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
¶ Couertis or couert
Ther bene also federis that cloos vppon the sarcellis. and thossame be
calde the couertis or the couert federis. and so aƚƚ the federis be
calde that bene next ouer the long beme federis. and the fagg federis
vppon the wynges.
¶ Backe federis.
¶ The federis vppon the backe halfe be called the backe federis.
¶ Beke Clape Nares Sere
¶ The Beke of the hawke is the vpper parte that is croked.
¶ The neder parte of hir beke is calde the clape of the hawke.
¶ The Hoolis in the hawkes beke bene callede the Nares.
¶ The yolow be twene y^e Beke &̄ y^e yeghen is calde y^e Sere.
¶ Crẏnettis.
Ther be oon an hawke long smale blake federis: like heres about the sere
&̄ thossame: be calde Crinettis of y^e hawke.
¶ Sore aage.
¶ Ye shaƚƚ vnderstonde that the first yere of an hawke whether she be
calde Brawncher or Eyesħ. that first yere is calde hir sore aage. and
aƚƚ that yere she is calde a sore hawke. for and she eskape that yere.
with good fedyng she is likly to endure longe.
¶ To Reclaẏme an hawke
Iff ye wiƚƚ Reclaym yowre hawke ye most departe oon mele in .iij. melis.
vnto tyme that she wiƚƚ come to Reclayme. and whan she wiƚƚ come to
Reclayme encrece her melis euery day better and better. And or she come
to the Reclame make her that she sowre not. For thogh she be wele
Reclaymed hit may happyn that she wiƚƚ sowre: so hegh in to the Eyre.
that ye shaƚƚ Nether se hir nor fynde hir.
¶ And iff yowre hawke shaƚƚ flie to the partrich. looke that ye Ensayme
her or she flie. whether she be Brawncher or Eyes Or mewed hawke.
¶ whẏ an hawke is called an Eẏes.
An hawke is calde an Eyes of hir Eyghen. for an hauke that is broght vp
vnder a Bussard or a Puttocke: as mony be: hath wateri Eyghen. For whan
they be disclosed and kepit in ferme tyƚƚ thay be fuƚƚ summyd. ye shaƚƚ
knawe theym by theyr wateri Eyghen. And also hir looke wiƚƚ not be so
quycke as a Brawncheris is. and so be cause the best knawlege is by the
Eygh. they be calde Eyeses.
¶ Ye may also knawe an Eyes. bi the palenese of the seres of her legges
of the sere ouer the beke. And also by the tayntys that be vppon her
tayƚƚ and her wengys wiche tayntys com for lacke of fedyng. when thay be
Eyes.
¶ what a taẏnt is.
A Taynt is a thyng that gooth ouerwarte the federis of the wynges. and
of the tayƚƚ lyke as and it were eetyn with wormys and it begynyth first
to brede at the body. in the penne and that same penne shaƚƚ frete
asonder. and falle a way thurrow thessame taynte and then is the hawke
disparagid for aƚƚ that yere.
¶ Medecẏnẏs to Ensaẏme ẏowre hawke
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