it can ill brooke things eyther ouerhote or ouercolde but muste haue them moderately hotte or cold This deuise may you vse to bath your hawkes eye withall vntill such time she be recouered feeding hir meane while with good meates and such as are light of digestion Hawkes are of so noble and excellent a nature as the most part of medicines that you doe applie to the hurtes and cures of men you may boldly bestowe on Hawkes as things very holesome for them as by their working will be most euidently seene and perceyued yet muste there be a discretion vsed in the administration of these sayd receytes 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 It happeneth diuers times that through the Catarre and paine of the head and eyes there lights vppon the eares of a Hawke so mortall and deadly an apostume as seldome when though there bee greate care vsed about the cure she maye be brought to perfect state or recouered And this proceedeth bycause the mischiefe lies so neare a neighboure to the brayne as before it can breake or be clensed outwardly it causeth the Hawke to perish Besides that it is very hard to applie medicines in that place but if the Hawke be of so strong a nature that she brooke the breathing and rupture of this disease which you shall perceyue by the quitture and filth that dothe issue from hir cares giue hir this remedie which is a very noble receyte and approued of me often times as well in men as in Hawkes to my great commendation and glory Take honie of Roses and oyle of egges incorporate them togither and powre twice or thrice a daye into the eares of your Hawke some fewe droppes of it hote and if you find by the abundance of filth that there needeth great abstersion you maye adde therevnto a quantitie of Sarcacoll beaten into powder The wine of Pomegranats is a most excellent remedie in this mischiefe confected with those things aforesayd Butter well coyled and beaten in a morter of lead one houre at the least and afterwardes powred into the Hawkes eares reasonable hote twice or thrice aday is a very good remedie Of such euils as happen to Hawkes in their chappes and mouthes THe chappes and mouth of a Hawke is subiect to sundrie diseases and in the Hawkes mouth there are wont to growe certayne white peeces of flesh and sometimes tending somewhat too blacke which do hinder the Hawke from hir feeding by meane whereof without any other euident cause she becōmeth leane and lowe Wherfore it shall bee very necessary to looke into hir mouth sometimes both in the Palat and vnder the tong bicause that many times there especially do growe vp certaine peeces of flesh like in shape to a graine of Peper sometimes lesse sometimes bigger than a Peper grayn which it shall be necessary to cut away either with a payre of cysers if you may commodiously do it or with Roch Alome burnt or with a droppe of Oyle of Brimston applyed vpon a little cotton with an yron vnto the place taking away the corrupte flesh You must mundifie the place with honie of Roses and bombast or lynt vntill you see the quicke flesh vnderneath it then afterwards vnto the honie of Roses you may apply and adde a little powder of Masticke or incense to consolidate the wounde washing it sometymes among with white wyne Moreouer and besides this there is wont to happen vnto Hawkes in the mouth a certaine frownce or impedimente which doth hinder their feading as the other peeces of flesh do of which I haue spoken before This frownce may be very well perceyued and discerned with the eye and will appeare also by the feeding of the Hawke Diuers times this kind of euill is cured with honie of Roses and with the powder of nutshels bound in a peece of linnen cloth well bathed and styped togyther and thrust vnder the whote ymbers vntill it may bee brought vnto fine powder thys may you continue twice a day as long as shall bee needefull But if this will not serue the turne it shall be very necessary to mortifie and kill the frownce with Aquae fortis such as goldsmiths do vse to part their mettalls withal hauing respect not to touch it any where sauing only vpon the frownce and part diseased for that it will fret the good and sound fleashe After you haue mortified the frownce or canker with Aquae fortis as I haue tolde you then must you mundifie and consolidate it with honie of Roses which wyll cure it out of hand Also it is very good to applie this receyte following in the cure of the frownce whome the Italians call Zaruoli Take a cleane Skillet wherevnto put good white wine a quantitie of Verdigrece well beaten to powder of Roche Alome like quantitie one ownce of honie and a fewe drie Rose leaues boyle all these thyngs togither to the consumption of halfe the wine then strayne it and with the strayning hereof twice or thrice a day bath the frownce with a little lint or bombast tyed on the toppe of an instrumente for the purpose But you muste well regarde whether the fleshe be good or no and with a toole fitte for it to searche and cutte away the dead fleshe for otherwise it will doe little pleasure and the Hawke shoulde bee assured to suffer greate paynes and yet to dye at laste Hauing mundifyed the wounde with the receyte aforesayde bathe it onelye wyth Honie of Roses and it wyll dispatche the Cure. Take Verdegrece a quantitie bynde it in a linnen clothe stype it one day and one nighte in Rose water or Plantine water or common water not hauing the rest and afterwardes wash the frownce therewith vntill they be mortified whyche you shall well perceyue by the quicke fleshe that will growe vnder then applye Honye of Roses in the ende of the cure and it shall doe your Hawke great good Egiptiacum is an excellent thing to cure kill the frownce in a Hawke which is none other thing but a very Canker suche as men are plagued withall Wherefore take Verdegrece Roch Alome of eyther two ownces Honie of Roses one ownce water of Plantaine wine of Pomegranats of eyther two ownces and a halfe set them on a softe burning fire alwayes stirring them with a sticke or wodden splatter vntill it turne to the thicknesse of honie then take a little of it and mingle with a quātitie of Plantaine water and you shal find this the most excellent remedie aswell for the frownce in a Hawke as also for the Canker in the mouth of a man Thus much is necessary to be vsed when the frounce dothe happen vnto a Hauke by some apostheme of the head engēdred by a corrupt liuer or some other inward part But many times it so falleth out that the beake of a Hawke is hindred
luke warme water and afterwarde dryed in a lynnen clothe before you gyue it your hawke Lykewise may you boldly feede your hawkes before they are drawen out of the mewe with small pullettes and yong Sparrowes When you haue thus doone and obserued this order of feeding them when the tyme is come to drawe them out of the mewe you muste remember to drawe them very orderly and after that to continewe the same kinde of feeding and to keepe the same hande vppon them for other twentie dayes space at the leaste to skowre and disburden your hawkes of that slyme and glytte whiche doth surcharge them hauing them alwayes for the moste parte on the fiste and especially at nyghte Neyther shall it be euyll to skowre them or as our Ostregers and Falconers do terme it to enseame them by gyuing them a quantitie of washt Aloes allowing a Falcon as muche as the byggenesse of a Beane beaten into powder wrapped in Cotton and so to make hir a skowring thereof and besides to giue hir Suger Candy twoo or three mornings But in any condition you muste beware not to vse Aloes vnwashte bycause thereof are bredde sundry ill accidentes in hawkes And for that occasion is it prescribed you to vse Aloes washe to auoyde that vndoubted euill whiche would otherwise happen Moreouer I haue happily and with good successe approoued this remedie I haue gyuen so muche larder or butter as I coulde well conuey into my hawkes throte when shee hath beene emptie aboue hauing firste prepared the larde or butter by washing it seuen eyght or moe tymes in cleare water and afterwardes letting it soke in Rose water a space and lastely by putting vnto it of the beste Suger that I coulde gette or Suger Candie beaten to pouder And my order was euer to gyue this skowring euery seuenth or eyght daye And this is not alone to bee vsed to hawkes in the mewe but also to suche as are kept on the pearche and stocke But if it so fall out that by these deuises and skowrings you cannot make your hawke haue a stomake and gredie appetite to feede it shall not bee euill to pysse vppon hir meate and hauing dryed it in part againe to giue hir a gorge sufficient so muche as may serue hir and as she will take For the more liquide and slypper fleshe you giue hir the sooner wil she be enseymed And by this meanes doe Falconers preserue their hawkes from the falling euill and sodayne mischiefe and besides that from sundry other perilous accidents that do followe those sillie birdes Of the Apostumes of the heade FAlcons Goshawkes and other birdes of praye are woont to be muche combred and molested with the swelling of the heade and the Apostume thereof a very greuous euill occasioned by abundance of euill humors the heate of the head It is discerned by the swelling of the hawkes eyes by the moysture whiche sundrie tymes issueth and distilleth from the eares and often eake by euyll sauoure and smell of the Apostume Also it may bee perceyued by the small desire the hawke hath to mooue or aduaunce hir selfe by the wresting of hir heade and the little regarde shee hath to tyre and pull the fleshe that shee feedeth on as thoughe in deede tyring were verie paynefull to hir and by that shee is scarce able to open hir clappe and beaten after hir accustomed manner Agaynst this moste perilous euill it shal be very necessarie firste of all to skowre your hawke throughly and after that the heade in chiefe As touching the generall skowring I can commend and allowe you to gyue hir three or foure mornings when shee hath no meate to put ouer a pyll as bygge as a nut of Butter washt seuen or eyght tymes in freshe water and steeped well in Rose water myngling it afterwarde with Hoonie of Roses very good suger holding your hawke on the fiste tyll she make one or twoo mewtes Which being done to disburdē and skowre the head it shall be excellent well done to take of Rewe seede foure drammes Aloes Epaticke twoo drammes Saffron one scruple reducing and forcing all these to fine powder and with a quantitie cōuenient of honie of Roses to make a pyll of that bygnesse and syze as may well be cōueyed into the hawkes beake by whiche hir brayne maye bee purged and skowred thrusting the pyll so deepe into hir throte as you may well see holding hir a space after it vppon the fiste And that done setting hir downe on the pearche in a conueniente place for a time and twoo houres after to feede hir at hir accustomed time with good hotte meate But if happely there be any of the corruption and filthe in the hawkes eare it shall be very necessarie carefully with an instrument of siluer or other good mettall for the nones that the one ende bee sharpe poynted and edged of purpose to apply lynte and on the other ende hollowe and fashioned like vnto the eare of a hawke to clenze and remooue the filth that furreth the hawkes eare And with that ende whereon the lynte or bombaste is to skowre it very dayntity and presently vppon the same to infuse and droppe in a quantitie of Oyle of sweete Almondes freshe and luke warme and after the same to conuey into the eare a little lynt or bombast to keepe in the Oyle till suche time shee be dressed agayne to the ende the Oyle may supple and mollifie the filthe so as it may easily bee remooued and clenzed And this order muste you obserue and continue vntil the Apostume be resolued and throughly rype But if it so fall out that the Apostume wyll not come to maturation or rype in sorte as it may growe to suppuration and be mundified in manner aforesayde but will reste at one staye in the heade of the hawke then muste you be fayne to come to cauterize the heade aloft and bestowe a button there to cause the humor to breathe and to bring the corrupte matter thyther remembring after this fyer and cauterie to remooue the escare by bestowing on it for the space of eyght or nyne dayes butter by whiche you shall easily remoue the cruste or escare whiche is made by the fier You must not forget if it be so as your hawke be so weake as she is vnable or so frowarde as she will not feede and tyre vppon hir meate whiche you gyue hir then to cutte it in small pellettes and so giue it hir eyther by fayre meanes or fowle not leauing to vse it so if it bee possible as she may receyue it willingly and feede hir selfe bicause it may the better nourishe hir For this is one vndoubted rule that when a hawke doth refuse to feede and tyre she is very vnlusty and diseased and not one among a hundreth of them that doeth recouer And for mine owne parte in all my time I haue recouered but one Falcon beeing so diseased and that by the meane and cure aforesayde and by vsing the cauterie
and offended with this kind of euil and not the mouth so much in such sort as the Hawke cannot well feede by meane this mischiefe doth so fret and eate the horne of hir chappe and beake For remedie of that you must take a sharp knife and pare away as muche of the beake as is corrupted but if the maladie or frownce haue eaten very farre vnder the horne of the beake it is not sufficient to cut it away with a sharpe knife as farre as the canker hath eaten but you must afterwardes anoynt the place with honie of Roses twice or thrice and in so doing the Hawke shall recouer and do well for the honie of Roses will both mundifie and incarne Sometimes a Hawkes beake or clappe doth ouergrowe so much as it is very necessary to cope it with an yron and afterward to sharpen the beake with a knife taking away so much as is needeful for the better feeding of your Hawke but in any wise you muste not medle with the nether clappe bycause that doth not commonly growe so fast nor so farre as to hinder your Hawkes feeding Wherefore that part is to be fauored Let this suffice as touching the diseases of the Hawkes mouth and the frownce bycause ther is no canker or frownce so ill but being taken in time with these receites it will be recured assuredly Of the Pantas ONe speciall disease among others that be lurking and secret within the brest and couert parts of a Hawke is the Pantas a very daungerous euill and familiar to Hawkes for lightly fewe escape that are once encombred wyth thys infirmitie This mischeefe proceedes when the lungs and those breathing members by excessiue heate are ouerdried and baked in such sort as they cannot by any meanes freely drawe the ayre to them nor yet vtter it well being once receyued for the better cooling of the hart whose bellowes the lungs are by nature ordayned for that speciall purpose and office wherby the hart wareth inflamed and by a necessarye consequente the Hawke of force must perish Beside that the humiditie and moysture of the head distilling from aboue vpon those breathing partes and there encreased and waxen thicke is wont also to be a great furtheraunce to thys mischiefe and breede difficultie of breathing Wherefore it shall be very necessary to regard it at the firste before the disease haue taken too deepe roote for that then for any thing I know there is no remedie in the worlde to be had for this Pantas which is commonly tearmed Asina You maye iudge of the beginning of this greefe and know it by thys Your Hawke laboreth muche in the panell mouing hir trayne often vp and downe at each motion of hir panell and cannot many times mewte or slise and when shee doth slise she droppes fast by hir and makes a small rounde burnt mewte these are apparant proofes that shee hathe the Pantas growing on hir Againe you may perceyue it by the more violent motion of hir gorge than custome was but the other are the most assured signes that you can desire and infallible Moreouer when your Hawke doth often times open and close hir clappes and beake then is the disease very neare confirmed And looke how muche the more shee dothe it the more is the Pantas rooted on hir and then is the cure desperate and not to be hoped for The best remedie that euer I coulde fynde for the Pantas was to scowre the Hawke with good oyle oliue well washed in sundrye waters so long vntill it became cleare and white My accustomed maner of washing it was to put it in an â—arthen potte that had a little hole in the very bottom of it of purpose made rounde whereby it mighte the better bee stopte with the toppe of my finger then do I conuey into this potte that quantitie of Oyle whiche I meane to washe in it and with cleare water do there coyle it togither with a wodden splatter or a spone that the water waxeth somewhat darke with it after whiche remouing my finger the water passeth away by the hole the Oyle remayning behinde and swimming aloft as it is the nature of it to do And thus do I sixe seauen or eyght times so long vntill I perceyue the Oyle to haue no filthe lefte in it at all Then of this Oyle thus prepared I bestowe vppon my Hawke that hathe the Pantas filling therewith a chickens gutte washt very cleane of an ynche long and somewhat more for a Falcon and Goshawke but for other lesse Hawkes of a lesse length fast knit at bothe endes with a thread to the ende the Oyle maye not issue out whiche gutte I conuey into the Hawkes throte after she hath cast and is emptie aboue and in the pannell bothe holding hir on the fiste till shee make a mewte and one houre after she hath left mewting then I feede hir with some slipper fleshe as the harte of a Calfe or a Pullets legge refusing to vse olde Pigeons and Sparowes bycause they are ouer hote meate vnlesse happely the Hawke were very lowe and poore but being hie and full of flesh those other meates aforesayde are not alone holesome and sufficient for hir but they will be much better being washt in water of Buglosse and wroong drie in a linnen cloth and then minged with the powder of Suger candie vsing this order sixe or eyght dayes or moe euery other day till my Hawke recouer giuing hir euery third or fourth daye a cotton casting with Cubebes and Cloues to scowre and discharge hir of such moyst humors as destilleth from hir head whiche sometimes as I haue sayde before is the chiefe and originall ground of this disease Besides this remedie there is one other very good and that is butter and Larde well slised and washed in sundrie waters till they become very cleane and whyte whyche you maye keepe in Rose water vntill you haue occasion to vse it Of these beeing thus prepared and conserued you maye take as you haue nede for euery skowring suche a quantitie as will serue to make a pill or pellet so greate as you maye well conuey into your Hawkes throte vsing it in maner and time aforesayd giuing hir now and then among that skowring of Cubebes and Cloues as well for the reason alreadie alleaged as also bycause of hir liquide meate and slipper feeding vppon those harts so bathed and stieped in water For Cubebes and Cloues will greatly comfort the stomacke and gorge of your Hawke I haue found by experience that Oyle of sweete Almonds is of wonderous efficacie in the cure of this disease giuing it in a chickens gutte as aforesayd If these remedies which I haue shewed doe not preuayle nor performe the perfit cure of your diseased hawke ne yet doe make hir mewte which happened at no time to me in all my experience and practise But when there is no remedie to bee had at all I can well allow the vse of Agaricke with a cotton
and not disquiet hir gorge after it bestow the other cure vpon hir with the annointing hir as I haue taught you ▪ you shal finde it the most perfect remedie that may be against those Filanders that lodge in the guttes and bowels of your hawke Of the disease of the Lyuer THe lyuer of a hawke is oftentimes inflamed by ouermuch bating trauaile as it happeneth not seldome to Falcons brought from farre forrayne parts by shippe againe when they bee impacient and bedlam in the mewe or when they flee surcharged with ouergreat bells For the ouerbelling of a Falcō puts hir to a greater payne trouble than needes By these suche like occasions hawkes become hot lyuered Againe somtimes it happeneth by meane of an Apostume which is engēdred either by some pricke of a thorne or the stripe of an other hawkes pownce by crabbing with hir For whē they haue such a stripe or pricke the skinne is broken outwardly but the bloud remaining corrupt within engēdreth the apostume Many times this disease of the lyuer proceedes of some broose agaynste the grounde or in a tree or the encounter with another fowle You shall perceiue this disease of the inflamation of the liuer when your hawke standeth melancolie casteth not at hir accustomed and woonted houres by hir fowle castings by hir stynking and yll coloured mewtes whereof I spake before by hir labouring thicke in the panell and by feeling of hir For hir pulse dothe beate as the pulse of a man that hath a feuer Moreouer hir mewt is as black as any incke The disease is the moste pestilent and daungerous of all others If the heate of hir lyuer proceede of too muche bating or broyling with hir selfe you maye easily cure hir with foure or fyue good lyquide and cooling gorges as to feede hir with the legge of a Pullette or the hearte of a Veale bathed in water of Buglosse Bowrage Hartes tongue and suche like waters Moreouer it is very souerayne to washe hir meate in the iuyce of Heubane or else that whiche doeth muche more refreshe the hawke to take a lyttle larde or Bacon withoute the rynde and well washte and conserued in good Rose water and laste of all rolled in powder of Suger Candie With this receyt more than with any other am I accustomed to recomfort and refreshe my hawke when she is sicke of hir liuer Notwithstanding the other medicines are very wholesome good And specially good freshe butter or Oyle washte and prepared as I taught you in the former chapter But when the mischiefe of the lyuer is engendred by some pricke of a thorne or the crabbing with some other hawkes or fowle as diuers tymes it happeneth to the Falcon by encounter with a Hearon when they binde togither in the ayre In this extremitie Mummie purified made to powder is very good You must rolle your hawkes meate in this Mummie prepared three or foure tymes so gyue it your hawke and if shee refuse to take it of hir selfe then conuey it into hir by force with a Cotton casting four or fiue dayes one after an other If she be ill affected in hir lyuer by a broose against the groūd or against a tree or by encounter with some other fowle then take Rewbarbe of the best one scruple dry it vpon a hot yron panne vntill it may be made into fine pouder of that gyue in a canuas casting the weight of two graines of wheate to your larger sort of hawkes but for the lesse hawke the one halfe will suffise After she hath taken this casting if she be hye in fleshe then two houres after feede hir with a Pullets legge washt in one of those cooling waters but if she be lowe poore with good hot meate Thus must you cōtinue four or fiue dayes giuing one day the casting with Rewbarbe another day with the Mūmy aforesayd Truly without doubt your hawke shal recouer if you folow this methode vnlesse the lyuer be remoued out of his place which somtimes doth happen by somegreat broose or straine And you shall know it by a cōtinual hardnesse which you shal feele in the hawkes panell by hir yellowe mewtes For this incōuenience there is no remedie in the world to be had although you wolde trye all that medicines that are to be vsed to hawkes you shal profit nothing It must nedes folow that within fiue daies your hawke peke of the perche It is not curable Giordanus an excellent Falconer for the indisposition heate of the lyuer willeth you to take halfe an ownce of Soldanel and one ownce of Iroes which is floure de Luce. You muste beate these into fine powder conuey it into your casting so giue it your hawke Withall at nyght he willes you when your hawke hath put ouer and well skowred hir filth feede hir with good meate washt in these cooling waters following Take water of Endiue Maydenheare Cycorie and Buglosse in these waters may you wash your hawkes meate as also hir casting if it please you wrapping in the casting the pouder aforesayde For what with the helpe of the one and the other no doubt you shall see a very good effect Moreouer the sayde Giordanus sayth that Gerfalcons are of al other the hottest hawkes therfore to maintaine kepe thē soūd he doth aduise to wash their castings in this water folowing Take Endiue water Maydenheare otherwise called Capillus Veneris the water of Scabiosa of eyther twoo ownces one dramme of choise Rewbarbe of the best Agarick one scruple put these in infusion where after they haue bin infused seuen houres wash your Hawks casting in it This order vse euer when your Gerfalcon is out of tune and it shall greatly pleasure hir Of diseases that happen to Hawkes feete and first as touching the swelling of a Hawkes foote SOmetymes the arme and foote of a Hawke doeth swell by meanes of yll humors that descende and drop downe through weaknesse of the foote or arme through ouergreat trauail toile through age by reasō of some blow or broose receiued lōg before This mischiefe may easily bee discerned as well by vewe of eye as touch of hande for besides that you shall plainly perceiue it in sight you may feele a verie great heate in the member so as sometimes the hawke is vnable to stande on hir legges for paine and anguish thereof Wherfore it is necessarie to looke to it with all care that may be and so vse the matter as the humor breede not the goute or the pinne which oftentymes happeneth to those poore byrdes to their great and continuall plague The way to cure it is to giue the humor a vent by launsing it and after that to recomfort the member by often annoynting it with the white of an Egge Vinegar and Rose water well beaten and coyled togither or else with verie good olde Oyle of Oliues such as you can come by out of a Bottell wherein Oyle hath beene
Waxe I make an vnguent of excellent vertue and operation And if by these remedyes aforesayde the Pynne become to be soft and forgo his hardnesse then doeth it behoue you to cutte it out from the roote as lowe as is possible and to drye it vppe with Agrippa an vnguent so called and with Gratia dei mingling these two togyther by equall portions as muche of the one as of the other Ouer and besides all these the playster that is called Emplastrum Sacrum and Isis whom the Apothecaries do so terme are of singular vertue bycause they doe mollifie and desiccate the wounde or disease I cannot remember that aboue twice I coulde euer doe any good vpon my Hawkes herewith nor with any other remedie and therefore I will leaue to make any further recitall hereof There be some ventrous Falconers that will with a cauterizing yron go about to roote and burne out the Pinne which I will at no time endeuour to doe doubting least thereby I shall shrinke my Hawkes sinewes and spoyle my Hawke by meanes they are so neare neighbours to the Hart. Of the breaking of a Pounce or Cley of your Hawke SEyng that I haue begonne to wryte and decipher you the mischiefes that doe happen to Hawkes feete it shall not bee besyde my purpose nor amisse to saye somewhat of the cure of theyr Pounces and Talons when eyther by stryking the fowle or by any other accident they breake cleane off or riue in sunder Wherfore when your Hawke happeneth to haue this mischief the part of the pounce or the whole pounce beeing broken away you muste applie vnto it the bladder of the gall of a Henne vsing the matter so as it may get into the broken Talon bynding it so handsomely and artificially to the Hawkes foote as the gall may not issue out nor fall away from the place This deuise will stoppe the bloude ceasse the paine and within foure or fiue dayes fasten and harden the horne of the Pounce so as the Hawke shall be able to flee and if she be a falcon she shall strike or ruffe a Ducke as before hir hurt And to the ende your Hawke teare it not awaye with hir beake it shall be necessarie eyther to clappe hir on a hoode with a false beake made vnto it or to fasten to hir hoode a peece of leather artificially so long and large as maye serue the turne to arme hir beake so as in time hir Pounce if it bee but broken maye waxe hole againe or if it bee cleane ryued awaye a newe may growe in the place agayne Let this suffice as touchyng the breaking or ryuing of the Pounce of a Hawke VVhen the thigh or legge of a Hawke is out of ioynt BY some outwarde accident many tymes the thighe or legge of a Hawke is become out of ioynt wherefore it shall be verie necessarie in this case as soone as is possible to set it in his right and naturall place againe to the ende that no matter nor fluxe of humor descende or distill to hinder the setting of it in ioynt againe whiche must needes ensue if it be not regarded in time Which done set the Hawke in some such place where she shall haue no occasion to bate or broyle with hir selfe but bee at the greatest quiet and rest shee maye applying medicines that haue vertue to desiccate and strengthen the hurte member which you shall doe by bathing a Linnen plegget or a plegget of Flaxe in the white of an Egge Oyle of Roses and Turpentine with two drammes of Saenguis Draconis and of Aloes incorporated togyther and bynding it aboute the thigh or legge whiche is out of ioynt and fastning ouer and aboue the sayd plegget a slender roller of linnen cloth to conserue and kepe it the more firmely and stayedly in the place where you woulde haue it to remayne Vsing the matter thus ten dayes togyther shifting and renewing the medicine euerye two dayes once to the ende the plegget waxe not ouer drie and stiffe to the hurte member I can lyke verie well withall if before you applie this sayde medicine you bathe well the thigh or legge of the Hawke with a reasonable warme lotion or bath made of Wine Roses dried Myrrhe Sage Comfrey Camomill and Rosemarie for these will warme and comfort the nerues and sinewes and withall drie vp such fluxe of humor as shall poure downe vpon the lame and broosed member When a Hawke hath broken a thigh or a legge IF by any mishap your Hawke haue broken an arme or a leg as sundrie tymes Falcons that are fowle slayers doe vse to doe by some strype or encounter at the Brooke with a strong fowle you must with all care and speede sette right the broken bones in their naturall place againe whiche done deplume and plucke away the feathers from the member that is hurt round about the wounde Then take Bole Armoniake Aloes Epatick of the best Saenguis Draconis Of eche a reasonable quantitie made into fine powder After that take of Beane floure Barly floure Linsede floure Of eche one dramme Then take of Oyle of Dill Oyle of Roses Of eche two drammes Then take The white of an Egge The mucillage of Fenegreke The mucillage of Linseede The mucillage of Hollihock So muche of these as will serue too make a playster according to arte When you haue made this playster spreade a portion of it thinne vpon Flaxe or Linte well towsed applying it vpon the rupture and broken place wyth as greate cunning and care as you can you can not vse it too daintily when you applie it bycause of the tendernesse of the hurt This done bynde it with a fine Linnen roller to staye the playster Then make fine splets of Timber all of one length thinne as may be and in fashion like the scales of a Sworde scabbarde whome you must enwrappe in Lynt for broosing the member These splets bestowe orderly aboute your Hawkes legge or thighe on euerie side bynding them with the Linnen rollers or fillets artificially but neyther so loosely as the bones may slippe out of theyr place ne yet so streightly but that the hurt member may receyue hys naturall nourishment and comfort For otherwise it woulde be mortified and the vse of it lost This ligature and rolling of the member must be continued at the least .xxx. dayes for that the bone cannot close againe firmly vnder one Monethes space Yet can I wishe that you vnbinde your rollers and chaunge your medicine twice at the least in the first fiftene dayes dealing so daintily as the bones may not sunder thereby And by meane thereof will your medicine and the ligature worke the better effect Lastly it shall not be amisse after you haue thus done to vse for three or foure dayes this lotion or water to bath your hawkes legge to strengthen and comfort the place Take Roche Alom one dramme Roses dryed the pyll or rind of Pomgranets and Frankinsense of ech a small quantitie white
and your Hawke shall recouer Afterward make hir to tire euening and morning and let hir feeding be styped in milke as is sayde afore of the Snayles for the milke scowreth hir body within and is very nutritiue and will quickly bring hir to be hie and in fleshe agayne Another medicine that Mallopin giueth in stead of the other aforesayd TAke the powlder of Saffron and Camomill of eache the mountenance of a little peaze when ye haue mingled thē togither put thereto Larde that is neither restie nor ouer salted and steepe them a nyght and a day in three or foure changes of water and then washe the Larde throughly in faire licoure That done take Suger clarified and the Maree of a Beefe Of the things aforesayde take as muche of the one as of the other so as you may make fiue or sixe balles of the bignesse of a Beane Then myngle the sayde mixtures and the powders togither and euery morning gyue your hawke one of the balls tyll all be spente and as is sayde afore sette your hawke by the fire or in the Sunne feede hir not by the space of an houre or twayne after at which time you shall gyue hir either a Hennes legge or some small birdes or a Rat or some Myce. And in the morning when she hath well indewed giue hir foure or fiue cloues of Maces lapped in a little flesh or in the skinne of a Henne or in pellettes of Cotton And so may you cauterize hir before the sayde medicin after the maner that I haue shewed before in the former receyte of the Snayles so you draw hir meate in Mylke or in fresh butter For the disease of the eares whiche commeth of the Rhewme and colde SOmetimes there happeneth another disease to hawkes by reason of moysture of the heade whiche is called the disease of the eares bycause there yssue out certaine humors by them And ye shall know the disease by this that the hawke will oft times wrythe hir heade backe and maketh not so good cheare as she shoulde do and is more vnlustie Wherefore search and peruse hir eares and you shall finde the disease there The remedie whereof by Master Amé Cassians deuise is this Take a little long yron rounde at the ende as a peaze and Oyle of sweete Almonds or for lacke of that Oyle of Roses whiche is muche better if you can come by it Then heat your yron in the fire neyther glowing red nor very hotte and put it into the Oyle and of that oyle so heat with the yron droppe a little into your hawkes eares putting the yron a little into them that they be not stopped For then of suche inconuenience happeneth oftentymes the Canker to the brayne which is incurable killeth the hawke And beware of thrusting the yron to farre in or of beeing too hotte for else you may kill hir You must continue the ministring of this Oyle foure or fiue daies alwaies wiping away the humors gently that yssewe out of hir eares alwaies respecting hir casting whither it be cleane or no. And if you list to skowre hir with a common pyll or twaine they wil ease hir heade maruelously well and doe hir exceeding muche good or if you do it with the sayde balles of Larde Suger and Marow of Beefe it is good likewise for you may vse eyther the one or the other at your pleasure Of the disease of the eylyddes whiche commeth of the rewme and colde ANother disease happeneth to Hawkes in the eyelyddes whiche causeth a swelling vnder the the eylydde betweene the eye the feare of the beake we haue no proper speach for it if ye remedie it not betymes it wyll swell rounde about and thereof commeth the Hawe in the eye whiche will ouergrow the eye stoppe it And assure your selfe it is a signe of death if it growe too long For I haue seene many dye of it in my tyme for lacke of remedie Now by Master Amé Cassyans opinion the remedie is this Heate the little rounde yron that I spake of afore cauterize hir with it softly vpon hir heade as is said for the Rewme Likewise with the other cutting yron seare hir betweene the eye the beake Also pierce hir nares with the lyttle yron and afterwarde gyue hir the medicine of the Snayles after the manner aforesayde foure or fiue dayes togyther And for wante of that medicine you maye vse the other of Larde Suger and the Marow of Beefe mingled with the powder of Saffron and Camomill Of the Hawe in the eye whiche commeth of moysture and colde and howe it happeneth MOreouer somtimes there growes a great disease in their eyes which is named the Hawe and commeth after the same manner that it commeth in horses namely sometyme by a blowe or a stripe sometyme by a disease in the heade moste commonly by hurting of the eye with the streyghtnesse of the hoode or by some other misfortune which cannot sometimes be eschewed And you shall discerne the cōming of this disease by seeing a little filme growing vp from the bending of hir beake and couering hir eye by little and little And this filme is somewhat blacke afore and is called the Hawe which putteth out the eye if it once ouergrowe the ball of it To remedie the same take a little needle that is very sharpe poynted and fine threeded with a silke threede and therewith take vp the Hawe handsomely and cut it with a little slicer as horse-leaches do too horses but beware that you cut it not too muche for hurting of the eye which you must washe with Rose water three dayes togither In these cures of diseases that grow in the eyes there must be great care vsed for feare of a greater mischiefe bicause of the dayntinesse of the place Of a blowe giuen to the eye or of some other mischaunce SOmetime the eyes of hawkes are hurt by some mishappe some stripe or otherwise as I sayde afore Against such vnlooked for mischaunces Master Amé Cassyan giueth clere Fenell water Rose water as much of the one as of the other therwith washeth the eye twyce or thrice aday Master Malopin in his booke of the Prince willeth to take the iuyce of Celondine otherwise called Herbe Arondell or Swallowes herbe to conuey it into the eye And if it be not to be had greene to take it drye and to beate it into pouder and to blow it into hir eye with a quill and this shall recure the hawke Of the Filme in the eye which some call the Veroll or the Pinne and webbe THere is another disease in the eye called a Filme whiche commeth sometimes of disease in the head of Rhewmes that distill into the eyes and sometimes of standing too long or too close hooded whiche hapneth through the fault and negligence of suche as haue the bearing and ouersight of them For the remedie heerof Master Martin sayeth that ye muste take Celondine
and bray it putting thereto Hoonie and fresh butter and of eche of those three gyue your hawke a like portion with a hotte gorge and moreouer put the powder of Pepper and Aloes in hir eye Or else as sayeth Master Amé Cassian you muste giue hir the foresayde medicine of Larde Suger and Marow of Beefe three or four dayes togither to skowre hir setting hir by a fire or in the Sunne and feeding hir after it with some lyue fowle and keeping hir out of the wind from standing colde or moyste After she is so skowred if ye see that the webbe shewe it selfe muche cauterize hir vpon the vpper part of hir head and likewise a little betwene the eye and the beake after the manner aforesayde When all this is done squirte a little Rose water into hir eye and if nede be minister thereto the powder or the iuyce of Celondine otherwise called Herbe Arondell as is sayde afore This disease of the Pinne webbe is of some men called the Veroll for the remedying whereof they burne the shell of a Tortoyse in a newe pot and beate it into fine powder whiche they serce through a fine cloth Then take they a Cockle of the sea which is fashioned like a Hart and burning it throughly in the fire make it into fine powder serce it likewise And finally they take Suger Candie in powder These three powders myxte togyther in equall portions they vse to put into their hawkes eyes tyll they be whole Master Michelin telleth of one other receyte for the sayde disease which is this Make a little hole in the top of an egge and powre out the white of it then coyle cleare Rose water and Sanguis draconis well togyther and fill vp your egge with them and stirre them throughly with a smal sticke Afterward wrappe vp your egge in paste and stoppe vp the hole of it that nothing get out which done set it so clozed in the fire till the paste become blacke and redde at the taking it from the fire Then take out that which is within it and beate it into pouder and serce it through a fine cloth and of that powder you may vse to put in your hawkes eye till it bee cured washing hir eye now and then with water of Fenell and of Roses Master Mallopin makes another medicine for the same disease which is this Take the dung of a Lyzart which is called a Prouinciall and beate it into powder with Suger Cādie somewhat more in quantitie than the other mingling thē both togither He sayeth that this powder is much better than all the others whereof you may vse as is sayde afore conueying into your hawkes eye water of Roses and of Fenell For the disease that breedeth in hawkes beakes commonly called Formica DIuers tymes there growes a disease vppon the horne of hawkes beakes which eateth and fretteth the beake from the heade Master Amé sayeth it is a woorme that eateth the horne of the beake within by reason whereof the Hawke is in greate daunger if shee bee not holpen in tyme Yee shall perceiue it by this that the horn of the beake waxeth rugged and the beake beginneth to ryue and cliue from hir head Master Amé Cassian giueth this answere and remedie therevnto Take the gall of an Ore or of a Bull whiche is better than of an Oxe and alltoo beate it and breake it in a dishe and put thereto the powder of Aloes Cicotrine and myngle them well togither Then noynte the horne of your hawkes clappe or beake therewith and the very place where the Formica growes twyce adaye But beware that you touche neyther hir eyes nor hir nares And continewe your so doing till she be throughly cured and lette hir bee bathed with Orpiment Pepper to kepe hir from vermine Mytes For the disease that breedeth in the Nares of Hawkes ANother disease bredeth in Hawkes nares so as they swell exceedingly and sometyme vppon the horne of the beake there ryseth a cruste at the remouing whereof the flesh is found to be raw vnderneath the clappe insomuche that diuers times they loose the one half of their beake Master Amé Cassian saith that the hawke hath smal Mites in hir heade which creepe downe alōgst hir beake entring in at hir nares do brede the sayd disease that the hawke feeling them being molested therwith thrusteth hir talants into hir nares Or else it happeneth somtimes that a cast of hawkes do buckle crab togither therof breedeth the sayde disease Master Amé Cassian prouideth for it this remedie following Make little matches of paper of the bygnesse of the tag of a poynt let your hawke be cast handsomely set your matches on fire with a candle seare your hawke vpon the place swollen taking good hede that you do it not too roughly Which being done annoynt it the next morning with a little Hennes grease and so will it heale well hir beake and nares will not be stuft but remaine open Neuerthelesse ye must be fayne sometimes to touche hir with an yron which is more daungerous than the other The disease called the Frownce whiche breedeth within hawkes beakes and in their tongues THe Frownce proceedeth of moyst colde humors which descend from the hawkes head to their palate and the roote of the tōgue And of that cold is ingendred in the tongue the Frownce otherwise called of the French mē the Barbillons or Sourchelons by meanes of which they loose their appetite cānot close their clap whereof they oftentimes dye that disease is named the Eagles bane For as I reported to you in the first parte of this collection the Eagle seldome when dyeth of age but onely by meane hir beake doth ouergrowe so as she cānot feede gorge hir selfe Yee may perceiue this disease by losse of hir appetite to feede And to know it the better open your hawkes beake looke on hir tongue whither it be swollen or no And if there appere not that disease open hir beake againe within a while after see if there be any likelyhoode of it and so may yee easily discrie the mischiefe For remedie wherof the sayde Master Mallopin sayeth that you must take Oyle of swete Almondes or Oyle Olyue washt in foure or fiue waters and with that Oyle annoynt hir throte and hir tongue three or four times a day with a feather for fiue or sixe dayes togither And if your hawke cannot feede lette hir meate be cutte and shredde into very small pellets This done open hir beake gently and make hir to receyue it downe by conueying a small stycke into hir throte gyuing hir not paste halfe a gorge at a tyme and that muste bee eyther of Mutton or of some lyue fowle Henne Chicken or suche lyke fiue or sixe dayes after open hir beake handsomely agayne and with a payre of sharpe Sissers cutte off the typpes of the Barbillons till the bloude followe but