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 Ramage Falcons.

IF a Falconer chance to recouer a ramage hawke which was neuer handled before, let him immediately séele her, & there∣withall let him euē then also put on her Iesses, the which must bee of Shameuse, leather, or soft calues leather, or such other leather as may bée gentle and plyable to her legge. At the end thereof, it shall not bée amisse to sette twoo Veruelles of Siluer, the one thereof may haue the Armes of the King, or Quéen whom you serue, and the other a Scutcheon of your

owne armes. For asmuch as when they flée out, if they chance to be taken vp, they may the sooner be retourned againe, and re∣stored to their owners, the which you must then remember to rewarde the taker vp of his hawke liberally. You shall also put her on a paire of good belles, with two proper Bewets: Being thus furnished, you shall goe about to man her, handling her often gently, and both to auoide the sharpenes of her beake, as also the better to rebuke her from biting and nipping: you shall haue a straight smooth sticke, as bigge as your finger, and halfe a foot long or more, with the which you shal gently stroke your hawk about the pinions of her wings,& so downwards thwart all her train. And if she chance to knap or bite at the sticke, let her bite hardly, for that will rebuke her thereof, whereas your hand being twitched away fearfully, would make her procéed the more eagerly. To man her wel, you must watch all the night and kéepe her on your fist: and you must teach her to féede séeled: and hauing a great and easie rufterhood, you must hood and vnhoode her oftentimes seeled as she is, handling her gently about the head, and coying her alwayes when you vnhoode her, to the end the take no disdayne or displeasure a∣gainst her Keeper. And also make her to plume and tire som∣times vpon a wing, and kéepe her so on the fist day and night without perching of her, vntill she be wearie, and suffer you to hoode her gently and stirre not: and correct her of her ramage toyes, especially of snapping and biting, stroking her euermore as before said with your sticke. But if if it happen (as it doth sometimes) that your chance be to haue a Falcon so ramage & shrewde mettled, that she will not leaue her snapping & biting, then take a cloue of Garlicke cleane pilled, or a little Aloes Cy∣catrina, and when she byteth or snappeth at your hand or stick, offer her the Garlicke or Aloes, and let her bite bite it: For either the strong sent of the Garlicke, or the bitter taste of the Aloes, will quickly make her leaue her biting and snapping.