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.

Another receit to keepe and maintaine your Hawkes in good health.

IF you entend to kéepe and maintaine your Falcons and al other Hawkes in health: take Germander, Pelamountaine, Basill, Grimel séede, and Broome flowres, of each of them half an ounce: of Isope, of Saxifrage of Polipodie, & of Horsemints, of each of them a quarter of an ounce: of Nutmegges, a quarter of an ounce: of Cubebs, Borage, Mūmy, Moge∣wort, Sage of the foure kinds of Mirabolans, Indorum, Kebu∣lorum, Beliricorum, and Embelicorum, of each of them halfe an ounce: of Saffron an ounce, and of Aloes Cicotrine the fifth part of an ounce. All these things confect to a powder, and

at euery eight day or at euery twelfth day giue your Hawkes the quantity of a beane of it with their meat. And if they will not take it so, put it in a Hennes gutte tied at both ends, or else after some other means, so as yée cause them to receiue it downe. And if they cast vp the flesh againe by force of the powder, let it no more be giuen them with flesh, but in the foresaid maner of the gutte, and let them stand emptie one howre after. And according as you sée your hawke disposed, make her to vse this medicine, to scowre her of the euill hu∣mors that are in her body, bred of féeding vpon naughty flesh, which engendreth such humors, and causeth many diseases in hawkes.