of palsie by mean the head is in continuall mouing This euill may procéed eyther by the fowlenesse of the panell or of a corrupt and naughty liuer The remedie for it is this which I haue found very good and wherewith I haue cured my hawke in times past You must giu your sick hawk a casting of cotton in which you shall enwrappe of Aloes Epaticke one scruple of Cloues two graines making these into powder before you giue it then two howres after the taking of this scowring féed your hawke with a yong Pygeon or a hote Pullets legge vsing this selfe same order thrée or foure mornings one after another One other remedy for it is this Take as much vnwasht Larde as the toppe of your little finger with a quantitie of Pepper and a little Aloes Epaticke beate these two last into powder and conuey them into the Larde which done thrust them into your hawkes throat holding her on your fist a space after it then tie her on the pearch in the Sunne there let her stay till shée cast both the scowring the slimy matter which is in her gorge And this medicine you may vse euery rhird day once féeding your hawke with hote meats as Pigeons and yong Sparowes and euerytime you giue her this scowring conuey into her a little Aloes which is an excellent thing to scowre her and quit her of of this disease If these receits and scowrings yéeld no remedy then must you to the actuall cauterie shearing away the plumes about that part of the head where you will apply your fire euer respecting the bone and burning nothing but the very skinne to let the mischiefe breath remouing the escarre and doing the cure after the escarre remoued as is before said Let this suffice for this monstrous mischiefe which kils many hawkes yet haue I cured my hawks twice by these remedies in my time Of the Cataract in the eyes of a Hawke BEsides those other euils there is a Cataract which dooth light vpon the eyes of a Hawke whome we may tearm a suffusion a mischiefe not easily remoued and diuers times impossible to be recured as namely when it is grown too thick and ouerlong hath béen suffered in the eye without séeking remedy for it but if it be not confirmed then may it well bee remedied and I my selfe haue cured sundry hawkes affected with this euill This euill accident doth happen by meane of grosse humors in the head which are wont to dimme and darken the sight and sometimes cleane to put out the hawkes eye without redemption It may bee that the hoode is the cause and ground of this disease for I neuer in my life remember that I saw any other birde or fowle troubled with it but onely the Falcon and perhappes it lights on her in chiefe for that of all other shée is most vsed to the hoode and to be almost at no time vnhooded You must therefore haue an eye and especiall regard to this inconuenience at the first by giuing one or two morninges a scowring of Aloes or of Agaricke to scowre your Hawke withall because if you should aduenture vpon any sharpe or hard painefull medicine applying it to the eye of your hawke it would perhaps cause a great repaire of euil humors and accidents to the place diseasaid When you haue giuen this scowring of Aloes or Agaricke to remoue the matter from the eye you must vse a powder made of washt Aloes finely beaten one scruple and of Sugar Candie two scruples blowing out this powder into your Hawkes eyes thrée or foure times in a day with the Pipe or quill aforesaid This is the gentlest and most Soueraine medicine that you can apply to the eye in this case and whilest you do minister this receit it shall bee good sometimes to bath the eye with the vrine of a little boy If by these medicines aforesaid the webbe of the eye will not bee remoued we must be driuen to vse a stronger receipt which is this Take a new said egge and rost it so long vntill the white of it become like milke When you haue so done put it into a fine white linnen cloth and straine it so much and so long vntill you sée issue through your strainer a cleare gréene water whereof you shall now and then infuse a droppe or two into the hurt eye vsing it so thrée or foure times in the day at the least vntll you sée your Hawke amend of her mischiefe and waxe sound Last of all if these thinges auayle not to the cure I do commend and allow aboue all the rest that you take the iuyce of Celendine rootes making them cleane from the earth that doth vse to hang to the moores then scrape away the outmost rynde and pill of the roote and vse the iuyce to your Hawke Truely I haue found this to bee of singular force and vertue in the like accident It shall not bée amisse in this and such like affections and ill passions of the eye of a Hawke to bath her eyes often with rose-water wherein haue béen boyled the séeds of Fenygreke But you must remember that this water or coli●ie be somewhat warme when you vse it because the eye is so noble and so sensible a member as it can ill brooke thinges eyther ouerhote or ouer cold but must haue them moderately hot or cold This deuise may you vse to bath your Hawkes eye withall vntill such time she be recouered féeding her mean while with good meats and such as are light of disgestion Hawkes are of so noble and excellent a nature as the most part of medicines that you doe apply to the hurtes and cures of men you may boldly bestow on hawkes as thinges verie holesome for them as by their working will be most euidently séene and perceyued yet must there bee a discretion vsed in the administration of these said receites hauing alwayes a regard vnto the weake and delicate nature of Hawkes in respect of men and therefore the quantities of euery thing must be allowed and giuen accordingly For when all the medicines recited shal faile to worke if then you take but a leafe of ground Iuie and champing it in your mouth spit the iuyce thereof into the hawkes eye it will not onely take away this euill but any other griefe in the eye whatsoeuer It hapneth diuers times that through the catarre and paine of the head and eyes there lights vpon the eares of a Hawke so mortall and deadly an apostume as seldom when though there be great care vsed about the cure shée may bée brought to perfect state or recouered And this procéedeth because the mischiefe lies so neare a neighbour to the braine as before it can breake or be cleansed outwardly it