The boke of Saint Albans : $b containing treatises on hawking, hunting, and cote armourBerners, Juliana
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The boke of Saint Albans : $b containing treatises on hawking, hunting, and cote armour
Berners, Juliana
Falconry -- Early works to 1800; Heraldry -- Early works to 1800; Hunting -- Early works to 1800
Now to speke of hawkys. first thay been Egges. and afterwarde they bene
disclosed hawkys. and communeli goshawkys been disclosed. as sone as the
choughe and in some place more tymeli after the contre is of hete. and
tymeli bredyng.
¶ And we sħaƚƚ say that hawkis doon Eyer. and not brede. in the woodes.
And we shaƚƚ say that howkys doon draw when they bere tymbering to their
nestes. and nott they beld ne make ther nestes And in the tyme of their
loue they caƚƚ. and not kauke. And we shaƚƚ say that they trede.
¶ And when they bene vnclosed and begynneth to feder any thyng of
lengthe Anoon be kynde they wiƚƚ draw somwatt out of the nest: and draw
to bowis. and come agayn to ther nest And then thay be clepit Bowessis ¶
And after saynt Margaretis day thay wiƚƚ flie fro tree to tree. And then
thay bene calde Brawncheris. And then it is time for to take hem
¶ And .vij. nighttis be fore saynt Margaritis day &̄ .vij. nightis after
is beste takyng of spare hawkes.
How ẏe shall demeẏn ẏow ī takẏng of hawkis & with wat instrumētis & how
ẏe shall kide them
Who so wiƚƚ take hawkes he must haue nettis wich ben kalled vrines and
tho must be made of good small threde. and it hade need to be died other
green or blwe for espieng of thee hawke. and he most take with hym
needeƚƚ and threde to ensile the hawkes that ben takien. And in this
maner they must be ensiled. Take the needeƚƚ and threde: and put it
thorow the ouer igh lid and so of that other. and make hem fast vnder
the beke: thatt she se neuer a deeƚƚ and then sħe is ensiled as she
awthe to be. Sum vsen to ensile hem with the needer igh lidde a bone the
beke on the hede almost: bot that is the wors way For of reeson the ouer
igh lidde closith more iustly then the nether be cause of the
largenesse. When she is ensiled then bere thi hawke home on thi fiste
and cast hir on a perch and let hir stande ther a night and a day and on
that other day towarde eeuen. then take and cut eseli the thredes and
take hem a way softeli for brekyng of the lyddis of the ighen. Then
softe and faire begynne to fede her. and fair fare with her tiƚƚ sħe
wiƚƚ sitte weeƚƚ vppon the fist. For it is drede for hurtyng of hir
wengys. And then thessame night after the fedyng wake her aƚƚ nyght and
the morow aƚƚ day. Then shee wiƚƚ be preui Inowgh to be reclamed. And
the first meete that she shaƚƚ eete: lett it be hoot. and yeue her
Inough ther of
Whan ẏowre hawke maẏ be draw to reclaẏme and the maner of hir dẏette
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