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
When ye se that yowre hawkes clees wax white: then she has the fallera.
For this sekenes take a blacke snake. and cutte a way the hede. and the
tayƚƚ. and take the myddyƚƚ. and fry it in an erthyn pote. and take the
grece and saue it. and anoynt the flesħ of a pecoke therwith and yeue it
to the hawke for to eete viij. days: and ye haue no pecoke yeue hir
flesħ of a colu̇ and after the .viij. days yeue hir a chekyn. and wasħ
it a littil and yeue it hir to eete. and take the tenderist of the brest
withe the ffresheƚƚ bone and let hir eete it. and if she amende anythyng
she shaƚƚ be hooƚƚ.
A medecẏne for the crampe in the thigh in the legge and in the fote of
an hawke.
When ye se youre hauke lay hir oon fote vppō her oder fote. she is take
with the crampe. Then drawe hir blode vppon the fote y^t lies vppon that
other fote. and vppon the legge also. and she shaƚƚ be hoole.
¶ For the Cogh or the poose.
Take powdre of Bays: and put it vppon the flesħ of a Coluer. and yeue it
ofte to yowre hawke and with owte dowte she shaƚƚ be hoole.
¶ A medecẏne for the podagre.
When yowre hawkes fete be swollyn she hath the podagre then Take fresħ
may butter and as moch of Oyƚƚ of olyf and of alyn. and chaufe it wele
to gedre at the fiere and make therof of anoyntement. and anoynt the
fete .iiij. days. and set hir in the sonne. and yeue hir flesħ of a cat.
and if that auayƚƚ nott Seth the cuttyng of a vyne. and wrappe it a
bowte the swellyng. and let hir sit vppon a colde stone and anoynt hir
with butter or freshe grece. and she shaƚƚ be hooƚƚ.
A medecẏne for a sekenes within the bodẏ of an hauke and it shewith not
outewarde how she shall be holpen and in what maner.
A man maẏ knaw by the chere. and vngladnes of an hawke this infirmyte
bot yit it is straunge to knawe: thyngys that a man may not se: in what
sekenes and what maner thay be greuyde and specialli whan a man whote
not wherof it commyth ¶ Fede yowre hawke wele vppon an henne and then
make her to fast .ij. days after: to avoide weele hir bowellis. The
thryd day take hony soden̄ and fyƚƚ hir body fuƚƚ. and bynde hir beke
that she cast it not owt of hir body and then set hir owtt in the sonne.
and when it drawith towarde euen fede hir with an hoote fowle. for as I
herde my maystris say and she be nott hooƚƚ herof. loke neuer oder
medecyne.
For the passion that Goshawkis haue fastẏng
¶ Take the Rote of smaƚƚ Rysshes. and make Iuce of hem and weete yowre
flesħ therin and make her to eete it.
¶ For hawkis that ben wonded.
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