¶ How ye shal demeane you in takyng of haukes & with what instrumentes , & how you shall call them .

WHo wyl take haukes : he must haue nettes which bene called vrynes , & those must be made of good smal threde , and it had nede be dyed eyther grene or blewe for espyeng of the hauke . And he must take wyth hym nedle and threde to ensyle the hawkes that bene taken . And in this maner they must be ensiled . Take the nedle and threde : and put it through the ouer eye lyd and so of that other , & make them fast vnder the becke that she see not . Then she is ensyled as she ought to be . Som vse to ensyle them with the nether eye ●yd aboue the becke on the head almoste , but that is the worst way . For of ●eason the ouerlyd closeth more iustlye then the neyther , bycause of the largenesse , when she is ensyled : beare her home on thy fyst and cast her on a perche , & let her stande there a nyght and a daye . And on that other day towarde nyght take and cutte easely the thredes and take them awaye softely for breakyng of the eye lyddes . Then lofte and fayre begyn to fede her , & deale easely with her ti● she wyll syt vpon thy fyst . For it is dred for hurtyng of her winges . And then the same night after the feding : wa●● her all nyght , and on the morow all day , then she wyll b● preuy ynough to bee reclaimed . And the fyrst meate tha● she shall eate : let it be hote , and geue her ynough therof .

¶ How your hauke maye be drawen to reclaime and the maner of her dyet .

ANd if your hauke be harde penned , she may be drawen to be reclaimed . For all the while that she is tendre penned : she is not able to be reclaymed . And yf she be a goshauke or tercell that shall be reclaimed : euer feed her with washt meate at the drawyng , and at the reclaiming . But looke it be hote , and in this maner washe it . Take the meate & go to the water , & strike it vp & down in the water , & wryng the water out , & fede her therwyth and she be a brauncher . And if it be an eyes : ye must wash the meat cleaner then ye doo to a brauncher , & with a lynnen clothe wype it and feed her . And euer more the thyrd daye geue her casting when she is fleeing , if she be a goshauke or tercel in this maner . Take new blanket clothe and cut fyue pellettes therof an ynche longe , and take fleshe and cut fyue morcelles . And with a knyues point make an hole in euerye morcell , and put therin the pellettes of clothe . And take a fayre dyshe with water & put them therin . Then take the hauke and geue her a morsel of hote meat the quantitie of half her supper . Then take that that lyeth in the water and feed her for all night .

¶ How you shall feed your hauke and know her infirmy●ies and there be many diuerse of them .

IF your hauke be a sparehauke , euer feed her with vnwashed meate , & looke that her castyng be plumage . Then looke it be clene vnder the perche . And on the next day ye shal finde the casting vnder the perche , and therby ye shall know whether the hauke be clene or not . For som pece wyl be yelow , & some greene , & some glaymous , and som clere , & if it be yelow : she engendreth the frounce , which is an euill that wil ryse in the mouth or in the cheke , & yf it be greene : she engendreth the rye , the condicion of this euil is this . It wil arise in the head & make the head to swel & in the eyen glemous & darke , & but it haue helpe it wyl downe into the legges & make the legges to rancle , & yf it goe fro the legges into the head again : thy hauke is but lost , & if it be glaimous & roping : she engendreth an euyll called the cray , that is when an hauke may not muteise .

¶ Marke well your medicines heare folowyng .

¶ A medecine for the frounce in the mouthe .

Take a syluer spoone & put the smal ende in the fyre tyl it be hote . Then let holde the hauke , & open her beake & bren the sore , & anoynt it with the mary of a goose that hath laine longe , & she shal be whole . And if the frounce be wexed as greate as a nutte : then is therin a grubbe , which ye shal cut wyth a raser in this maner . Let holde the hauke and slyt the place where the sore is , & ye shall fynde therin as it were the mawe of a pygeon , take it out al whole , & take a payre of sheres & nit the hole of the sore and make it as fayre as ye may with a linnen clothe , and wype clene the bloud awaye , & anoynt the sore with bawme foure dayes suyngly , and afterward with pampilion tyl it be whole .

❧ How the frounce commeth .

❧ The frounce commeth when a man fedeth his hauke with porke or cattes fleshe foure dayes together .

❧ How the rye commeth .

❧ For defaut of hote meat this sicknes the rye cometh .

❧ How the cray cometh .

❧ The cray commeth of wasshed meat whiche is washed with hote water in the defaute of hote meat . Also it commeth of thredes which ben in the fleshe that the hauke is fed with . For though ye picke the flesh neuer so clene yet ye shall fynde thredes therin .

❧ When your hauke shall bathe her .

☞ And euermore eche third daye let your hauke bathe her duryng the sommer , if it be fayre wether . And once in a weke in wynter yf it be fayre wether & not els . And when ye bathe your hauke : euer geue her a morsell of hote meat vnwashed , though she be a goshauke .

❧ How ye may cause your hauke to flee with a courage in the mornyng .

❧ If ye wil that your hauke flee in the morning tide : feed her the night before with hote meat , & washe the same meat in vryne , & wryng out the water clene , & that shal make her to haue lust & courage to flee in the morning in the best maner .

❧ How you shall guyde you yf youre hauke be full gorged and ye wolde soone haue a flyght .

❧ If your hauke be full gorged and that ye wolde soone vpon haue a flight : take foure cornes of whete and put them in a morcell of fleshe , & geue the same morcelles to the hauke , and she wyl cast anon all that she hathe wyth in her . And anon after that she hathe cast : looke that ye haue a morcell of hote meat to geue her . And yf youre hauke be ouergorged : geue her the same medicine .

❧ A medicine for the rye

❧ Take dasye leues and stampe them in a morter and wryng out the iuyce , and with a pen put it in the haukes nates once or twise when the hauke is small gorged . And anon after let her tyre , and she shal be whole as a fyshe . Or els take percelye rootes and serue her with them in the same maner , and when she tyreth : holde rewe in your hande with the tyryng , and that shall make her voyde . But it is peryllous to vse it often that the iuyce fall ne spryng in to her eyen .

❧ Also and you geue youre hauke freshe butter or mary of hogges that is in the bone of the but of porke , it shall make her to cast water well at the nares , & it wil keep the nares open . But it wyl make her hawtaine and proude .

❧ A medecine for the cray , and more f●lowe .

❧ Take & chaufe with your handes the foundament of your hauke with warme water a longe tyme . And after that take the poudre of saxyfrage , or elles the poudre of rewe , and a quantitie of maye butter , and tempre it well together tyl they ben euen medled . Then put it in a lytle boxe and stoppe it fast . And as oft as ye feed your hauke an whole mele : annoynt her meat a lytle therwith , and that shall make her to loue meat the better for loue of the oyntment . And it shall saue her from the cray and from many other sickenesses that gendre oft in a hauke .

❧ Also take the hote harte of an hogge or a pygge & feed her two dayes therwith , and she shal be whole .

❧ Also take porke & we●e it in hote mylke of a cowe , & feed the hauke therwith , & that shall make her muteyse at the best wyse . And porke with the mary of the bone of the butte of porke shall make her muteyse , & feed her wyth bothe togyther . Also vse her to freshe butter , and it wyll doo the same . Also one mele or two at the moste of the hote lyuer of a pygge shal make her muteyse wel . Beware geue her not to great a gorge therof , for it is a peryllous meate . Also take the white of an egge , & labour the same in a sponge as well as ye wolde make glayre for red ynke tyll it be like water . Put the same in a vessel and let the meate that shal be for her supper lye and stepe therin all the daye before , and that nyght feed her therwith . And that whiche shall be for her dyner in the mornyng let it lye all the nyght , but in any wyse looke that ye haue alwaye freshe glayre , and yf her fedyng be porke it is the better , that is proued ▪

¶ The kyndely termes that belonge to haukes .

IN the begynnyng of kyndlye speche of the termes that belong vnto haukes : heere mai ye finde them , ❧ The fyrst is holde fast at all tymes , & specially when she bateth . It is called batyng for she bateth with her selfe moste often causelesse . The second is rebate your hauke to your fyst , and that is when your hauke bateth , the least meuing that ye can make with your fyst she wil rebate againe on your fyst . The thyrd is , feed your hauke , and not geue her meate . The .iiii. an hauke suyteth or sueth hrr beake and not wypeth her becke . The .v. your hauke souketh and not slepeth . The .vi. your hauke proyneth , & not pycketh , & she proineth not but when she beginneth at her legges , & fetcheth moysture lyke oyle at her tayle , and bawmeth her feete , and shaketh the fethers of her wynges through her beake . And it is called the note , when that she fetcheth suche oyle . And ye shal know that an hauke wolde not be let of her proyning . For at suche time as she proyneth : she is lykyng and lusty , & when she hath doon : she will rouse her mightely . And sometyme youre hauke countenaunceth as she pycketh her , and yet she proyneth not . And than ye must saye , she refourmeth her fethers , and not pycketh her fethers . The .vii. youre hauke colyeth , and not becketh . The .viii. she rouseth , and not shaketh herselfe . The .ix. she streyneth , and not claweth ne scratcheth . The .x. she mantelleth , and not stretcheth when she putteth her legges from her one after an other , & her wynges folowe her legges , than she dothe mantell her . And whan she hath manteled her and bryngeth both her wynges together ouer her back , you shal say your hauke warbelleth her wynges . And that is one terme due therfore . The .xi. ye shal sai your hauke mutesseth or muteth , & not shyteth . The .xii. ye shall say cast your hauke vpon the perche , and not set vp youre hauke vpon the perche .

☞ Heere ye shall vnderstande furthermore other maner of termes that belonge vnto haukes for to commende them for dyuerse of their properties .

FYrst ye shall saye , this is a fayre hauke , an huge hauke , a longe hauke , a short chicke hauke , and saye not this is a greate hauke . Also ye shall saye , this hauke hath a large beake or a short beake , & not cal it bil . An huge head , or a small head fayre seasoned , ye shall say your hauke is full gorged , and not cropped , & your hauke putteth ouer and endueth , and yet she doth both diuersly .

❧ How your hauke putteth ouer .

An hauke putteth ouer when she remoueth the meat from her gorge into her bowels , and thus ye shal know it when she putteth ouer : she trauerseth with her bodye , & specially with her necke as a craue doth or an other byrde .

❧ When ye shall say endueth and enbowelled .

An hauke endueth neuer as longe as her bowels ben full at her fedyng . But as soone as she is fed and resteth she endueth lytle and lytle , and yf her gorge be wyde and the bowell in any thyng styffeth , ye shall saye she is embowelled , and haue not fully endued , and as longe as ye may fynde any thing in her bowels : it is ryght peryllous to geue her any meat .

❧ Marke well these termes folowyng .

Say an hauke hath a longe wyng , a fayre longe taile with .vi. barres out , and standeth vpon the seuenth . This hauke is enter●enned , that is to saye when the fethers of the winges ben betwene the body & the thighes This hauke hathe an huge legge , or a flatte legge , or a rounde legge , or a fayre e●seted legge .

¶ To knowe the mayle of an hauke .

Haukes haue white maile , cāuasmaile , or red mayle ▪ And some call redde mayle yren mayle , whyte mayle is soone knowen . Cāuasmaile is betwene white maile and yren mayle , and yren mayle is very red .

❧ Plumage and cast your hauke .

A Goshauke nor Tercell in theyr sore age haue not their mailes named , but is called their plumage , & after the cote : it is called their maile , and if your hauke reward to any foule by countenaunce for to flee therto : ye shal say cast your hauke therto , and not flee therto .

❧ Nomme or seased .

And yf your hauke nomme a foule , & the foule breake awaye fro her , she hathe disconfyte manye fethers of the foule & is broken away , for in kyndely speche ye shal say your hauke hath nōmed or seased a foule , & not taken it .

❧ Wherfore an hauke is called a ryfeler .

And oftentymes it happeth manye a hauke for egrenesse when she should nomme a foule he seaseth but the fethers . And as oft as he doth so he rifleth , therfore such haukes ben called ryfelers , yf they doo oft so .

❧ How ye shall name the membres of your haukes in conuenable termes .

NOowe ye shall vnderstande the names of the membres of haukes , to begyn at theyr feete , and goe vpwarde , as knyghtes ben harneysed and a●med so we shall enaime her .

❧ Talons .

Fyrst the great cleis behynde that stryneth the backe of the hande , ye shall call them talons .

¶ Pounces .

The cleis within the fote ye shal cal a right her pounces .

¶ Longe sengles .

But cectainly the cleis that are vpon the midle stretchers ye shall call the long sengles .

❧ Petye sengles .

And the vttermoste cleis ye shal call ●he pety sengles .

❧ The key or closer .

Understande ye also that the long sengles ben called the key of the foote , or the closer . For what thing soeuer it be that your hauke streineth : is vpon the sengle , & al the foote is therupon , for the strength therof fortifyeth all the foote .

❧ Setes of watry or waxy colour .

Also vnderstande ye that the skyn about your haukes legges & her feet is called the setes of her legges & her feet whether they ben watry hewed or waxy colour yelowe .

❧ The beme fethers , ful summed , full fermed and reclaymed .

AN hauke hath twelue fethers vpon her tayle , and one pryncypall fether of the same in the myddes , & in maner all the other are couered vnder the same fether , and that is called the beme fether of the taile . And there goeth black barres ouerwhart the tayle . And those same barres shall tell you when she is full summed or full fermed . For when she is full barred : she standeth vpon seuen and then she is perfyte redy to be reclaymed .

❧ Ye shall vnderstande that as longe as an hauke standeth vnder the numbre of seuen barres , & she be in her sore age : it must be said that she is not full summed . For so long she is but tendre penned , whether she be brauncher or eyes . And yf she be a mewed hauke & stande within seuen barres : ye shall say she is not ful fermed . For she is not able to be reclaymed bycause she is drawen to soone out of the mewe for she is hard penned no more then a sor● hauke .

¶ Brayles or braylfethers degouted .

¶ To know furthermore of haukes . An hauke hath long smale whyte fethers hangyng vnder the tayle from her bowell downwarde . And the same fethers ye shal cal the brayles , or the brailfethers . And comūly euery goshauke and euery tercelles brayles ben disprenged wyth blacke speckes lyke armyns . And for al that they ben accounted neuer the better . But and a sparehauke be so armyned vpon the brayles , or musket : ye shall say , she is degouted to the vttermost brayle , & muche it betokeneth hardynes .

¶ Brest fethers , plumage , barbe fethers , pendaunt fethers .

❧ The fethers aboutt the former parties of an hauke ben called brest fethers , & the fethers vnder the wynges are plumage . The fethers vnder the beake ben called the barbe fethers . And the fethers that ben at the ioynte at the haukes knee : they stande hangyng and sharpe at the endes , those ben called the pendaunt fethers .

¶ Flagge or flagges fethers .

¶ The fethers at the wynges next to the bodye be called the flagge or flagges fethers .

❧ Beme fethers of the wyng sercell .

❧ And the long fethers of the wynges of an hauke ben called beme fether of the wyng . And the fethers that some call the pynion fether of an other foule : of an hauke it is called the sercell . And ye shall vnderstande yf an hauke be in mew , the same sercell shal be the last fether that she wyl cast , & tyl that be cast : she is neuer mewed , yet it hath ben seen that haukes haue cast the same fyrst as I haue heard say , but the other rule is generall . And when she hath cast her sercelles in mewe : then and no sooner it is time for to feed her with washt meat , & to begyn to ensayme her .

❧ Ensayme .

❧ Ensayme of an hauke is the grece . And but yf that be take awaye wyth feding of washt meat and otherwise : as it shal be declared heerafter , she wyll gendre a panell which may be her vttermoste confusion , and she fl●e therwith and take bloud and colde therupon .

¶ Couertes or couert fethers .

❧ There ben also fethers that close vpon the sercelles , and those same ben called the couertes or the couert fethers and so all the fethers ben called that ben nexte ouer the long beme fethers are the sagge fethers vpon the wynges .

❧ Backe fethers .

❧ The fethers vpon the back halfe ben called the backe fethers .

❧ Beake , Clap , Nares , Sete .

❧ The beake of the hauke is the vpper parte that is croked .

❧ The nether parte of the beake is called the clap of the hauke .

¶ The holes in the haukes beake ben called the Nares .

¶ The yelowe betwene the beake and the eyen is called the sere .

❧ Crynettes .

¶ There ben on an hauke long small black fethers like heres about the sere , and those same be called crynettes of the hauke .

❧ Sore age .

Ye shall vnderstande that the fyrst yere of an hauke , whether she be a brauncher or eyesse , that fyrst is called her sore age . And all that yere she is called a sore hauke , for and she escape that ye●e with good fedyng she is likelye to endure longe .

❧ To reclayme an hauke .

IF ye wyl reclaime your hauke , ye must departe one mele into three meles vnto the tyme that she wyll come to reclayme . And whan she will come to rec●aime , encrease her meles euery daye better and better . And or she come to the reclayme , make her that she sore not , for though she be wel reclaimed it may hap that she wil sore so high into the ayre that ye shal neither see nor finde her And yf your hauke shall flee to the partryche , looke that ye ensayme her or she flee , whether she be brauncher or eyesse or mewed hauke .

☞ When an hauke is called an eyesse .

An hauke is called an eyesse fro her eyen . For an hauke that is brought vp vnder a bussarde or pu●tock as many ben haue watry eyen . For whan they ben dysclosed and kept in ferme till they be full summed : ye shall knowe that by theyr wratry eyen . And also her looke wil not be so quycke as a braunchers is . And so bycause the best knowledge is by the eye , they be called eyesses . Ye maye also knowe an eyesse by the palenesse of the seres of her legges or the sere ouer the beake , and also by the taintes that ben vpon her tayle ond her winges , whiche tayntes come for lacke of fedyng whan they ben eyesses .

¶ What a taint is .

A taint is a thing that goeth ouerthwart the fethers of the winges and of the tayle like as it were eaten with wormes . And it begynneth fyrst to breed at the bodye in the penne . And that same penne shall frete a sondre and fal away through the same taynt , and than is the hauke disparaged for all that yere .

❧ Medecines to ensayme your hauke .

Take the roote of ras●e and put it in clene water and lay your flesh therin to tempre a great whyle , and geue it to youre hauke to eat , and yf she eat therof : dred not but it shall abate her grece . But within three dayes she shal not greatly abate .

Also take Pulyall and garlyke and stampe it wel together , and wryng out the iuyce in a dysshe , and than wet the fleshe therin , and feed your hauke therwith and but it tempre your hauke , that is to saye , ensayme youre hauke within foure dayes : I meruaile . But looke euerye daye that ye make newe iuyce , and whan ye feed her wet youre meat therin . Also take iuyce of Mercely mores , otherwyse called percely rootes , and the same of Ysope , and wasshe youre fleshe therin , and your hauke shall be ensaymed kyndly , and no great abate to the hauke .

Some vse to lay theyr fleshe in water almoste a daye and geue the same to the hauke at supper . And that lyeth all nyght to geue to her in the morning , and thus to feed them in mewe or they ben drawen about a moneth or .vi wekes , and to ensayme them or they come on fyst , & as soone as they cast theyr sercell : then is the tyme to fee● them so .

❧ How your hauke ensaymeth .

❧ Understande ye for cer●ayne that as longe as youre haukes feete ben blackyshe and rough : she is ful of grece and euer as she ensaymeth , her feete wyll waxe yelowe and smothe .

❧ How you shall gyde you when your hauke is redye to flee , and ye shal say put vp the partryche .

WHen ye haue ensaymed your hauke and reclaymed her , and that she is redy to flee to the partryche : ye must take a partryche in your bagge & goe into the feeld , and let your spanyelles fynde a couy of partryches . And when they ben vp & begyn to scatter : ye must haue markers to some of them and then couple vp your spaniels , for when ye haue so doone : let some felowe of yours pryuely , take the partryche out of your bagge , and tye it by the legge wyth a cryaunce , and cast it vp as high as ye can . And as soone as the hauke seeth her : she wyll flee therto , and if your hauke sease the partryche aboue , geue her a rewarde therupon , & goe after that by l●yser to the partryche that ben marked , and doo as I shall tell you heere folowyng . If ye haue a chastysed spanyell that wyl be rebuked & is a retryuer : vncouple him & no mo of your spaniels , & go to a single partryche of the couy so sparcled , and be as nigh as ye can to the rysing therof , & yf youre hauke desyre : cast her to , & if she take it them is your hauke made for that yere , & of the same partriche that she sleyth thus ye must rewarde her as it sheweth heere folowyng .

❧ How ye shall rewarde your hauke .

¶ Take a knife and cut the head & the neck from the body of the partryche , and stryppe the skynne awaye from the necke , & geue the same to the hauke , and couer the bodye of the foule with a bonet or with an harte , and lay the sayd head & the necke therupon , ● yf she wyll forsake the foule that she plumeth on & come to the reward : than pryuelye take away the partryche , & rewarde your hauke with the brayne & the necke . Beware that she eat no bones , for that is euill to endewe , and it wyll make her vnlusty for to flee , & thus must ye serue her of as many as she sleyth , but let her rewarde be the lesse , for elles she may be soone ful gorged , and then she maye flee no more a great while .

❧ How your hauke shall reioyce .

☞ And whan your hauke hath slaine a foule , & is rewarded as I haue sayd : let her flee in no wise tyll she hath reioyced her , that is to say , till she hath sewed or suyted her becke , or els row●● her . And whan she hath doon any of these , or all : goe & retryue more , & she wil nomme plenty .

❧ Whan your hauke hath nomme a foule , howe ye shall ●oo that ye rebuke not the hauke .

Lerne wel one thyng , and beware therof , whan youre hauke hath nomme a partryche , stande a good waye of , & come not to nygh her , and dryue a waye your spaniels for rebuking of her . For many haukes loue no spaniels , and also manye spaniels will ●enym them theyr game from theyr fote , & that is right perillo● . And while your hauke plumeth : come softely towarde her alwaye nere and nere . And yf she leue pluming and looke vpon you : stande styl and cherke her , and whystell her vntil she plume againe ▪ And thus serue her tyll ye be ryght nigh her . Than softe and leyserly fall vpon your knees , and pryuely while she plumeth : set your hande and be sure of the gesse , and than ye maye gyde all thinges as ye wil. And if ye doo the contrary : she wyl for feare cary her game , or let it goe quicke and that is but losse to you and to your hauke also .

❧ A medecine to make an hauke to cast that is accombred with castyng within her body .

❧ Take the iuyce of Salendine , and wet a morcell of fleshe therin to the quantitie of a nutte . And geue that morcell to the hauke , and that shall make her for to cast her olde castyng , and the hauke shal be safe .

❧ A medecine for an hauke that wil sore .

☞ Washe the fleshe that your hauke shall be fed with , in iuyce of fenell , & that shal take awaye the pryde fro her , & make her leue her soring whether she be lene or fat , and many times an hauke wil sore when she lacketh bathing .

❧ A medecine for an hauke that is lousye .

❧ Take quicke syluer and put it in a basen of brasse , & put therto salendyne , & ashes , and medle it well together tyll the quicke syluer be dead . And medle therto farte of bones , and anoynt the hauke therewyth . And hange it about her necke tyll it fall away , and it shal slee the lyce . Also poudre of orpement , blowen vpon an hauke wyth a penne , wyl slee the lyce .

❧ Also take a dagon or a pece of rugh blanket vnshore & holde it to the fyre vnto the time it be throughout warme , and wrappe the hauke therin . And then holde her softely and stylly for hurtyng of youre handes ▪ and the vermyn wyll crepe into the clothe . Also holde her in the sonne on a fayre daye and ye shall see the vermyn crepe out vpon the fethers . Then take a knyfe and wet the one syde of the blade therof with your mouth . And alway as they appeare lay the wet syde of the knyfe to them , and they wil cleaue therto ▪ and then ye may slee them .

❧ The opynion of Ostregyeres .

After the opinion of many ostregyers ▪ & ye feed youre hauke continually with porke , with iayes , with pyes , or in especially beare her muche in rayny wether , she shal be lousy .

❧ Ostregers , Speruiteres , Faukeners .

Now bicause I speake of ostregiers , ye shal vnderstand that thei ben called ostregiers that keep goshaukes or tercels & those that keep sparehaukes & muskettes , ben called speruiters , & kepers of al other haukes are called faukeners

❧ The length of the gesse , sewes , tyrettes , and how they be fastened , and bewettes .

❧ Haukes haue about theyr legges gesses made of lether moste comonly , some of silke which should no lenger but that the knottes of them should appere in the myddes of the left hande betwene the longe fynger and the leche fynger bicause the lewnes should be fastened to them with a payre of tyrettes , whiche tyrettes should rest vpon the lewnes and not vpon gesses , for hangyng and fastyng vpon trees when she fleyth , & those same lewnes ye shal fasten them vpon your lytle fynger slacklye , in compassyng the same in foure or fyue folde as a bow stryng vnoccupyed . And the tyrettes serue to keep her from wyndyng when she bateth . Also the same lethers that ben put in her belles to be fastened about her legges , ye shall call bewettes .

❧ Creaunce .

☞ Also ye shall call the longe lyne , that ye doo call your hauke to reclaime with , your creaunce , whatsoeuer it be .

❧ A medecine for an hauke that wyll cast fleshe .

Put the fleshe that your hauke shall eat in fayre water , and feed her therwith three dayes , and she shal holde her fleshe in the best wyse .

❧ A medecine for an hauke that hath lost her courage .

❧ An hauke that hath lost her courage a man may knowe yf he wyll take good heed . For such is her maner , when she is cast to a foule she fleyth awayward as though she knew not the foule . Or els she wil flee a lytle way after and anon she geueth it vp , & for suche an hauke this is a good medecine . Take oyle of spaine and tempre it wyth clere wine and with the yolke of an egge , and put therin beefe , and therof geue to your hauke fyue morcelles , and then sette her in the sonne , and at euen feed her wyth an olde hote cuiuer , and if ye feed her thus three times : that hauke was neuer so lusty nor so iolye before as she wyll be after , and come to her owne courage . Other make poudre of melees that stinke , and put the poudre on the fleshe of a Pecocke , and meddle the bloud of a Pecocke among the poudre , and make her to eat the fleshe .

❧ A medecine that an hauke shall not lye in mew for vnlustynesse .

Take ferne rootes that groweth in an oke and oke apples , and make iuice of them and wet her fleshe therein and feed the hauke three tymes or foure , and that shall make her to leue that .

❧ A medecine for an hauke that hath the tayne .

An hauke that hath the tayne a man may soone knowe yf he take heed , for thys is her maner , she wyl pant more for one batynge then other for foure , and yf she shoulde flee a litle while : she should almoste lese her brethe , whether she be fatte or leane , & alway she maketh heuy che●e and for that , this is the medecine . Take a quantytye of the rednes of hasyll , wyth the poudre of rasene of peper and somwhat of gynger , and make therof in fresh grece three pellettes and holde the hauke to the fyre , and when she feleth the heate : make her swalow the three pellettes by strength , and knyt fast her beake that she cast it not out , and doo so thryes , and she shal be safe .

Also take rasne and rubarbe and grinde it to gither & make iuyce therof , and wet the fleshe therein , and geue it her to eat and she shal be whole .

Also take Alisander and the roote of prymeroses , and the roote of grognauiles , and sethe them all in butter of a cowe , and geue her three morcelles euery day vnto the tyme that she be whole , & looke that she be voyde when ye geue her the medecine .

❧ How a man shall take a hauke from the ayre .

WHo so taketh an hauke from the eyrer , him behoueth for to do wisely , in bringing him easelye & to keep him wel from colde , & from hurting of his bones , for they ben ful tendre and they must haue great rest . And they maye not haue stynking & fylthy ayre , but as clene as can & may be thought and euermore geue him cleane meat and hote , and a lytle and often and chaunge often theyr meat , but looke it be whole , and cut her meat in to smale morcels , for they should not tyre on bones tyll they might flee , then after when she begynneth to pen and plumeth & palketh and pycketh her selfe , put her in to a close warme place that no fulmers nor fecheus nor other vermyn come not in to her , and let the place be sure for wynde and rayne . and then she wyl preue her selfe , and euer more geue her good hote meates . For it is better to a man to feed hys hauke while she is tendre with meat to make her good wyth some cost : then to feed her with euyll meates to make her vnthryfty with litle cost . And looke when she beginneth to ferme , then geue her bayting .

❧ A medecine for wormes in an hauke , which sicknesse is called the fylaunders .

Marke wel this sickenes , and beware therof . This is the medecyne therfore . Ye shall take an herbe that is called neppe , and put in a small gutte of a capon or of an henne , and knytte it with a threde , and let her receyue it whole , and she shal be whole & safe . Thus ye shall know when your hauke hath wormes in her bely . Looke when she hath castyng , then ye shall fynde one or two about her castyng place , yf she hath ben with any .

¶ A medecyne for an hauke that casteth wormes at the foundament and what wormes that they be .

❧ Take the lymayl of yren & medle it with flesh of porke & geue it two dayes to the hauke to eat , & she shal be whole .

❧ A medecine for an hauke that hathe a sycknesse whiche is called the aggresteyne .

When ye see your hauke hurt her feete with her beake and pulleth her tayle , then she hath the aggrestyne . For this sicknes , take the donge of a doue and of a sheepe , and of an alowe , and stronge vynegre and doo al softely in a basyn of brasse , & medle them well together to serue three dayes after and geue her fleshe of a culuer with hony , and with poudre of peper , & set her in a darke place & so do nine dayes . And when ye see new fethers in the taile washe her with verose , and she shal be whole and safe .

❧ A medecyne for an hauke that hath the crampe in her wynges , and how it cometh .

❧ For this crampe take a white lofe of bread somwhat colder then it commeth out of the ouen , and let holde the hauke softely for hurtyng , & cut the lofe almoste through out , and duplay the wynge easely and holde it betwene the two partes of the lofe and let it beholde so the space of halfe a quarter of an houre , and she shal be whole .

❧ The crampe commeth to an hauke by takyng colde in her youthe . Therfore it is good for an hauke to keep her warme yonge and olde , and this medecine is good at all tymes for her , whether she be yonge or olde .

❧ Let not an hauke be put in mewe to late , but in this maner as foloweth if ye loue your hauke .

If ye loue well your hauke kepe her well , and put her not late in mewe , for who so for couetousnes of fleing leseth the tyme of his haukes mewing , & withholdeth her to longe therfro , he may after put her to mewe at auenture , for than a parte of her mewyng time is past .

❧ Who so putteth his hauke in mewe in the beginning of Lente , yf she be kepte as she ought to bee , she shall be mewed in the begynning of August .

❧ How ye shall dispose & ordeyne your mewe .

¶ Set and dispose your mewe in this maner , so that no wesel nor polcat nor non other vermyn entre therto , nor no wynde nor great colde , nor that it be ouerhote . Lette that one parte of the mewe be turned towarde the sonne so that in the most part of the day the sonne may com in .

❧ Also ye must see that she be not auexed nor greued with muche noise nor with song of men , & that no maner folkes come to her , but only he that fedeth her . It behoueth that your hauke haue a feding stocke in her mewe , and a longe strynge tyed therto to fasten her meat with . For els she wyl cary it about the house and soyle it wyth dust and peraduenture she wyl hyde it tyll it stynke , and than feed vpon it , and that might be her death . And therfore whan it is bounde to the sayd fedyng stocke , she wyl neither at fedyng nor at the tyring , ne at the lyghtyng , ne a● the rysyng hurt her selfe , and whan she hath fed take away the remnaunte if any leue , and in any wyse that she haue clene meat , & at euery meale fresh . For of stale meates & euil meates she shall engendre many sycknesses , & loke ye go neuer to your mew but whan ye shal geue your hauke meat , or elles to bryng water to bathe her . And suffre no rayne to wete her at any time if ye may , and as for her bathing that shall nothing hyndre her mewyng .