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 hath swollen feet.

IT happeneth diuers times that hawkes haue a swelling in their feete, & that cōmeth by chasing of their féet in fleeing their prey, & in striking it, & by taking cold vpon it, for want of rolling the perch with some warme cloath: or else because they bee ful of grosse humors, and fowle within, which humors beeing remoued by their labour and trauell in fléeing, droppe downe vpon their féete, and there swell, specially in Sacres more than in any others. For they be of their owne nature very heauie hawkes and haue grosse feete. Againe, it hap∣neth sometimes that a Hawke pricketh her selfe vpon a thorn by rushing into hedges and bushes ouer ventrously, wherupō

follow such swellings as are dangerous, and hard to be cured. Therefore Master Cassian sayeth, that when a Hawke is in that taking, shee must bée scowred thrée mornings together with the Pyls of Lard, Marow, Sugar, and Saffron, and set in the Sunne, and fed two dayes after with some good meat. Then must yee take Bole Armoniacke, & Sanguis Draco∣nis, lesse by one halfe, & make it in powder, & temper them well together with the white of an egge & Rose-water, and anoint her féet with it thrée or foure dayes twice a day, setting her vp∣on some cloth to kéepe her féet warme. And if this medicine do her no good, take this that followeth.

Mallopin sayeth, that if a Hawkes féet be but swolne, and haue not any knubs in the ball of the foot, take a payre of siz∣zers or coping yrons, & cope the talons of her swolne foote, till the bloud follow: which done, take Capons grease, oyle of Ro∣ses, & oyle of Violets, of each alike, & twice asmuch of Bele Ar∣moniacke. Whē ye haue mingled thē all well together, make therof an vnguent, & anoint your hawks féet therewith twice a day til they be throughly whole, alwaies setting some soft & warm thing vnder her feet. And if this doe her no good, then trie the receits aboue mentioned till your hawke be throughly recured.