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
Ther is a question axyd whether a man shaƚƚ caƚƚ a spare hawke Or a
spere hawke Or an aspere hawke. & Ostrigers. and also Sparuiters: sayen
she may be callid aƚƚ .iij. Namys. for thees resonys. She may be callid
a Spere hawke for of aƚƚ the hawkys that ther be she is moost spere.
that is to say moost tendre to kepe. for the leest mysdyetyng and
mysentendyng sleth
¶ Also she may be calde an aspare hawke of sharpenesse of hir corage.
and of hir lokyng quicly. and also of her fleyng For she is moost asper
and sharpe in aƚƚ thyngꝭ that belong vnto hir of any other hawkys
¶ She may be also callid a spare hawke for .ij. Resones. oon is she
sparith goshawkys and tercellys both. siche as ben in their soore aage.
vnto tyme thay may be Reclaymyd. and made redy to flye. as Goshawkys and
tercellys that be not fully mewed: vnto tyme they may be clene ensaymyd
and redy to flye. for aƚƚ the whyle thay bene vnabuƚƚ. the spare hawke
occupithe thesseson. and sleth the partrich weeƚƚ. that is to say froom
saynt Margaritys day vnto it be lammas. and so forth in the yere.
¶ And she wyƚƚ slee weeƚƚ yong fesawntis: yong heth cockys in the
begynnyng of the yere. And after Michelmas whan partriches passe her
daunger I haue seen them made sum to sle the pie sum to sle the Tele
vppon the Reuer: at the Iutte. sume to sle the wodecok and sum for the
blacke bride and the thrushe.
¶ The wodecok is comborous to sle: bot if ther be crafte. therfore when
ye come to a wode or a quech of bushus. cast yowre sparehawke in to a
tre and beete the busħes then and if any wodecok a rise she wiƚƚ be sure
therof. ¶ Ye most first make hir to a fowle cast vp owt of the bushes.
and yowre hawke most sit on loofte as ye make hir to a partriche. Also
as I sayde ye may caƚƚ hir a spare hawke: for an oder cause. for and
ther weer a shippe fraght fuƚƚ of hawkis. and no thyng ellis. and ther
were a spare hawke among thaym ther shuld no custom be payd because of
hir. And so for the most comune name thay be calde spare hawkes for the
resones a forsayd.
An hawke flieth to the vew to the Beke. or to the Toll. Nō Crepe Querre
Fer Iuttẏ &ċ
An hawke fleeth to the Ryuer dyuersis ways. and slethe the fowle
dyuerli. That is to say she flieth to the vew or to the beke. or to the
toƚƚ. & aƚƚ is bot oon. as ye shaƚƚ knawe here after She fleeth also to
the quarre: to the crepe. and no mo ways bot thoos .iij. And she Nymmyth
the fowle at the fer Iutty or at the Iutty ferre.
Now shall ẏe knaw what theis termes betokẏn & moo folowẏng. as Hut.
Iuttẏ ferrẏ. Mounte Raundon. Crepe. Ennewed.
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