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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Of the kinds of Eagles.

HAuing diuided all those birds of prey and rauine, which serue to Falconrie & Hawking, into Eagles & Falcōns, I mean first of all to dicipher you the Eagle & Vulture, whome some haue thought to be comprised vnder the kind of an Ea∣gle. And so consequently after that, to speak of Falcōs, which are birds of prey, seruing to the vse and mystery of Hawking, and taking their names of the Falcon.

Aristotle was of opinion, that there was sixe kindes of Ea∣gles, which are named by him, according as it pleased the inha∣bitants of Gréece to enforme him.

Pliny in making the same diuision of Eagles, hath varied in that point altogether from Aristotle, as touching the names and tearmes of Eagles, for that they were of diuers cōntries, and did write in seuerall languages. But for that I meane in this Booke onely to speake of those kindes of Eagles, which serue to Falconrie, I will deale but with two sorts of Eagles: for at these dayes, wée haue the vse and experience but of the browne Eagle, which is the Eagle Royall, and the blacke Ea∣gle, the other kinds being of a base and slender courage, as no Falconer will paine himselfe to lure them, or manne them for vse or pleasure.