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
A Goshawke or a terceƚƚ that shaƚƚ flee to the vew. to the toƚƚ or to
the beke. in this maner she is taught ye most fynde a fowle in the Reuer
or in a pitte preueli. and theen sett youre hauke a grete space of.
vppon a mooƚƚ hiƚƚ or on the grownde. and crepe softeli towarde the
fowle: from yowre hawke streght way and when ye come almost ther as the
fowle lyeth. looke backewarde towarde the hawke. and with yowre hande or
with yowre tabur styke: becke yowre hawke to come to you. and when she
is on wyng. and comyth low bi the grounde. and is almost at yow. then
smyte youre tabur. and cry huff. huff. huff and make the fowle to
spryng. and with that noyse the fowle wil rise and the hawke wyƚƚ nym
it.
¶ And now take hede. Iff yowre hawke nym the fowle at the fer side of
the Ryuer or of the pitt from yow Then she sleeth the fowle at the fer
Iutty and if she slee it vppon that side that ye ben on. as it may hape
dyuerse times. Then ye shaƚƚ say she hath sleen the fowle at the Iutty
ferry.
¶ Iff yowre hawke nym the fowle a lofte: ye shaƚƚ say she toke it at the
mounte or at the souce.
¶ And if the fowle spryng not bot flee a long after the Reu̇ and the
hawke nym it then. ye shaƚƚ say she slew it at the Raundon̄.
¶ Creepe.
And yowre hawke fleeth at or to the Creepe when ye haue yowre hawke on
yowre fyst and crepe softely to the Ryuer or to the pit. and stelith
softeli to the brynke therof. and then cry huff. and bi that meane Nym a
fowle. Then it is slayn at the Crepe oder at the fer Iutty. or at the
Iutty ferry. as a booue is sayde.
¶ And if it happyn as it dooth oftimes the fowle for fere of yowre hawke
woƚƚ spryng and faƚƚ ayen in to the Ryuer. or the hawke sees hir. and so
lie styƚƚ and dare not arise. ye shaƚƚ say then yowre hawke hath ennewed
the fowle in to the Ryuer. ond so shaƚƚ ye say and ther be moo fowles in
the Ryuer then thatt yowre hawke nymmyth if thay darenot arise for fere
of yowre hawke
¶ A thefe.
Understonde ye that a Goshawke shulde not flie to any fowle of the Ryuer
with bellis in no wise. and therfore a Goshawke is calde a theef.
¶ Querre.
And yowre hawke fleeth to the querre. when ther be in a stobuƚƚ tyme
Sordes of mallardes in the felde and when she espith theym and commyth
couerte her selfe. and flie preuyli vnder hedges or law bi the grownde.
and nym oon of hem. or thay rise then ye shaƚƚ say that the fowle was
slayn at the querre.
Merke this terme draw
Som folke mysuse this terme draw. and say that thayr hauke wiƚƚ draw to
the Ryuer. And that terme draw is propurli assigned to that hawke that
wiƚƚ slee a Roke or a Crow or a Reuyn: vppon a londe sittyng. and then
it most be sayd that sich an hawke wiƚƚ draw weeƚƚ to a Rooke.
Nowe ẏe shall vnderstonde if a man will make an hawke to the querre in
this maner he most do
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