The booke of falconrie or havvking for the onely delight and pleasure of all noblemen and gentlemen : collected out of the best authors, aswell Italians as Frenchmen, and some English practises withall concerning falconrie / heretofore published by George Turbervile, Gentleman.

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Title: The booke of falconrie or havvking for the onely delight and pleasure of all noblemen and gentlemen : collected out of the best authors, aswell Italians as Frenchmen, and some English practises withall concerning falconrie / heretofore published by George Turbervile, Gentleman.
Author: Turberville, George, 1540?-1610?
Publication: At London :: Printed by Thomas Purfoot,; 1611.
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Subject terms: Falconry -- Early works to 1800.
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The Tunician.

7 The seauenth, is y^e Tunitian Falcon. These seauen kinds of Falcons are all hardy and good, according to the prey that belongeth to their force and nature. For they are diuers in nature, and of seuerall plumes, and besides that, disclosed and eyred in diuers countries. Wherefore I meane to touch eue∣ry one of their natures, and to declare you, wherevnto each is enclined, according as they are manned, & gouerned: and first of all I will treate of the Falcon Gentle.

But before I speake of the Falcon Gentle, I will somwhat touch the Etimologie of the name, and lay down the opinons of two learned men, and ancient writers, as touching that matter.

First Suidas a Gréeke Author doth affirme, that Falco which in our mother spéech doth import a Falcon, is a generall name to all Hawkes of prey and rauine, as Accipiter is in Latine, and Hierax in Gréeke.

Festus, he is of opinion, that the Falcon is so named, because of her pounces, and crooked talons, which do bend like vnto a sith or sickle, which in Latine is called Falx.

But wherehence soeuer the name is deriued, this is most assured, that of all other birds of prey, the Falcon is most ex∣cellent, and the very Prince of all other Hawkes, both for her goodnesse of wing, and great hardinesse and courage.