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.

Mummie is prepared in this manner.

First, you must take Nutmegs, in number foure, Cloues, Ginger, & Cynamon, of eyther halfe an ounce, Saffron one dramme, reducing all these to fine powder. Boyle them in an earthen potte well glazed, & couered close with a reasonable quantity of good Malmesie, to the consumption of a third part: then take Mummy thrée ounces or foure, or so much as shall content you, beating it to powder, and putting it into a linnen cloth, so bound, as it may by no means issue out of the same. Hang it so by a string fastned to a sticke, as it may not reach the bottom of the pot, but as it may be infused in the very mid∣dle of the Malmesie, which you must cause to boyle againe at a soft fire, so long vntil there be a consumption of another third part. Which done, take it frour the fire, & let the mummy being so bound in y^t linnen cloth, rest for y^e space of four or fiue hours, to the end the vertue of those powders may pierce and enter the mummie, which by this meane will become very perfect. And hauing done all this, kéepe the mummie out of the sunne and wind in the shade, in the selfe same cloth wherein it was infused, vntil it be perfectly drie againe, and then vse it in pou∣der at your néed, eyther strewing it vpon your hawks meat, or giuing it in a casting of Cotton as I haue taught you before.

There is a kind of pyll or past deuised by that noble Gentle∣man Hierom Cornarus of famous memory for sicke Falcons, which haue lost their appetite, and day by day become megre and low, making a blacke mewte, or full of flesh vndigested, which is prepared in this maner following.

Take Saffron, Agaricke, Cubebes, Frankinsence, Rewe, Cloues; Cinamon, fine Aloes, of eyther two scruples, two Nutmegs, choice Mummy, Rewbarbe of the best, of eyther one dramme, and the fift part of the marrow of a Béefe, or Veale, as much as will suffice to make a mixture of these powders aforesaid: of all which you must make a pyll or past, giuing thereof to the huger sort of hawkes as much as a bean in a pyll in manner aforesaid,

This is a very good receit, but not so good as this vnder∣written which is deuised by (Messer Manoli) the Falconer to the renowned Signior Bartelmew Alviano, and practised vpon his Falcons being sicke and ill affected in their gorges. Hée was wont to take Triacle, Hiera Pigra, Cassea Lignea, Cloues, Cinamon, Aloes, Galenga, Agaricke of the best, Si∣rupe of Roses, confection of Hamech, Diacatholicon, Bene∣dicta, of eyther one scruple, choyce Rewbarbe, Mummy washt and purified, of each two scruples, of Nutmegge thrée drams beaten to powder, those thinges that are to bée beaten in pow∣der, and incorporating all with hony of roses, making thereof a pyll or past, which he would kéepe to serue his turne at néed, whereof hée would giue his huger hawkes the quantity of half a beane, and to lesser hawkes a lesser quantity informe of a pyll, being empty both in gorge and pannell. And truly this would worke a maruailous effect vpon his sicke Hawkes: & if you vse the same, no doubt you shall finde great pleasure in it.