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 and make a Hawke: and first of a Nyasse Falcon.

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THere are thrée sorts of Falcons, viz. Nyasses, Soarhawkes & Hawkes taking preying for themselues at large, which our

Falconers call ramage or sleight Falcons. And I am of opini∣on that they are all made after one sort, and are manned much a like. But by mine aduice no man shall much assure himselfe in a Nyasse, because ouer and besides that (for the most part) they prooue not well, they doe also require great paines & atten∣dance with extreame patience, to make them kill and stoope a fowle well, or to flee a high pitch. Neuerthelesse if a man will needes bee doing with them, he should first make a Nyasse to the Hearon from the fist, I meane both the blew and redde Hearon, and to such other great fowles. For asmuch as the Nyasse hawkes are naturally good seazers, bold & hardy birds, and after they be well in blood, and entred in fléeing to those fowles from the fist, then may you make them to the Riuer, going into some faire large field, whereas there may be either some wild Peacocks, flesh Crowes, or some other great fowle, bearing your Falcon on your fist: loose her hoode in a readines, drawing as neare the fowle as you can, and the first fowle or birde that springeth, vnhoode her, and let her flée from the fist to the same fowle, because they may draw your Hawke vp∣wards. And when shée is at a great gate, or at a reasonable pitch, then throw her out a Ducke or a Mallard séeled with a feather through the nares. And if shée kill it, then reward her well, and féed her vpon it with as much fauour as you can de∣uise, alwaies luring and crying to her to comfort and encou∣rage her.