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 yowre hauke cloose her Eyghen. and shakith hir hede. then
hath she the Reume in the hede. Therfore yeue hir larde of a gote the
first day and the secunde yeue hir epatike with the flesħ of a chycon
and she shaƚƚ be hooƚƚ.
¶ A medecẏne for haukis that bene drẏ and desẏre to drẏnke, to kepe hem
moẏst in kẏnde.
¶ Take the Iuce of haarhounde and weete thyn hawkys mete therin. and
fede her therwith onys or twyes. and she shaƚƚ be hooƚƚ.
For sekenes that haukis haue ī their Entrellis.
An hawke that is seke withi thentrayles: is of an oder aray then in oder
sekeneses. for if she holde not her mete bot cast it. that is tokyn of
the foule glet. for surfete of federis that be yeuen to hawkis in theyr
yowth and afterwarde when thay come vnto trauayƚƚ. and ben anoyde of the
Reuer then thay waxen slow to flye and desire forto rest. and when
thauke is vppon hir perch then she wiƚƚ slepe forto putouer. at thentrīg
and if she holde flesħ any while in hir goorge: it wiƚƚ loke as it wor
sooden and when she is waked she assayeth to put ouer at thentryng. and
it is agluttide and colded: with the glett y^t she hath engenderid. and
if she shulde ascape she most put ouer. or ellis she most dye. or cast
it and if she cast it she may be holepe with the medecyne.
¶ A medecẏne for the Entreẏllis.
Take yolkys of Egges rawe. and whan they be wele beton to geder. put
therto spanyshe salte. and as mych hony therto. & weete therin thy
fleshe. and fede thyn hawke .iij. days therwith and if she make daunger
to eete it. let holde thyn hawke. and make hir to swalow .iij. or .iiij.
morcellis in a day. and securli she shaƚƚ be hooƚƚ ¶ Yit I shaƚƚ say to
yow a noder thyng. take hony at the choungyng of the moon. and a kene
nettyƚƚ and therof make smaƚƚ powdre and when it is weƚƚ grownde. take
y^e brest boon of an henne. and a noder of a coluer. and hakke it with a
knyfe. and do a way the skynne. and do theron the powdre and aƚƚ hoote
with the powdre fede hir. and do so thries. and she shaƚƚ be hooƚƚ.
¶ For sekenes of Swellẏng.
Iff an wicked felon be swollyn in sich a maner y^t a man maȳ heeƚƚ it.
that the hawke shaƚƚ not dye thus a man may helpe hir strongly. and
lengthe hir lyfe. bot the hawke wiƚƚ be very eegre and glettous of the
seekenes. and therfor ye moost Take the Rote of comfory and sugre iliche
mych. and sethe it in fresħ grece with the thridde parte of hony. and
then draw it thorogh a fayre clooth. and oft yeue it to the hawke and
she shaƚƚ amende.
For blaẏnis ī haukes mouthes cald frounches
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