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 Hawke that indeweth not, ne putteth over as she should doe.

IT falleth out sometimes that a Hawke cannot well indew, nor put ouer her meat as she should doe, & that is onely be∣cause shée is fowle within, or hath taken some surfet, or else that when she was low and poore, her kéeper being desirous to set her vp againe too hastily, gaue her too great gorges which she by reason of her weakenes was not able to put ouer, and indew, where through shée surfetted and forwent her appetite of féeding altogether. For remedy hereof, Maliopin saith, yee must féed her with light meats, & little at once, as with young rattes and mise, or with great rattes, for there is more sub∣stance in them than in the other, whereof yée must giue her but halfe gorges, that she may the sooner indew them, and put them ouer. Or else féede her with Chicken, or mutton dipped in Goats milke, or otherwise. And for want of those, take the yolke of an egge, & giue her a quarter of a gorge thereof,

and when ye féede her with the flesh of any liue bird or fowle, stéepe it well in the bloud of the same fowle, and it will doe her much good. So shall your hawke mount of her flesh apace: if besides that, you doe also scoure her with pils made of Larde, marow of beefe, sugar and saffron thrée mornings together, & two howres after giue her a reasonable gorge.

Another receit which M. Michelin giueth, saying. When a Hawk indews not her meat, ne putteth it ouer as she ought to doe, but hath surfeited and wanteth naturall heat: Take very pure white wine, and stéepe her meat in it luke warm, gi∣uing it her by little & litle oft times in the day, alwayes chan∣ging her meat, and sée that it be light of digestion. Do thus to her till shée bee in better tune againe, giuing her fiue or sixe cloues of maces in the euening wrapped in a little cotton, or in some other such like deuise: for that will warme her head, & all her other parts very well, and let the cotton bee dipped in odoriferous old wine.