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
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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
Who so takys an hawke from the Eyerer: hym behoueth to doo wisely. in
bryngyng hym easeli. and to kepe him wele from colde. and from hurtyng
of theyr bonys. for thay be fuƚƚ tendre. and thay most haue grete rest.
and thay may not haue stynkyng & filthy Eyre bot as clene as can &̄ may
be thoght. and euermore yeue him clene meete. and hote. &̄ a littyƚƚ &
oftyn. & change oftyn ther meete bot loke it be hot and cutt her meete
in to smale morcellis. for thay shulde nott tyre on bonys tyƚƚ they
myght flie. Then after when she begynnyth to penne. and plumyth. and
spalchith and pikith her selfe. Putt hir in a cloose warme place. that
no fulmertis nor fecheus. ne other vermyn com nott in to hir. and let
the place be secure from wynde and rayne. and then she wiƚƚ preue hir
selfe and euer more yeue hir good hote meetys. For it is better to a man
to fede his hawke while she is tendre with hoote meetis. to make hir
good with somme cost. then to fede hir with eueƚƚ meetis to make hir
vnthrefti with lytyƚƚ cost. ¶ And looke whan she begynnyth to ferme then
yeue hir bathyng.
A medecẏne for wormẏs in an hawke wiche sekenesse is called the
Fẏlaundris.
Merke wele this sekenese and beware therof. This is the medecyne
therfore. ye shaƚƚ take an herbe that is called Neppe and putt it in a
smaƚƚ gut of a Capon or of an henne. and knyt it with a threde. and let
hir Resaue it hooƚƚ. and she shaƚƚ be hooƚƚ and saafe ¶ Thus ye shaƚƚ
knawe whan yowre hawke hath wormys in hir bowke. Looke whan she hath
castyng and ye shaƚƚ fynde oon or .ij. a bowte hir castyng place iff she
haue ony.
¶ A medecẏne foor an hawke that castẏs wormẏs at the foundemēt what
wormis that thei be
Take the lymayƚƚ of Iren: &̄ medyƚƚ it w^t flesħ of porke &̄ yeue it to
y^e hauke .ij. days for to heete. and she shaƚƚ be hooƚƚ
A medecẏne for an hawke that hath a sekenesse the wich is called the
aggresteẏne.
Whan ye se yowre hawke hurte his fete with his Beke. and pullyth her
tayƚƚ. then she hath the aggresteyne. For this sekennese take Merde of a
dove. and of a shepe. and of an allow. and stronge vynegre. and do aƚƚ
softely in a bassyn of brasse. &̄ Medyƚƚ hem wele to geder: to serue
.iij. days after. and yeue hir flesħ of a coluer with ony and with
powder of peper. and set hir in a derke place. and doo so .iv. days. and
when ye see New federis in the tayƚƚ. wasħ hir with euerose. and she
shaƚƚ be hoole and saafe.
¶ A medecẏne for an hawke that hath the croampe in hir wẏnges and how it
cummẏth.
For this Croampe take a whyte looff of brede sumwat colder then it
commyth owt of the oouen. and let holde the hawke sooftely for hurtyng.
and kut the loofe almoost thorow owte. and display the wynge esely. and
holde it betwene the .ij. partes of the loofe. and let it be hoolde so.
the space of alfe a quarter of an howre. and she shaƚƚ be hoole.
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