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
Take quycke siluer and put it in a bassien of brasse. and do ther to
saladyne: and askys. and medyƚƚ it wele to geder. tyƚƚ aƚƚ the quycke
siluer be dede. and medyƚƚ therto fat of bonnys. and anoynte the hawke
ther with. and hang it aboute hir necke tyƚƚ it faƚƚ a way. and that
shaƚƚ slee the lies.
¶ Also powdre of orpement blowen vppon an hawke: with a penne shaƚƚ slee
the lies.
¶ Also take a dagon or pece of Rough blanket vnshoron and holde it to
the fire. vnto tyme it be thorough owte warme and wrappe the hawke
therin. and than holde hir softely and stylly. for hurtyng in yowre
hondys. and the vermyn wiƚƚ crepe in to the cloth.
¶ Also holde hir in the sonne in a fayre day. & ye shaƚƚ se the vermyn
crepe owte vppon her federis. then take a knyfe and wete the oon side of
the blade therof w^t yowre mowth. &̄ alway as thay appere lay the wete
side of the knyfe to theym. and they wiƚƚ cleue ther to. and then ye may
slee thaym.
¶ The opẏnẏon of Ostregiers.
After the opynyon of many Ostregiers: and ye fede yowre hawke
contynually with Porke with Iayes. with Pyes. Or especially bere hir
moch in Rayeny weder. thay shaƚƚ be lowse.
¶ Ostregeris. Speruiteris. Faukeneris.
Now be cause I speke of Ostregeris: ye shaƚƚ vnderstonde that thay be
calde Ostregeris that kepe Goshawkys. or Tercellis. and tho that kepe
Sperhawkys and muskettys ben called Speruiteris. and keperis of aƚƚ
other hawkys ben callidde Faukeneris.
¶ The length of the Gesse. Lewnes. Tẏrettis. and how theẏ be fastined. &
Bewettis
Hawkys haue aboute ther legges Gesse made of leder most commynly. some
of silke. wich shulde be no lenger bot that the knottis of theym shulde.
appere in myddys of the lefte honde: betwene the longe fyngre and the
leche fyngre. be cause the lewnes shulde be fastened to theym. with a
payre of tyrettis. wich tyrettis shuld rest vppon the lewnes. and not
vppon the gesses. for hyngyng and fastynyng vppon trees when she flyeth.
and the saame lewnes. yow shaƚƚ fastyn than abowte yowre lyttyƚƚ fyngre
slackely. in compaysyng the saame in .iiij. or .v. folde. as a bowstryng
vnocupyede and the terettys serue to kepe hir from wyndyng whan she
bathes ¶ Also thessame letheris that be putt in hir bellis: to be
fastyned a boute hir leggys ye shaƚƚ calle Bewettis.
¶ Creaunce.
Also ye shaƚƚ caƚƚ the long lyne that ye do caƚƚ youre hawke to Reclaym
with: yowre Creaunce. what so euer it be.
¶ A medecẏne for an hawke that will cast flesh
Putt the flesħ that yowre hawke shaƚƚ eete: in fayre water. and fede her
therwith .iij. days. and she shaƚƚ holde hir flesħ at the best.
¶ A medecẏne for an hawke that has lost here corrage.
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