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.

Of the Gout in a Hawke.

MAny times for all the care and remedies aforesaide, the gowt doth befal a hawk, which is none other thing thā a hard tumor and swelling, full of corruption about the ioynts of a Hawks foot and stretchers, which disease is very paineful and offensiue, by mean whereof the hawke cannot prey. Tru∣ly the gowt is an incurable euill, and may bée termed a (nur∣quam sanus.) Let Falconers and writers say what they list, I for my part can thus much assure you, that in all my life, I was neuer able by any deuise to cure the gowte confirmed, whether it were for want of cunning in me, or by reason of the malignity of the disease, which doth rebel and scorn any reme∣dy that shall bée applyed vnto it. Yet notwithstanding because it shal not séeme that I do it vpon sloth, & for desire to be silent, I will lay downe some one remedy or two vsed by diuerse Falconers, though oft times to small purpose or successe.

Some for the Gowt doe vse to take the pyls of wild Apples or Crabs, wild and sowre sloes, the rind of an Ash, or the keyes that grow vpon the ashe beaten into small powder, mingling it with halfe a pound of olde Oyle Oliue, all which they put into a Glasse bottle or other vessell of glasse close stopt with Paste, or such like deuise, so as no breath may issue forth of the Vessell, which done, they couer it in sand in the sun, or in horse dung for the space of forty dayes, and after that they strain it altogether, so as the vertue of the ingredience may be incor∣porated with the oyle. With this forsooth they annoynt the place, hoping to resolue and cure the Gowt, which I could ne∣uer doe vpon any hawke of mine.

Othersome do accustome to annoint the Gowt in a hawk, with the milke or iuyce of Selandine, and the marrow of a Bacon hog, & taking a péece of linnen cloth, doe bath the mem∣ber euery third day with the strongest Vineger they can get, and doe cause their hawke to stand vpon all this for the reme∣dy of the Gowte.

Againe, there are, that with the iuyce of Selandine, Vine∣gar, and Hony, doe vaunt they haue made an Vnguent wherewith they hand done great wonders. But because

by experience I could neuer find these to preuaile in the cure of the gowte, I leaue to speake or write in commendation of the same, putting you out of all hope for recouery of the same.