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 casteth her gorge over much, and cannot indew as she should doe

MAny times it commeth to passe that when a hawk hath fed, shée cannot kéepe her meat but falleth to casting, as soone as shée hath receyued it. This commeth of féeding her with grosse fowle, & vnholesome meat not washed: or else for that she is foule in the panel, and so cannot indew by reason of the great store of filth that is within her. Therefore yée must beware that ye cut not her meat with a foule knife, or w^t a knif that hath cut onions, léekes, chibbols, or such other like things. To remedy this inconuenience, giue not your hawke great gorges. And to bring her well in tune again, scoure her with the forementioned pilles of larde, marow, sugar, and saf∣fron by the space of thrée dayes. And aboue all things, let not the hawke that hath cast her gorge be fed a good space after it, but let her stand empty in the Sun with water before her to bowse at her pleasure, for that will doe her much good. And when yée féede her, giue her at the first time but a quarter of a

gorge, and at the second somewhat more, if shée kéepe the first: and her meat must be some liue fowle, and good of dige∣stion, till shée be brought againe to her naturall plight. But if she kéepe not all her meat, giue her yong rats or liue mice: and for want of those, giue her small birds til shée bée recouered. If these foresaid things boot not, then by Mallopins aduise, take Coriander seed beaten in powder, and temper it with warme water, straining it through a cloth, wash your Hawks meate therewith foure or fiue dayes together, and if ye haue no Co∣riander séed, take the iuyce of Coriander. And if your hawke mend not yet for all this: Follow the counsell of Master Michelins here insuing. Boyle Bay leaues in white wine till halfe the lyquor be wasted, and then let it coole with the leaues still in it. Which done, force a Pigeon by deuise to bowse so much of the wine that shée may die of it. Then im∣mediately féed your hawke with the same Pigeon, and let her not eat more than a legge of it.