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.

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Title: 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.
Author: Turberville, George, 1540?-1610?
Publication: At London :: Printed by Thomas Purfoot,; 1611.
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Subject terms: Falconry -- Early works to 1800.
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For the biting of a venomous beast or worme.

IF your hawke be bitten or stung of a venomous beast, or worme, make her to receiue a little Triacle, and powder of Pepper, and afterward feed her with hote meate two dayes: and beware that shée touch no water for twenty dayes after. Or else burne a Frogge and beat her into powder, and put thereof vpon Cats flesh, and yiue it your Hawke.

These are strange remedies and rare, and of the French deuise. Giue your iudgement of them, and by triall you shall know what they will doe. I find them in my Author, and therefore doe set them down, and not for any experience I haue had of them.