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 bathing of Hawkes.

IF you mind to kéepe your hawkes in time and state to flée well, you must make them bath oftentimes, and you must set water by them, though they list not to bath. For somtimes a Hawke is desirous to howze, and take of the water by rea∣son of some chance, or for some heat of her body, or of her Li∣uer: and then is water good and auaileable to set her againe in good plight and health: which thing you shal lightly perceiue by that that the Hawke will make countenance of more cheare and reioyce more. When your hawke is bathed (whe∣ther it bée Goshawke or Falcon) lette her bée throughly well

weathered at the sixe, or in the Sunne. And if she happen to be washed or sowst with raine, or otherwise, let her be throughly weathered as is said before, lest she surfet by cold, specially whē shée comes from the field, and from her fleeing. For then is she commonly mard for lacke of good order and looking too, insomuch that thereupon insue the Pantas, and other disea∣ses. And therefore when the Falconer perceiueth the time to be dangerous for his hawke to take such manner of colde, as in winter time after her flight, or by taking wet in flying: hée must first weather her well at the sire, or in the Sunne, & then giue her fiue Cloues of Maces in her casting, & that will heate her againe.