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.

To manne, hoode, and reclayme a Hawke, after the opinion of the Italian Falconer.

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HE that will furnish his hawke accordingly, must haue esses and Bewets of good leather, & shrill belles, ac∣cording to the hugenesse or condition of his hawke. So must

he also haue a hoode for her: and therewithall he must often∣times hoode and vnhoode her, in such sort that shée be not afraid thereof, nor of her kéeper when he handleth her. In 9. nightes he should not suffer her to ieouke at all, nor to come on any pearch, but should keepe her continually so long vpon his fist. And when he will call her, let him obserue this order: Set the Falcon vpon the pearch and vnhoode her, then shew her your fiste with some meate in it, and call her so long till shee come to it. And when shée commeth feede her, and reward her as pleasantly as you can: But if shée come not, giue her nothing at all vntill she be very sharpe set. And this order must you kéepe with your Hawke seauen or eight dayes together.

When you would lure her, giue her vnto some other man to holde, and call her with a lure well garnished with meat on both sides, as you called her to your fist. After you haue vsed that manner of calling 6 dayes or thereabouts, cause her to bée held further from you, and cast the lure about your head, and throwing it out vpon the ground a little from you; And if shée come to it roundly, then feede her & rewarde her bountifully. And whiles your Hawke is vpon the lure, go about her fayre & softly, luring and crying, wo, ho, ho, as Falconers vse. And when you haue thus done by the space of certaine dayes, take your lure garnished as before sayd, and euery day call her to you as farre as shée may well heare and perceyue you: and let her bée loose from all her furniture, that is without eyther loynes or cryance: and if shée come so far off to you, then féed & reward her wel, and stop her in her féeding oftentimes, for that will make her come the better: but take héede that you hurt her not in so doing. You shall also sometimes call her on horseback. And when you haue vsed her thus a month, or vntil she come well and roundly, and that shée be familiar with the man without any strangenesse or coynesse, then myy you stop the lure vpon her, and make her flée vpon you. But before you do so, it shall be méet to bath her, least when shée is at libertye she rangle to séeke water, and so you might léese your Hawke: & euery seuen or eight dayes, your Hawke should be set to the

water, for the nature of them so requireth. When you haue thus manned, reclaimed and lured your Falcon, go out with her into the fields, and wistle her off your fiste, standing still to sée what she will, do & whether she will rake out or not. But if shée flee round vpon you, as a good Hawke should flée, then let her flée a turne or two: which done, throw her out the lure and let her foot a hen or a pullet, and kill it and féede her well thereupon. Vnhoode her often as you beare her, and cease so to doe vntill shée haue endewed and mewted sufficiently.

When your Falcon is thus made and manned, go abroad with her euery morning when the weather is fayre and calm, and chuse a place for her to flee in, where there is some narrow brooke or plash of water. And when you cast her off, goe into the wind so far that the fowle may not discrie you. And when she is cast off, and beginneth to recouer her gate, make you then towards the brooke where the fowle lie, alwayes wysing & making your hawke to leane in vpon you. And when you perceyue that she is at a reasonable pitch, then (her head being in) lay out the fowle and land it if you can, and if you cannot, take downe your hawke, and let her kill some train, as thus. Take with you a ducke, and slip one of her wing feathers, and hauing thrust it through her nares, throw it out vnto your hawk, & cast it as hie as you can right vnderneath your hawke that she may the better know your hand, and you. And remē∣ber that you neuer flee a young hawke without some quicke thing carried into the field with you, that if shee faile at first to kill the wild fowle, you may yet make her kill that traine which you bring with you. And this you shall do for a certaine time, vntill your hawke be wel entred and quarried, and that she know a quarrior sufficiently. Some other Falcons there be of a contrarie nature, which will require great skill to finde their properties. And the same being known, you may kéepe them high or poore, according to their conditions. So shall you doe more good with them, than if you haue no respect to the di∣uersity of their nature: for then you should commit great er∣rors, and seldome make good hawkes. You may train hawkes

in this wise. First you shall feede your Hawke well vpon a fowle of the same kind that you would traine her withall, or haue her flée to. And you shall do so vntill you haue acquain∣ted your Hawke with that kind of fowle, the which you may doe in this sort. Take that fowle that you will make the traine of, and set it on foote with meat tyed vpon the backe of it, and goe so neare it, that the Hawke may sée it: and when shée séeth it, let her seaze therevpon, and foote the fowle, and kill it. Or you may thus doe better: Take a Cryance and tye the fowle (which hath the meate tyed on her backe) by the beake, and cause one to stand close which may hold the same Cryance. Then vnhood your Hawke, and stand a far off, and let him draw the fowle and stirre it with his Cryance, vntill your Hawke may sée it stirre. And if shée foote it, then may you afterwards make her this other kind of traine. Take a quicke fowle which can flée, and when you haue halfe séeled it, and cast it out, let your Hawke flée to it, and if she kill it, reward and féede her vp well vpon it. (∵)