HE that will take Hawkes, muſt haue Nettes which are called Vrines, and thoſe muſt bée made of good ſmall thred, and it muſt be dyed either greene or blewe, that it bee not eſpied, and you muſt take with you needle and thred, to inſile the Hawkes that are taken, and in this maner they muſt bee inſiled: Take the needle and thred and put it through the vpper eye lid, and ſo of the other, and make them faſt vnder the beake that ſhee ſee not: when ſhe is inſiled, beare her home on thy fiſt, and caſt her on the Perche, and let her ſtand there a night and a day, and the next day take and cut the thred away, ſoftly for breaking the eye lids, then gently begin to reclaime her, and deale eaſely with her, till ſhe will ſit vpon thy fiſt, for feare of hurting of her winges, and the ſame night after the teding, wake her all night and all the next day, then ſhe will be eaſely enough to be reclaimed, and the firſt meat that ſhe eateth let it be hot, and giue her enough thereof.

ANd if your Hawke be hard penned ſhée may bee drawne to be reclaimed: for while ſhe is tender penned, ſhée is not able to be reclaimed: and if ſhe bée a Goſhawke or Tercell, that is reclaymed, euer feede her with waſht meate at the drawing and at the reclayming, but let it bee whot, and in this maner waſh it: Put the meate into the water, and ſtrike it vp and downe in the water, and wring the water out of it, and feede her therwith, if ſhe be a Brauncher: and if it be an Eyeſſe, you muſt waſh it cleaner then ye doe to a Brauncher, and with a linnen cloath wipe it and feede her: and euermore the third day when ſhe is flying giue her caſting, and if ſhee be a Goſhawke or Tercell in this manner: Take new Blanket cloath, and cut fiue morſelles, and with a kniues poynt make a hole in euery morſell, and put in the pellets of cloath, and put them in a faire diſh of water, then take the Hawke and giue her a morſell of whote meate, the quantitie of halfe her ſupper, then take that which lyeth in the water and feede her for all night.

FOr the Frounce in the mouth, take the ſmall end of a ſiluer ſpoone and put it into the fire, till it bee hot, then open the beake and burne the ſore, and annoynt it with the marrow of a Gooſe that hath lien long, and it will helpe her: if the frounce bée great, then there is a grube in it, which you muſt cut with a Raſer, holde the Hawke and ſlit the place where the ſore is, and you ſhall finde in it as it were the mawe of a Pigion, take a paire of ſheeres and ſnip the ſore, and make it as cleane as you can with a linnen cloath, and anoynt the ſore fower daies with Balme, and afterwards with Pampilion till it be whole: The frounce commeth when a man feedeth his Hawke with Porke or Horſe fleſh foure daies together.

For default of hot meat the diſeaſes of the Rye commeth.

THe Cray commeth of waſht meate, which is waſht with hot water, for lacke of hot meate, and it commeth of threds which is in the fleſh that the Hawke is fed with, and though yée picke the fleſh neuer ſo cleane, ye ſhall find threds therein.

EVery third day let your Hawke bathe her during Sommer, if it bée faire weather, and once in a weeke in Winter, if it bee warme, and not els, and when you bathe your Hawke euer giue here ſome hote meate vnwaſhed, although ſhée bee a Goſhawke.

IF you will haue her flye in the morning, feede her the night before with hote meate, and waſh the meate in Vrine, and wring out the water cleane, and that will make her haue a luſtie courage to flie after the beſt maner.

IF your Hawke bée full gorged, and that you would ſpeedelie haue her flie, take fower cornes of wheate, and put them in a morſell of fleſh, and giue it her to eat, and ſhe will quickly caſt all that is within her, and after that ſhe hath caſt, looke that you haue ſome hot meat to giue her.

TAke Daſie leaues and ſtampe them in a Morter, & wring out the iuyce, and with a pen put it into the Hookemares once or twiſe, when the Hawke is ſmal gorged, and anon after let her lyre, and ſhe ſhall be as whole as a fiſh.

Alſo, and you giue your Hawke freſh Butter, or Marrow of Hogges that is in the bone of the leg of Porke, it will make her caſt water at the mares; but it wil make her hawty and prowd.

THe firſt is hold faſt at all times, and eſpecially when ſhée baiteth, it is called baiting: for ſhée baiteth with her ſelfe moſt often cauſeleſſe. The ſecond is, rebate your Hauke to your fiſt, and that is when your Hauke baiteth, the leaſt mouing that you can make of your fiſt, ſhe will rebate againe on your fiſt. The third is, féed your Hauke: and not giue her meate. The fourth, ſhe ſniteth or ſueth her beake, and not wipeth. The fiſt, your Hawke iouketh, and not ſléepeth. The ſixt, ſhe proyneth, and not pecketh: and ſhe proyneth not but when ſhe beginneth at her legges, and fetcheth moiſture like Oile ather taile, and bawmeth her féet, and ſtroketh the feathers of her winges through her beake: it is called the note, when ſhée fetcheth ſuch oile. A Hawke would neuer be let of her proyning: for when ſhe proyneth her ſelfe ſhe is luſtie and of good liking, and when ſhe hath done ſhe will rouſe her ſelfe mightily: and ſometime ſhe countenanceth as ſhe picketh her, and yet ſhe proyneth her not, and then you muſt ſay ſhe reformeth her feathers, and not picke her feathers. The ſeuenth, your Hawke colieth, and not becketh. The viii. rouſeth, and not ſhaketh her. The ninth, ſhe ſtretcheth, and not claweth nor ſcratcheth. The tenth, ſhe mantelleth, and not ſtretcheth: when ſhe putteth foorth her legges from her one after another, and her wings follow her legges, then ſhe doth mantell her, and when ſhe hath mantelled and bringeth foorth her winges together ouer her backe, you muſt ſay ſhe warbleth her winges, and that is a tearme fit for it. The xi. your Hawke muteſſeth, or mutteth, and not ſhiteth. The xii. you caſt your Hawke vpon the Perch, and not ſet her vpon the Perch.

FIrſt, you muſt ſay ſhe is a fayre Hawke, a huge Hawke, a long Hawke, a ſhort thicke Hawke: and not to ſay, a great Hawke: Alſo ſhe hath a large beake, or a ſhort beake: and not call it a bill: and a huge head, or a ſmall head, fayre ſeaſoned. You muſt ſay your Hawke is full gorged, and not cropped: and your Hawke putteth ouer and endueth, and yet ſhe doth both diuerſly.

SHe neuer endueth ſo long as her bowelles be full at her féeding, but aſſoone as ſhe is fed and reſteth, ſhe indueth by little and little: and if her gorge and her bowelles in any thing ſtiffeth, you ſhall ſay ſhe is embowelled, and haue not fully endued: and as long as ye may find anie thing in her bowelles, it is very dangerous to giue her any meat.

SAy your Hawke hath a long wing, a fayre long taile with ſixe barres out, and ſtandeth vpon the ſeuenth. This Hawke is interpened, that is to ſay, where the feathers of the winges be betwéene the bodie and thighes: this Hawke hath an huge leg or a flat leg, or a round leg, or a fayre infered leg.

HAwkes haue white mayle, Canuas mayle, or red mayle, and ſome call red mayle yron mayle: which mayle is ſoone knowne. Canuas mayle is betwéene white mayle and yron mayle, and yron mayle is very red.

A Goſhawke nor Tercell, in their ſore age haue not their mayles named, but is called their plumage: and after the cote, it is called their mayle: And if your Hawke rewarde to any Hawke by countenance for to flie thereto, you ſhall ſay caſt your Hawke thereto, and not flie thereto.

AND if your Hawke noume a foule, and the foule breake from her, ſhe hath diſcomfited many feathers of the foule, and is broken away: but in kindly ſpéech you ſhall ſay, your Hawke hath noumed or ſeaſed a foule, and not taken it.

OFtentimes it happeneth with a Hauke, that for egerneſſe when ſhe ſhould noume a foule, ſhe ſeaſeth but the feathers, and therefore ſuch Hawkes be called Riflers if they doe oft ſo.

FIrſt, Cleys behind that ſtraineth the backe of the hand, ye ſhall call them Talons.

The Cleys within the foot, you ſhall call them her pounſes.

But the Cleys that are vpon the middle ſtretchers, you ſhall call them the long ſengles.

And the vttermoſt Cleys, you ſhall call them petty ſengles.

THe long ſengles are called the Key of the foot or the cloſer: for what thing ſoeuer a Hawke ſtreineth, is vpon the ſengle, and the ſtrength thereof fortefieth all the foot.

YOu ſhall vnderſtand, that the ſkinne about the Hawkes legges and her féet, is called the Seres of her legges, and her féet whether they be watry or waxy colour are yellow.

AN Hawke hath long ſmall white feathers, hanging vnder her taile from her bowelles downeward, and it is called the Braylefeather: and commonly euery G • ſhawke and euery Tercelles brailes be beſprinckled with blacke ſpeckes like armies, but for all that they be accounted neuer the better: But and a Sparrahawke bée ſo armied vpon the brailes or Muſket, you ſhall ſay ſhe is degouted to the vttermoſt braile, and it betokeneth great hardineſſe.

THe feathers aboue the former part of an Hawke, bée called breaſt feathers, and the feathers vnder the winges are Plumage: the feathers vnder the beake be called Barbe feathers: the feathers that bée at the ioint of the knée, that are hanging and ſharpe at the ends, thoſe be called the Pendant feathers.

THe long feather of the wing are called the Beame feather, and the feather that ſome call the pinion of other foules, of an Hawke it is called a ſercell: and if ſhe bée in mewe, the ſame feather will be the laſt that ſhe will caſt, and till that bée caſted ſhe is neuer mewed. I haue heard ſome ſay that ſhe hath caſt that firſt, but the other rule is more common: and when ſhe hath caſt her ſercell in mewe, then is it time to féed her with waſht meat, and to begin to enſayme her.

ENſayme of an Hawke is the greace, and if that bée taken away with féeding of waſht meate (as it is declared hereafter) ſhe will gender a panell, which will be her vtter confuſion, if ſhe flie therewith and take cold therevpon.

THere be feathers vpon the Sercelles, and thoſe bée called couert feathers, and ſo al the feathers be called that bée next ouer the beame feathers, are the ſage feathers of the wings.

THe feathers vppon the backe, halfe bée called backe feathers.

THe Beake of the Hawke is the vpper part that is crooked: the nether part is called the Clap of a Hawke: the holes in the Hawkes beake bée called the Nares: the yeallow betweéene the beake and the eie is called the Sere.

THere bée long ſmall blacke feathers like heares about the Seres, and thoſe be called Cryuets of the Hauke.

IF you will reclaime your Hawke, you muſt diuide one meale into thrée, vntill that ſhe will come to reclaime: and when ſhe will come to reclaime, make her that ſhe ſore not, though ſhee bee well reclaymed, it may fall out that ſhee will ſore too high, that ye ſhall neuer ſée nor find her: And if your Hawke flie to the Partrich, looke that ye enſayme her before ſhe flie, whether ſhe be a Brauncher, Eyeſſe, or mued Hawke.

A Hawke yt is called an Eyeſſe, is for her eyen: for a Hawke that is brought vp vnder a Buſſerd or Puttocke, as many haue watrie eyne: for when they be diſcloſed and kept in ferme till they be full ſummed, ye ſhall know that by her watrie eies, and alſo her looke will not bee ſo quicke as a Braunchers is: and ſo becauſe the beſt knowledge is by the eye, they be called Eyeſſed: ye may know an Eyeſſe by the paleneſſe of the ſeres of her legges, or the ſere ouer the beake: alſo by the taintes that bee vpon her tayle and her winges: which taintes come for lacke of féeding when they be Eyeſſes.

A Taint is a thing that goeth ouerthwart the feathers of the wings of the taile, like as it were eaten with wormes, and it beginneth firſt to bréede at the bodie in the pen, and the ſame pen ſhall fret aſunder and fall away through the ſame Taint, and then is the Hawke deſperaged for all that yeare.

YOu ſhall further vnderſtand, that ſo long as your Hawkes féete looke blacke and rough, he is full of greace, and euer as ſhe enſaymeth, her féet will ware yellow and looke ſmooth.

WHen you haue enſaymed your Hawke and reclaimed her, and that ſhée is readie to flie to the Partrich, you muſt take a Partrich in your bagge and goe into the field, and let your Spannelles finde a couie of Partriches, and when they bee vp and begin to ſcatter, you muſt marke them and couple vp your Spannelles: and when you haue ſo done, let him that hath the Partrich in the bagge take and tey a cryance to her legge, and caſt her vp as high as you can, and as ſoone as your Hawke ſéeth her ſhe will flie therto: and if your Partrich ſeaſe vpon her aboue, giue her a reward therevpon: this done, goe to the Partriches that you haue marked, doe as hereafter followeth: and if you haue a chaſtiſed Spannell that is rebuked and is a retrauer, vncouple him alone and goe and ſingle out one of the Partriches of the couie, and goe as nigh to the riſing of him as you can, and if your Hawke haue a deſire caſt her to it: and if ſhe take it, them your Hawke is made for that yeare, and of the ſame Partrich that ſhe ſleyeth you muſt thus reward her as followeth.

TAke the Partrich, and cut the head and necke from the bodie, and ſtrip the ſkinne from the necke, and giue it her to eate, and couer the bodie of the Foule with a hat, and lay the ſayd head and the necke therevpon, and if ſhe will forſake the Foule that ſhe plumeth on and come to the reward, then ſecretly take away the Partrich and reward your Hawke with the braine and the necke, but beware that ſhée eat no bones, for it will make her vnluſtie for to flie: and thus muſt you ſerue her of as many as ſhe flieth at, but let her reward be the leſſe, or els ſhe will bée quickly full gorged, and then ſhée will not flie a good while.

VVHen your Hawke hath ſlaine a Foule, and that you haue rewarded her as before, let her flie no more till ſhe hath reioiced her: that is to ſay, till ſhe hath ſewed or ſnited her beake, or els rouſed her: and when ſhe hath done any of all theſe, goe and retrine more, and ſhe will noume plentie.

LEarne this thing when ſhe doth noume a Foule, ſtand a good way from her, and take away your Spannelles for rebuking of her, for diuers Hawkes cannot abide the Spanniels, and when your Hawke plumeth, come ſoftly towards her néere and néere, and if ſhe leaue pluming and looke vpon you, ſtand ſtill and chearke her and whiſtell her vntill ſhée plume againe, and ſerue her thus vntill you be nigh her, then ſoftly fall on your Knées, and priuily while ſhée plumeth, ſet your hand and bée ſure of the goſſe, and then ye may guide all things as you will, and if you doe the contrarie, ſhe will for feare carrie game, or let it goe quicke, with loſſe both to you and to your Hawke alſo.

TAke quickſiluer, and put it into a Baſon of braſſe, and put into it Salindine and Aſhes, and mingle it well together till the quickſiluer be dead, and put thereto fatte of bones, and annoint the Hawke therewith, and it will kill the liſe: alſo powder of Orpement blowen vpon the Hawke with a Quill will kill the Lice.

AFter the opinion of many Oſtregiors, and you féede your Hawke continually with Porke, with Rays or Pies, or carie her much in rainie whether, ſhe will be lowſie.

BEcauſe I ſpake of Oſtregers, you ſhall vnderſtand that they bée called Oſtregers that kéepe Goſhawkes or Tercels, and thoſe that keepe Sparhawkes and Muſkets bee called Speruiters, and kéepers of all other Hawkes bee called Faulkners.

You ſhall call the long Line wherewith you call your Hawke withall, your Creance, whatſoeuer it be.

PUT the fleſh that you féede your Hawke withall in fayre water, and féed her therewith thrée daies, and it will kéepe her in fleſh.

TAke Fearne rootes that grow within an Oke, and Oke apples, and make iuice of them, and wet her fleſh therein that ſhe eateth, and féed her thrée or foure times, and it will make her leaue that.

A Hawke that hath the Tanie a man may ſoone know if hée take héed: for this is her manner, for ſhe will pant more for one baiting then ſome will doe for thrée or foure, and if ſhée ſhould flie a little while, ſhée would almoſt loſe her breath, whether ſhe be fat or leane, & ſhe will be alwaies heauie, and this is the remedie. Take a quantitie of the redneſſe of Haſell, and a little of the powder of Roſen, of Pepper, & ſomewhat of Ginger, and make thereof with freſh greaſe thrée pellets, and hold your Hawke to the fire, and when ſhe féeleth the heate, make her ſwallow the thrée pellets by force, and knit her beake faſt that ſhée caſt it not out againe, and this doe thrée times and ſhée ſhall be ſafe.

Alſo take Aliſander, and the Rootes of Primroſes, and the root Grongnaulles, and ſéeth them in Butter, and giue her thrée morſelles euery day vntill ſhée bée whole, and looke that ſhe be void when ye giue the mediſine.

VVHo ſo taketh his Hawke from the aire, it behoueth him to be wiſe in bringing her eaſely, and to kéepe her from colde, and from hurting of her bones for they bée tender, and ſhée muſt haue great reſt, and they muſt haue as cleane ayre as can bée, and alwaies giue her cleane and hot meate, and giue her a little and often, and chaunge her meate often, and cut her meate into ſmall morſelles, for they ſhould not lyre on bones: and then when ſhe beginneth to pen and plumeth, and palketh and picketh her ſelfe, put her into a cloſe warme place where no vermin may come into her, and let the place be ſure from wind and raine, and then ſhée will preue her ſelfe: and euermore giue her good hot meates, for it is better for a man to féede his Hawke while ſhée is tender with meate, and to make her good with ſome coſt, then to féede her with euill meates to make her vnthriftie with little coſt: and looke when ſhe beginneth to ferme, then giue her baiting.

BEware of this ſickneſſe, the remedie for it is this. Take an hearbe that is called Neppe, and put it into the gut of a Capon, or of an Hen, and knit it with a thred and let her receiue it whole, and ſhe will be whole and ſafe.

Thus you ſhall know when your Hawke hath wormes in her bellie: looke when ſhée hath caſted, and then yée ſhall finde one or two about her caſting place, if ſhe hath ben with any.

TAke the bymaile of yron, & mingle it with the fleſh of Pork, & giue it two daies to the Hawke to eat, & ſhe ſhalbe whole.

TAke a white loafe of bread ſomewhat colder then it comes out of the Ouen, and holde the Hawke ſoftly for hurting, and cut the loafe almoſt through, and diſplay her wing eaſely, and hold it betwéene the two parts of the loafe, and let it be held ſo the ſpace of halfe an houre, and it will helpe her.

The Crampe commeth to an Hawke by taking colde in her youth: therefore it is good for an Hawke to kéep her warme whether ſhe be young or old.

KEepe her well and put her not late in mew: for who ſo for couetouſneſſe of flying, loſeth the time of his Hawkes mewing, and withholdeth her too long from it, hée may after put her to mewe at aduenture, for then a part of her mewing time is paſt. Who ſo putteth his Hawke in mew in the beginning of Lent, if ſhe be kept as ſhe ought to be, ſhe ſhould be mewed in the beginning of Auguſt.

SEt and diſpoſe your Mewe in this maner, ſo that no Weſell nor Polcat, nor no other Vermine, nor that it bée windie or cold, nor that it be ouer hot, let one part of it ſtand towards the Sunne, ſo that the moſt part of the day the Sunne may come to it. Alſo you muſt tooke that ſhée bée not troubled with noyſe or the ſinging of men, and that no man come to her but only hée that féedeth her: you muſt let her haue a féeding ſtocke in her mewe, and a long ſtring to bind her meate, or els ſhée will carrie her meate about the houſe and beray it with duſt, and paraduenture ſhée will hide it till it ſtincke and then feede on it: which if ſhée ſhould doe, it would bée her death. And therfore when it is bound to the féeding ſtocke, then ſhée will neither at feeding, neither at lyring, nor at liking, nor at riſing hurt her ſelfe: and when ſhe hath fedde, take away that ſhe leaueth, and looke that ſhée haue freſh at euery meale: for of ſtale and euill meates ſhée will ingender many diſeaſes, and looke that you neuer goe to the mewe but when you carrie her meate or water to bathe her. Suffer no raine to wet her at any time if you may: and as for her baiting, that will nothing hinder her mewing.

ONe thing you muſt beware of, that ſhée haue no ſickneſſe before you put her in Mew: for as I haue prooued, a ſicke Hawke ſhall neuer mewe well, but though ſhée mewe ſhée ſhall not endure: but when ſhée is great and fat, for at the bating of her eſtate, ſhée will no longer endure. Sometime without any mediſine many men deuiſe how they might mewe their Hawkes: for ſome put them in at high eſtate, and ſome when they be very low, and ſome when they are emptie and leane: but it makes no matter for that, if ſhe bée whole: neuertheleſſe, you ſhall heare mine aduiſe as I haue ſéene and proued.

Whoſoeuer putteth a Goſhawke, a Tercell, or Sparrehawke into Mewe, ſo high that ſhée may bée no higher, ſhée will hold her long ere ſhée loſe and leaue any feathers: and who ſo putteth her into mewe leane, it will bée long ere ſhée remount: and who ſo putteth her in mew too leane and hungrie, if ſhée haue meate at her will, ſhée will eate too much, becauſe of hunger, and ſhée is likely to kill her ſelfe therewith, as hath béene often ſéene: but who ſo will haue his Hawke indure and mew kindly, my counſell is that ſhée bée neither too high nor to lowe, nor in deſtreſſe of hunger, but as ſhée ſhould beſt flie: but take héede the firſt day of too much dealing till the time that ſhée bée ſtanched, and after you may take her ſuch meate as I ſhall deſcribe you hereafter.

LOoke what meate ſhée hath been moſt vſed to bée fed with, and féede her therewith eight daies together, and giue her Birds enough morning and euening, and let her plume vpon them well, and take caſting of the plumage, and that will tallant her well, and cauſe her to haue good appetite, and it will clenſe her bowelles well, and when ſhe is well clenſed, you may giue her what meate you will, ſo it bee cleane and freſh. But the beſt meate to make her mewe ſooneſt without anie mediſine, is the fleſh of a Kid, of a young Swanne, and of a young Chicken, and of a young Gooſe: for ſuch meate is whole of it ſelfe.

Alſo take péeces of great freſh Eeles, and eſpecially the colpen next the nauell, and wet in hote blood of Mutton, it is good to make her to mewe, but eſpecially it will make her wight after her ſore age. Theſe ſaid fleſhes bée good to mewe a Hawke, and to kéepe her in ſtate, but looke that ſhée haue plentie euery day that ſhée rather leaue then lacke, and euery third day let her bath if ſhée will: and when ſhée is waxed néere farme, then let her eate Hennes and fat Porke: and of a Hound is paſſing good.

THe experiment is thus approoued. Take an Addar that is red of nature, and alſo there bée Snakes of the ſame kinde, and they bée verie bitter; take two or thrée of them and ſmite off their heads and their tayles: then take a new earthen pot that was neuer vſed, and cut them in ſmall péeces, and put them into the pot to ſéeth, and let them ſéeth at leiſure, and let the pott bee couered cloſe that no ayre come out of it nor no breath, and let them ſéeth ſo long that the péeces turn to greace, and put it into a cleane veſſell, and as oft as you féede your Hawke annoint her meate therewith, and let her eat as much as ſhe will, and that will mew her at your will.

TAke powder of Cauell, and the iuyce of Franeke coſtes, and the iuyce of Paraine, and take thrée or foure morſels of meate, and wet them therein, and make your Hawke ſwallow them, and ſerue her ſo many times.

Alſo take the ſkinne of a Snake and of an Adder, and cut them into ſmall péeces, and temper it with hot bloud, and make your Hawke to eat thereof, and ſhe ſhall not mew.

VVHen you ſée your Hawke blow manie times, and that it commeth of no baiting, you may bée ſure ſhée hath the Goute in her throte: and for that diſeaſe, take the bloud of a Pecocke, and Eneenſe, Myrabolana, and cloues of Gelofte, and Cauell, and Ginger: and take of all theſe euery euening and mingle them with Pecockes blood, and ſéeth it till they bée thicke, and thereof make morſelles, and giue the Hawke morning and at noone.

WHen you ſee your Hawke may not endure her meate nor remooue her eſtate, ſhée hath the Gowte in the head and in the reines. Take Nomin, (among the Apothicaries you may haue it,) and the ſkinne of an Hare, and giue it to your Hawke to eat nine times with the fleſh of a Cat, and if ſhe hold the meat ſhe ſhall be ſafe.

WHen you ſee your Hawke lay one foote vpon another, then ſhée is taken with the Crampe, then draw her blood, and vpon the foot that lieth on the other foot, and vpon the legge, and it will helpe her.

TAke the powder of Bayes & put it on the fleſh of a Doue, and giue it oft to your Hawke, and it will helpe her.

A Man may knowe by the countenance of an Hawke partly her infirmities: but it is ſtraunge to knowe a mans diſeaſe, when hée knoweth not whereof nor how it commeth: For this diſeaſe féed your Hawke well of an Hen, and then make her faſt two daies after, that ſhée may emptie her bodie: the third day take Honey and ſéeth it, and fill her full, and bind her beake that ſhée caſt it not out againe, and then ſet her out of the Sunne, and when it draweth towards night féede her of a whote Foule: and if this will not helpe her neuer looke for other mediſine.

TAke the root of ſmall Ruſhes, and make iuice of them, and wet her meat therein and make her eat thereof.

TAke away the feathers about the wound, and take the white of an Egge, and Oyle of Oliue, and mingle them together, and annoint the wound, and kéepe it with white wine, vntill the time that you ſee dead fleſh, and then put into the wound Eſcompe, vntill the time that the dead fleſh be waſted: after take Enſence, and take as much of the one as of the other, and mingle them together: and when you will annoint the ſore, heat your ointment, and annoint it with a pen, till the time the ſkinne grow againe, and if you ſée dead fleſh about it and that you would haue it away, take Vineger, and then annoynt it with this oyntment aforeſaid, and ſhe ſhall be whole.

VVHen you perceiue that your Hawke is fat about the heart, you may truſt to it ſhe hath the Artelicke, therefore let her blood in the orignall vaine, and after that giue her a Frog to eat, and ſhe will be whole.

WHen your Hawke is troubled in her bowelles, you ſhall know it by her eyes, for her eyes will bée darke, and ſhée will looke drowſelie, and her mutiſing will defile her fundament, then take Hawkes meate, and annoint it with the powder of Cauell, and giue it her to eat and ſhe ſhall be whole.

FEede your Hawke once or twiſe with an Irchin, and it ſhall helpe her.

TAke the iuice of wormewood, and put it where they bée, and they will die.

ANnoynt her Fundament, and put in the powder of Allom with a hollowe Strawe: Alſo take an hearbe called Chriſtes Ladder, and annoynt her mouth therewith, and ſhe will be whole.

VVHen you ſée your Hawke cloſe her eyes, and ſhake her head, giue her Larde of a Gote the firſt day, and the ſecond day giue her Epaticke with the fleſh of a Chicken, and ſhe ſhall be whole.

TAke the iuice of Horehound, and wet the Hawkes meat therein, and féed her therewith once or twiſe, and ſhe ſhall be whole.

TAke yolkes of Egges rawe, when they bée well beaten together, put to it Spaniſh Salt, and as much Honey, and wet therein thy Hawkes meate, and feed her therewith thrée daies together: and if ſhee make deintie in eating of it, then make her of force to ſwallow three or foure morſelles a day, and preſently ſhe ſhall be whole. Yet I will tell you another thing: Take Honey at the change of the Moone, and a ſharpe Nettle, and make thereof ſmall powder, and when it is well ground, take the breaſt bone of an Hen, and another of a Culuer, and make it ſmall with a knife, and doe away the ſkinne, and put powder thereon, and all hote with the powder féed her thrée daies and ſhe will be whole.

IF a Fellon bee ſwolne in ſuch ſort that a man may heale it, the Hawke ſhall not die. Thus a man may helpe her and lengthen her life, but the Hawke will be very eger and gréeuous of ſickneſſe: therefore ye muſt take the root of comfort, and of Suger like much, then ſeeth it in freſh greace with the third part of Honey, and then draw it through a fayre cloath, and then oft giue it to the Hawke and ſhe ſhall be whole.

THe frounce is a fearefull diſeaſe and draweth her to death, and withholdeth her ſtrength, and it commeth of cold: for cold doth a Hawke much harme. To cure her, take Fennell, Mariall and Serſes alike much, and ſéeth them and ſtraine them through a cloth, and ſometimes waſh her head therewith, and put ſome on the roufe of her mouth, and ſhe ſhall be ſafe.

SEeth Rayſons in water and weete her fleſh therein when it boyleth.

WHen you ſee your Hawke haue blobbed chéekes, then ſhe hath this diſeaſe called Agrum: therefore take a Néedle of Siluer, and heate in the fire, and burne the narrelles throughout, then annoint it with oile Oliue.

TAke a quantitie of Porke and Honey, and Butter alike much, and purged greace, take away the Skinne, ſeeth them together, and annoint the fleſh therewith, and ſhe will encreaſe mightily.

CVt the botches with a Knife, and let out the matter, and clenſe it with a ſiluer Spoone, or els fill the hole with the powder of Arne Melit burned into powder, and vpon the powder doe a little cloth beſpred with hot waxe, and ſo it will away.

TAke freſh Butter, and put into it Suger, and put it in a cleane cloath, and reclaime her to that, and kéepe it in a boxe and put it into your bag.

TAke fayre Morfumum, and powder of Gilouer, and mingle them together and giue it her to eat, and if ſhée hold it paſt the ſecond day, after ſhe ſhall be whole.

VVHen your Hawke cannot mute: then ſhe hath this diſeaſe called the Stone: and for this ſickneſſe you ſhall take the heart of a Swine, and the greace of a Swine, and cut it with the fleſh of the heart, and ſhe ſhalbe whole.

FOr this ſickneſſe, take the root of Polipode that groweth vpon Okes, and ſéeth it a great while, then take it from the fire & let it ſtand till it be luke warme, then waſh your Hawkes fleſh therein thrée times when you feed her, and it will helpe her.

TAke preſſure of a Lambe that was eyned before his time, and make thereof thrée morſelles, and put it into the gut of a Culuer, and féed her therewith, and looke that the Hawke be emptie when you giue her the mediſine, and take the iuyce of Dragons and fill the gut of a Pigion, and then cut it as the Hawke may ſwallow it, and knit his beake for caſting it vp againe, and giue her the ballocks of a Bucke as hote as they be int •• t, and make powder of the piſſell, and caſt it vpon the fleſh and and ſhe ſhalbe whole.

THere is a queſtion aſked whether a man ſhall call a Spere or a Sparrehawke, or an Aſper Hawke, and Oſtregers and Speruiters ſay, ſhee may bee called all three names: for theſe reaſons, ſhée may bee called a Sparrehawke: for of all Hawkes that there are, ſhée is moſt ſpere that is to ſay, moſt tender to kéepe: For the leaſt miſoieting and euill tending of her, killeth her, and ſhée may bée called an Aſperre Hawke of ſharpneſſe of her courage, and of her looking quicke, and alſo of her flying. For ſhe is moſt aſpere and ſharpe in all thing that belong vnto her. Of all Hawkes ſhe may may bee called a Sparralike, for two reaſons: one is, ſhée ſpareth Goſhawkes and Tarcels vntill they time they bée reclaymed to flie, and till they bee fullie mewed and cleane enſaymed, for all the while they bée vnable, the Sparhawke occupieth that ſeaſon, and flieth the Partrich well, from Saint Margarets day vntill it bée Lammas, and ſhe will ſlea young Feaſants, Hichcocks, in the beginning of the yeare: And I haue ſéene them ſlea the Teale, the black bird, the Wodcocke and the Thruſh, although the Wodcocke bee combroſe to kill: And therefore when you come to a Groue of Trées, or a Thicket of Buſhes, caſt your Spharhawke into the tree and beate the buſhes, and at the riſing of the Foule ſhée wil be ſure to haue her. Further, if that there were a ſhip fraught full of Hawkes: if there were but one Sparrehawke amongſt them, there ſhould bée no cuſtome paid for anie of them, and therefore ſhée is in diuers reſpects a Sparhawke.

AN Hawke flieth to the riuer diuers waies, and ſhée ſleyeth the foule diuerſly, that is to ſay, to the vew or to the beake, or the toll: and all is but one as ye ſhall vnderſtand hereafter. Shée ſleieth alſo to the querre, to the créepe, and no more waies but thoſe thrée, and ſhée nimmeth the foule at the ferre Iute, or at the Iuttie ferre.

YOur Goſhawke or tercell that ſhall flie, to the vewe, to the toll, or to the beake: in this maner ſhe muſt be taught. You muſt find a Foule in the Riuer or in the Pitte, and ſet your Hawke a good ſpace from you vpon a Molehill, or vpon the ground, and creepe ſoftly to the foule, and when you come neere where the foule lieth, looke backward to the hawke, and with your hand becke your Hawke to come to you, and when ſhée is on wing, and commeth low by the ground, and is almoſt at you, then ſmite your tabre and crie huffe, huffe, huffe, and make the foule ſpring, and then the Hawke will nime her.

And now take héede, if your Hawke nyme the foule at ferre ſide of the riuer, or at the pit from you, that ſhée ſlaie the foule at the ferre Iutte, and if ſhe ſlay it vpon that ſide ye bee on, as it may happe diuers times, then you ſhall ſay ſhe hath ſlaine the foule at the ferre Iutte. If your Hawke ſlay the Foule aloft, yee will ſay ſhe tooke it at the mount or at the ſouce.

And if the Foule ſpring not but flie along after the Riuer and the Hawke nyme her, then ye ſhall ſay ſhe ſlew it at randon. And if your Hawke fleeth at or to the Creep, when you haue your Hawke on your fiſt, and that you créepe ſoftly to the Riuer or to the pit, and ſtealeth to the brincke thereof, and then crie huffe, and then by that meane nyme the Foule, then ſhée is ſlaine at the Creep, at the ferre Iutte, or Iutte ferre: and if it happen, as it doth often, that the Foule for feare of your Hawke will ſpring and fall into the Riuer again, or ere the Hawke ſée her, and ſo lie ſtill and dare not ariſe, then you ſhall ſay your Hawke hath renued the Foule into the Riuer, and there bee more Foules in the Riuer then your Hawke plumeth, and they dare not ariſe for feare of your Hawke.

YOu ſhall vnderſtand that your Goſhawke muſt not flie to the Riuer with belles in no wiſe: and therfore a Goſhawke is called a Theffe.

WHen your Hawke ſlieth to the Querre, when there bee in the ſtubbe time, Sardes of Mallards in the fielde, and when ſhe eſpieth them and commeth couert her ſelfe, and flie priuelie to the hedges or low by the ground, and nyme one of them ere they riſe, then you may ſay that the Foule was ſlaine at the Querre.

SOme miſuſe this tearme draw, and ſay that their Hawke will draw to the Riuer: and that tearme draw, is properly aſſigned to that Hawke that will ſlea a Rooke, or a Crowe, or a Rauen vpon the land ſitting: and then it may bee ſayd that ſuch an Hawke doth drawe well to a Rooke.

TAke a tame Mallarde and ſet him in a plaine field, and let him goe where he will, then ſet your Hawke vpon your fiſt, and goe to that plaine and hold vp your hand a pretie way off from the Mallard, and looke if your Hawke can eſpie it by her owne courage: and if ſhée haue found the Foule and deſire to flie to it, let her kill her, and plume well vpon her, and erue her ſo three or foure times, and then ſhée is made to the Querre.

I haue knowne Gentlemen that when they haue ſeene any tame Duckes, that if their Hawkes haue deſired to flie at them, they haue let them flie to the encouraging of them another time, and ſo haue wonne them to the Querre.

YOu muſt in the night doe it. Climbe vp ſoftly with a Skonce or a Lanterne, and you muſt haue but one light in your hand, and let the light be towards the Hawke or Foule that ſhe ſée not your face, and you may take her by the legges or any other place of her as you liſt. This is approoued: for I haue knowne diuers that haue taken many Foules after this ſame maner.

LOoke that the Bells that your Hawke ſhall weare, that they bée not too heauie, nor that they be aboue her power to beare, and that they be not one heauier then an other, but that they bee both of a waight: alſo looke that they haue a good ſound and ſhrill, and not both of one ſound, but that one bée of a ſemy tune aboue the other, and that they bée whole and not broken, eſpecially in the ſounding place: for if they bée anie whit broken they will ſound fully.

Of Sparhawkes belles there is diuers choice, and little charge of them, for there is plentie of them: & for Goſhawkes, the belles of Millaine were coumpted the beſt, and they are verie good: for commonly they are ſounded with Siluer, and therefore they are ſould thereafter. There are now vſed of Duchland belles made in a towne called Dordright, and they are excellent good belles, for they are well ſorted, and well ſounded, verie good in ringing of Shrilnes, and paſſing well laſting.

THeſe Hawkes belong to an Emperour, and theſe bée their names: and Eagle, a Bautere, a Melion: the ſimpleſt of theſe three will ſlea a Calfe, a Fawne, a Roe, a Kid, a Crane, a Buſtarde, a Stroke, a Swanne, or a Fore on the plaine ground: and theſe are not in lure nor reclaimed, becauſe they be ſo ponderous to the Perch protatife: and theſe thrée by their nature belongs to an Emperour.

And theſe bee Hawkes of the Tower, and be both illured, and be called and reclaimed.