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.

The first instruction is, how to make a Falcon▪ and other Hawkes fleeing, after the opinion of Iean de Frauchiers.

FIrst let your hawkes be taken on the fist and hooded, then let her be watched three dayes and nights, before you vn∣hoode her, and féede her alwayes hooded in an easie rufter hood. At the end of thrée dayes you may vnhoode her, and féede her vnhooded, and when shée is fed, hood her againe, so that shée bée not vnhooded (but when you féed her) vntil she know her meat: then when she beginneth to be acquainted with you, hood her and vnhoode her oftentimes, to the end shée may the better a∣bide the hood. But vse her gently, and be patient with her at the first, and to the end your hawke may be the better manned & the sooner reclaimed, you shall do well to beare her commonly in places where most people do frequent, and where most exer∣cises are vsed. And when she is well manned, make her come a little to the fist for her meat. And when you haue shewed her the pearch or stocke, and tyed her vpon it, put with her vppon the sayd pearch or stocke some Pullet, or other quicke fowle as often as you may, and let her féed there vpon at pleasure vntill she be reasonably gorged, and doe in like manner vpon the lure vntill shée know it perfectly. Afterwards you may giue her more liberty, and lure her with a cryance, luring her twice a day further and further off. And when shée is throughly lured, you shall teach her to flée vppon you vntill shée know both how to get to her gate, and to flée round vppon you. Then shall you cast her out some quicke Fowle, and when shée hath stooped and seazed vppon it, you shall suffer her to plume it, and to foote it at her pleasure, giuing her a reasona∣ble gorge thereon, as is afore sayd, and continuing alwayes to reward her vpon the sayd lure, in such sort that shée neuer find the lure without some reward tyed vppon it, and by

that meanes shée will alwayes loue the lewer and her kéeper well, and will not lightly rangle or be lost. Thus you may con∣tinue her fortie dayes or thereabouts, and then you may flée with her safe inough. But before you so doo, let her be skowred and bathed, and fed with cleane meat, and well washed, giuing her casting euery night, euen as men vse to giue fléeing Hawkes.