They carried their Hawks in the left hand, and let them flie from the right. They used a Bell, and took great care that their Jesses should not be red, lest Eagles should flie at them. Though they used Hoods, we have no clear description of them, and little account of their Lures. The ancient Writers left no account of the swiftness of Hawks or measure of their flight: but _Heresbachius_[261] delivers that _William_ Duke of _Cleve_ had an Hawk which, in one day, made a flight out of _Westphalia_ into _Prussia_. And, upon good account, an Hawk in this Country of _Norfolk_, made a flight at a Woodcock near thirty miles in one hour. How far the Hawks, Merlins and wild Fowl which come unto us with a North-west wind in the Autumn, flie in a day, there is no clear account; but coming over Sea their flight hath been long, or very speedy. For I have known them to light so weary on the coast, that many have been taken with Dogs, and some knock'd down with Staves and Stones. [261] _De Re Accipitraria, in 3 Books._ Their Perches seem not so large as ours; for they made them of such a bigness that their Talons might almost meet: and they chose to make them of Sallow, Poplar or Lime Tree. They used great clamours and hollowing in their flight, which they made by these words, _ou loi, la, la, la_; and to raise the Fowls, made use of the sound of a Cymbal. Their recreation seemed more sober and solemn than ours at present, so improperly attended with Oaths and Imprecations. For they called on God at their setting out, according to the account of _Demetrius_, τὸν Θεὸν ἐπικαλέσαντες, _in the first place calling upon God_. The learned _Rigaltius_ thinketh, that if the Romans had well known this airy Chase, they would have left or less regarded their Circensial Recreations. The Greeks understood Hunting early, but little or nothing of our Falconry. If _Alexander_ had known it, we might have found something of it and more of Hawks in _Aristotle_; who was so unacquainted with that way, that he thought that Hawks would not feed upon the Heart of Birds. Though he hath mention'd divers Hawks, yet _Julius Scaliger_, an expert Falconer, despaired to reconcile them unto ours. And 'tis well if, among them, you can clearly make out a Lanner, a Sparrow Hawk and a Kestril, but must not hope to find your Gier Falcon there, which is the noble Hawk; and I wish you one no worse than that of _Henry_ King of _Navarre_; which, _Scaliger_ saith, he saw strike down a Buzzard, two wild Geese, divers Kites, a Crane and a Swan.