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 Filanders that are in hawkes bowels, and in their Raines.

YE shall discerne that the Filanders are in her bowels, and guts, by her heauie cheare and playnt in the night, for she will cry, and make a mournefull noyse. Also ye may perceiue it by this, that when yée take her on your fist in the morning, shée will stretch herselfe more strongly than she is wont to do of ordinary, and sometimes shée will make as though shée would iouke vpon your fiste, & she will be busie with her beake about her backe right ouer against her raines. When yée sée these signes, assure your selfe that eyther the Filanders or the (Aignilles) doe trouble her: and if she haue not helpe of them betimes, they will kill her, for I haue séene many die of that disease: Master Amè Cassian giueth this remedy for that mis∣chiefe.

Take Lentilles of the reddest that you can find, and parch them at the fire, and make fine powder of them, with the powder of worme séede, lesse by one halfe then of the powder of Lentils, and mingle and temper them well tothether, and make thereof a playster, driuen (vpon cloth or leather.) Then deplume your hawke in the place where her griefe is, and lay the playster to her panel, changing it euery day for four or fiue dayes space together, and she shall be cured.

If yee like not that receit, Master Michelin giueth you ano∣ther which is this. Take the leaues of a Peach trée, of Rew, & of wormeséed, and of those thrée being brayed together, streine out the iuyce, & afterward take the powder of Wormewoode, and put it into the iuyce, and lay it vpon your hawkes reines playsterwise twice a day euening and morning for four or fiue dayes together, & it will kill the Filanders, & saue your hawk.

Master Amè C••ssian telleth yet one remedy more. Take (saith hee) a cloue of Garlicke pilled, and giue it your hawke in a hens skin, and it will heale her.