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
Off the frounches it is dredde for hawkes. for it is aṅoyus sekenes. and
drawith hir to deth. and with holdeth hir strengthe. for men sayn that
it commyth of colde. For colde doth hawkes mych harme. and makyth flewme
faƚƚ owte of the brayne &̄ the Eyghen wiƚƚ sweƚƚ and empeyre in her
hede. and bot she haue hasteli helpe it wiƚƚ stoppe her nase thrillis.
And therfor Take Feneƚƚ Maryaƚƚ and Kersis ilich moch. and sethe it &
draw it thorough a cloth. and oderwhiles: wasħ her hede therw^t and put
som in the Roofe of her mowth. and she shaƚƚ be saafe
¶ A medicine for an hauke that castis hir flesh
Wete hir fleshe in sarfoiƚƚ or ellis seeth Rafne in water and put her
fleshe therin: when it boylith.
¶ A medecẏne for the Reume clepid Agrum
¶ When thou seeth thy hauke vppon his mouth and his chekis blobbed. then
she hath thys sekenes calde Agrum. Therfor take a nedeƚƚ of siluer and
hete it ī the fire. and brynne the Narellis thourogh owte. then anoynt
it with oyle of Olyff.
¶ For to make an hawke grete and fatte.
Take a quantyte of poorke and ony and butter Iliche myche and porgede
grece and do a way the skynne. and sethe hem to geder. and anoynt thy
flesħ therin. and fede yowre hawke therwith. and she shaƚƚ encrece
myghtely. Ellis take the wynges of an Eued. and fede hir and kepe hir
from traueƚƚ and do so ofte though the eued be neuer so fatte. and if
yowre hawke be not passing fat within a fortenet wondre I thynke.
¶ For booches that growe in an hawkis Iowe
Kutt theys botches with an knyfe. and let owte the mater of theym. and
after clense theym clene with a syluer spone or ellis fille the hooƚƚ
with a powdre of arnement Ibrent. and vppon that powdre do a littiƚƚ
larde: that is resside and so it wiƚƚ a way.
Here is a goode medecẏne for an hawke that wyll not coom to Reclaẏme.
¶ Take fresħ butter and put therto sugre and put it in a clene cloth and
Reclayme her to that and kepe it in a box in youre. bagge.
A medecẏne for hawkis that bene Refreẏned.
When ye se yowre hawke Nesyng and Castyng wat thorogh her Nostrellis or
hir nares then dowteles she is Refraned. For that sekenes: take ye
greynes of shaffelegre and of peper and grynde it weeƚƚ. and temper it
with strong vynegre and put in hir Nares and in the Rooff of hir mowth
and yeue hir flesħ to eete. and she shaƚƚ be saaff.
A medecẏne for hawkẏs that haue paẏne in theẏr croupes.
¶ Ye shaƚƚ take fayre Morsum and poudre of gelefre: and meddiƚƚ it to
gedre. and yeue it to yowre hawke to eete. and if she holde it past the
secunde day after. she shaƚƚ be hoole.
A medecẏne for the stoone in the fundement
¶ When yowre hawke may not metese then she hathe thatt sekenes calde the
stoon. And for this sekenes: ye shaƚƚ take the hert of a swyne and the
grece of a swyne. and cutt it with the flesħ of the hert and she shaƚƚ
be holpe.
¶ A medecẏne for the drẏ Frounce.
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