The boke of Saint Albans : $b containing treatises on hawking, hunting, and cote armour — John Shaqi
The boke of Saint Albans : $b containing treatises on hawking, hunting, and cote armourBerners, Juliana
History
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
Take the Rote of Rasue and do it in clene water. and lay thy flesħ ther
in. to temper a grete whyle. and yeue it to yowre hawke to eete. and if
she eete therof. drede not bot hit shaƚƚ benymme hir grece. bot within
.iij. days she shaƚƚ not grettely abate.
¶ Also take puliaƚƚ and garlek and stampe it wele to geder. and wrynge
owte the Iuce in a dysħ. and then weete the flesħ ther in. and fede
yowre hawke therwyth. and bot it tempur yowre hawke. that is to say
ensayme yowre hawke. with in .iiij. days. I merueƚƚ Bot looke eueri day
that ye make new Iuce and whan ye fede hir. weete yowre meete ther in.
¶ Also take the Iuce of percelly Moris otherwise calde percelly Rootis.
and thossame of Isop. and wasħ yowre flesħ ther in and yowre hawke shaƚƚ
be Ensaymed kyndly. and no grete abate to the hawke.
¶ Som vse to lay thare flesħ in water almost a day. and yeue thessame to
the hawke at soper. and that at lyth aƚƚ nyght. to geue to hir in the
mornyng. and thus to fede hem in mew or thay be drawen a bowte a monyth
or .vi. weekys. and to ensayme theym or thay com on fist. as sone as
thay cast theyr cerceƚƚ. then is the tyme to begynne to fede hem soo.
¶ How ẏowre hawke ensaẏmẏthe
Understonde ye for certayn: that as longe as yowre hawkes fete be
blakysħ and rough: she is fuƚƚ of grece. and euer as she ensaymyth. hir
fete wiƚƚ wax yolow and smothe
How ẏe shall gẏde ẏow whan ẏowre hawke is redẏ to flie. Also ẏe shall
saẏ put vp a partriche
Whan ye haue ensaymed yowre hawke: and Reclaymyd hir. and that she is
redi to flie to the partrich. ye most take a partrich in yowre bagge.
and goo in to the felde. and let yowre spanyellis fynde a Couy of
partrichys. and when thay be put vpp. and begynne to scatre. ye most
haue markeris to marke som of thaym. and then cowple vp yowre houndys.
wan ye haue so doon. let sum felow of yowris preueli take the partrich
owte of yowre bagge. and ty it by the legge: with a creaunce. and cast
it vp as high as he can. and as soon as the hawke seith hir she wiƚƚ
flie ther to. and if yowre hawke sees the partirich a boone. yeue hir a
rewarde: theruppon. and go after y^t by laysoure to the partrich that be
marked and doo as I shaƚƚ teƚƚ yow here folowyng.
¶ Iff ye haue a chastised hounde: that wiƚƚ be rebuket: and is a
Retriuer. vncouple him and no moo of yowre houndis. and goo to a sengler
partrich: of the couy so sparplid. and be as nygh as ye can to the
Risyng therof and if yowre hawke desire cast hir to it. and if she take
it then is yowre hawke made for that yere. and of thessame partrich that
she sleth. thus ye moost rewarde hir as it shewith here next folowyng.
¶ how ẏe shall rewarde ẏowre hawke.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account