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.

The remedy of the said disease.

YOu must take the larde of bacon that is not restie, nor o∣uer old, and of the fattest of it make slices, as it were to larde Partridges, and such small birdes, and let them stéep in fresh cold water a whole night, changing the Water three or foure times. Then take the marrow of béefe well picked, and sugar once boyled and clarified, and of those thrée thinges being ech of like quantity, with the quantity of a little Beane of Saffron in powder well mingled together, make pylls of the bignesse of a beane, and giue them to your hawke, causing some body to cast her, and opening her beake by force, if shee will not take them otherwise. This done, set her by the fire, or in the Sunne, and anone yée shall see how shée will scowre and slise by casting vpward and downeward the grosse hu∣mors wherwith her body is ouercharged. And when she hath muted well thrée or foure times, let her be taken from the fire or out of the Sunne, and set vpon her pearch in her accusto∣med place, and let her not be fedde till two howres after, and then allow her of a chicken or mutton but halfe a gorge. Let

her bée thus dealt withall thrée dayes together, making her to tyre euery day against the sunne both morning and euening. And foure, fiue or sixe dayes after, giue her eueryday a cloue of Mace in her casting, and shée shall recouer.

When the three dayes are past wherein you haue so scow∣red her, take a little pepper beaten into very fine powder and mingling it with Vineger in a Sawcer, open her beake, and rubbe the roofe of her chap therewith, and likewise put a droppe or twaine of it into her nares, and set her by the fire or in the Sunne, and you shall sée how mightily it will open her head. Howbeit you must not giue this medicine to a Hawke that is very poore, for shée will not bée able to brooke it. And within an howre or two after feede her with a chickens legge: and after let her haue twice a day at her howres a reasonable gorge, and let the saide powder be giuen her no more but once.

In stead of this powder some giue this medicine following which you may giue also if you thinke good: that is to wit, a little Stauesacre, howbeit that is very strong, if there hée not skill vsed to delay the strength of it. Wherefore if you mind to giue your hawke of it, giue her not past thrée or foure graines of it wrapt in a cloath or in linte, which you must breake afterward, and beat into powder. Then take a little cleane water in a dish, and put your powder in it, and mingling it together in maner of a Sirop, put thrée or foure droppes of it into your hawkes nares, and set her in the Sun or by the fire as is said afore, if it be cold.

That done, then by Martines aduise, take pitch if you will to the mountenance of a beane which you must warme be∣twixt your handes, and afterward cleaue it to the roofe of her Beake, rubbing it ouer with a little of the powder of Stauesacre and Pepper till shée féele the pitch well vppon her Palate: and by and by in labouring to shake off the sayd pitch and water from her Palate, shée will cast: and let her cast her fill till shée be throughly scowred. And when yée

thinke shée is scowred sufficiently, take away the said pitch if it it bée not falne off already, and set your hawke to the fire, or in the Sunne, as is saide in the medicine of the pepper, and féede her with some good meat one howre after.

And to recomfort your hawke after all these Medicines, ye may giue her foure or fiue Cloues of Mace as is sayde afore, after as the bignesse of them is, which you must first brooze a little, and put into her casting. For the Cloues so giuen, are singularly good for hawkes against all Rhewmes and hu∣mors of the head, so that it maketh them to haue a good breath and keepeth it from stinking, by setting their whole bodies in a temperate heate. And the Cloues béeing so giuen euerie eight day, is enough to kéepe a Hawke from all rhewmatike diseases of the head, and from all other diseases that come of cold.