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
An hawke hath .xij. federis vppon his tayle. and oon principaƚƚ feder of
thessame is in the myddis. and in maner aƚƚ that oder bene couertid
vnder thessame feder. and that is called the Beme feder of the tayle.
And ther gooth blacke barris ouerwarde the tayle. and thos same barris
shaƚƚ telle yow whan she is fuƚƚ summed. or fuƚƚ fermyd. For whan she is
fuƚƚ barrid she stondith vppon .vij. and then she is perfite rede to be
Reclaymede.
¶ Ye shaƚƚ vnderstonde that as longe as an hawke stondeth vnder the
nombre of .vij. barris. And she be in hir sore aage: it most be sayde
that she is not fuƚƚ summed. for so longe she is bot tender Pennyd
whether she be brawncher or Eyes.
¶ And iff she be a mewed hawke. and stonde within .vij. barris. ye shaƚƚ
say she is not fuƚƚ fermed. for she is not habuƚƚ to be Reclaymed. be
cause she is drawe to soone owt of the mewe for she is not harde
pennyde. no more than a soore hawke.
¶ Braẏles or Braẏlfederẏs. Degouted
To knaw forthermor of hawkes. an hawke hath long smale white federis.
hangyng vndeer the tayƚƚ: from hir boweƚƚ downe warde. and the same
federis ye shaƚƚ caƚƚ the brayles or the brayle federis. And communely
euery goshawke and euery tercellis braylis bene bysprenged with blake
speckes. like Armyns. and for aƚƚ that thay bene accomptid neuer the
better. Bot and a sparehawke be so Ermyned vppon the brayles. or a
Musket. oder ye shaƚƚ say she is Degouted to the vttermost brayle. and
much it betokynis hardenes.
¶ Brest federẏs. Plumage. Barbe federẏs. Pendaunt federẏs.
The federis abowte the formore parteys of an hawke: becalled the brest
feederis. & the feederis vnd the wynges are plumage The federis vnder
the beke be calde the barbe federis. And the federis that bene at the
Ioynte: at the hawkes kne thay stonde hangyng and sharppe at thendes.
thos be calde the pendaunte federis.
¶ Flagg or faggis federẏs.
The federis at the wynges next the body be calde the flaggꝭ or the faggꝭ
federis.
¶ Beme federes of the wẏng Sercell
And the long federis of the wynges of an hawke bene calde the beme
federis of the wyng. And the federis that sum caƚƚ the pynyon feder. of
a noder fowle. of an hawke: it is calde the Serceƚƚ ¶ And ye shaƚƚ
vnderstonde iff an hawke be in mewe y^t same serceƚƚ feder shaƚƚ be the
last feder that she wiƚƚ cast. and tyƚƚ that be cast. she is neuer
mewed. yit it has bene seen: that hawkes haue cast that same first as I
haue herde say. bot that other Rewle is gendraƚƚ. and whan she hath cast
hir sercellis in mew. then and not erst it is tyme for to fede hir with
wasħ meete and to begynne to ensayme hire.
¶ Ensaẏme
Ensayme of an hawke is the grece. and bot if that be take a way with
fedyng of wasħ meete and otherwyse as it shaƚƚ be declared here after.
she wiƚƚ gedder a paneƚƚ wich may be hir vttermost confusion. and she
flye therwith. and take blood. and colde ther vppon.
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