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 swelling in a hawkes foote which wee tearme the pin, or pin Gout.

DIuerse times there rise vp knubs vpon the féet of hawks as vpon the féet of Capons which some call Galles, and some Gouts. They come sometimes of the swelling of the legs and thighes, which I haue spoken of before, or of other diseases that bréed of the aboundance of humors within the Hawke, which must first be scowred with the last mentioned pilles thrée or foure dayes together And Master Amè Cassian sayth, that when a hawke hath the said pinnes and gowtines in her féet, ye must make round matches of paper as bigge as the agglet of a point, and feare or cauterise the pinne round a∣bout. And if the knub sticke farre out, ye may slit it manner∣ly with a hote sharpe knife, and put a little slice of fatte Lard into the slit to kéepe it open, and set your Hawke vpon a little heape of very fine salt. And if there grow any dead flesh it in, lay the powder of glasse, and two parts of Hermoda∣ctels vpon it, and when the Sore is scowred, annoint it with Swines grease and hony together, alwayes laying salt vnder

her feete to the end of your cure. And to remedy the same, Mal∣lopin in his Booke of the Prince sayth, that when a Hawke is gowty or hath the pin on her féete, ye must take of Rew thrée ownces, of Barberies three ownces, of Colewort leaues three ownces, of Oyle of Violets a reasonable quantitie, of Tur∣pentine two ounces, of Shéepes sewet as much shall serue, of the fatte of a yong Pullet one ownce and a halfe, of Vergin waxe one ownce, of masticke one ownce, of white Frankin∣cence one ownce, of Opopaner one ownce, and of Allom two ownces. First straine out the iuyce of the saide Herbes brayed together, then put thereto all your other mixtures made into powder. Which done, melt all your sewets together in a new earthen potte, and put your iuyces and powders therevnto, stiring them continually with a sticke ouer a soft fire, and so cooling them by little and little, whereby your vnguent will become perfect, and you may kéepe it two yeares good. And when yée occupie it, spread it playsterwise vpon leather, or lin∣nen cloth, laying it vpon the pin gowt, remouing it each other day till it be whole, for 15. dayes together. And if the pin open not of it selfe, slit it and open it with a little sharp lance of steele made hote, then clense the filthie matter and quitture, and so shall your Hawke recouer assuredly.

Maister Cassian setteth downe another good and wel tried receit for the same which is this: Take a quantity of Tur∣pentine, halfe as much white Sope, making the Sope into powder. That done, make ashes of vineshreds, and take thereof somewhat lesse thā of the powder of the sope. Set these thrée mixtures together vpon the coles in a new pot, and stirre them softly with a sticke till they be incorporate together. Thē make plaisters thereof, and bestow them on the pume-gowte so as they may not fall off, nor be remoued by the hawke, shif∣ting them euery two dayes till fiftéene daies be past, and that the disease grow to maturation. Alterward you may slitte the pinne, drawing out all the matter and quitture cleane, but let your launce be somewhat hote wherewith you slit it, and if

the pin open of it selfe, it is better. After this you must ap∣ply another playster of Draculum magnum, which you shall find at the Apotecaries: or it is a great drawer, and if it haue any dead flesh in it, lay a little Verdegréece to it, for that is a corosiue and a fretter.

Martine sayeth, that to soften the pinne on the hawks foot and to make it grow to a head, yee must take the rootes of Flower deluce which beares the blew leafe, drie it and beate it into powder, and make thereof a salue with hony of Roses, and lay it to the pinne till it be throughly whole.

Master Cassian sayth further, that if your hawkes féete bée chafed, and fall to swelling, take the fyling of yron beaten into powder to the mountenance of a beane or twaine, and the quantity of a beane of a gad of stéel fyled into powder, and twice as much of the barke of an oake, as of the fyling of yron, of which barke of the Oke, you must take away the vttermost part, and of the rest make fine powder, féered through a cloth. When ye haue mingled all these powders together, boyle them in a new pot with a potsle of good vineger, to the con∣sumption of a third part. Then let it settle, and put the cléerest of it alone by it selfe, and the grounds of it also by it selfe in a long narrow bagge that the hawke may rest both her feet vpon it. And with the water yée may vse to bath, her féete euery day thrée or foure tymes a day. Likewise yée must wet and refresh the bagge with the same water, that the grounds may lie the closer vnder the féet of the hawke, which must stand vppon it night and day till shée bée recured. And truely this is good for all manner of griefes and swellinges of the féet.

Martin is of opinion that yée must take halfe an ounce of Aloes and the white of an egge, with halfe an ounce and two penny weighte of Glew, mingle them all toge∣ther, and put them in presse, so as all may bée residence, and make thereof a playster, and lay it to your Hawkes

féet till there be some issue and vent, then annoint them with soft sope. And when there hapneth any rupture, take Salte∣péeter and Allom, of each two penny weight, making it into powder, bestow it vpon the broken place to fret the dead flesh away, for this is a good corosiue for that purpose.