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 make the Soare Goshawke or the Haggart Goshawke.

YOur Soare Goshawkes, or your Haggarts, shal be trim∣med with Iesses, Bewets and Bells, as soon as they come to your hands: and you shall by all meanes make them abide the hoode well, the which will be best brought to passe, kéeping them seeled, and hooding and vnhooding them oftentimes, & teaching them to feede on the fist three or foure dayes, more or lesse vntill they leaue their ramagenesse and coynesse, & be∣come gentle: that being done, vnseele them at night by candle∣light, causing them to plume or tyre vyon a wing or legge of a Pullet, and vse your hawkes gently, and deale the best with them that you can deuise, vntill you haue throughly manned and won them, and that in secret places where they may not see much light, setting them vpon a pearch, and vsing all dili∣gence to make them impe to the fist by little and little, vntil at last they will come three or foure yardes from you, and feeding them most with the legges of Pullets or Calues hearts: then you may goe into a garden, or into a close abroad, and causing

them to féed first a bit or two vpon your fist, with their hoods on, and afterwards asmuch with their hoods off, cast thē down fayre and softly to some pearch, and make them come from it to your fist, eyther much or little, with calling and chirping to them, saying: Towe, Towe, or Stowe, Stowe, as Falconers vse, & when they come féede them, crying & calling stil to make them acquainted with your voyce, The next day you may call them with a Criance, setting them vpon a pearch vntill they come vnto you further off, feeding and rewarding them liberally to make them loue you. And when they come to the fist readily, & without checking or ramagenesse, then lay a little from you a dead pullet vpon the ground, the hawk sitting vpon the pearch and calling and chirping to her, if she come and seaze the pullet let her plume her, and féed a pit or two theron, walking about her vntill you may without danger or mouing of her, come neare and take her vpon your fist, and so féede her: That being done, let her tyre and plume. Here I must aduertise you that the wing of a pullet cold, is not good féeding for a Hawke: for it will make a Hawke sicke: But the legs eyther hote or cold may be giuen. And likewise you shal mark that I would haue you cast out a Pullet to a Goshawke dead, and not aliue: for these kind of hawkes are much enclined of nature to play the Poulters. So that if you should vse to throw them out liue poultry, it might make thē somtimes when they flée, turn taile to the Partridge, and seaze the pullets or chickens which they shall sée in husbandmens yards and backsides when they flée. Or in like maner when they are set to bath at length of their loines, the which would not only marre them, and make them full of ill properties, but also might cause the ignorant people, (as women and boyes) to kill them in stead of a Puttocke. When you haue thus called your Goshawke abroade two or thrée dayes, vntill she be well cunning, you shall take her on your fist, and get vp on horsebacke with her, and so riding w^t her the space of an houre or thereabouts, vnhood and hoode her sometimes, and giue her a bitte or two of me at in the presence and sight of your Spaniels, because shée shall not be afearde of

them. That being done, set her on a trée with a little short Cryance tyed to her loines, and going seuen or eight yardes from her on horsebacke, call her to your fist with such voyce and words as Falconers vse: and if she come, giue her two or thrée bits for reward, and cast her vp againe to the trée, then throw out the dead pullet eight or ten yards from her. If shée flée to it, and seaze it, let her féed thrée or foure bits vpon it, ri∣ding the meane while about her on horsebacke, and rating backe your Spaniels, because they shall not rebuke her at first, and so make her euer after fearefull of dogges. Then a∣light off your horse, gently take her vpon your fist, féed her, and when you haue so done, hoode her, and let her plume or tyre. Here I will say for mine owne opinion, that a deade Partridge, or a counterfeit Partridge, made with the very plumage, wings and tayle of a Partridge, were much better to throw out vnto your Gos∣shawke, because it would make her both know Partridge the bet∣ter, and Poultrie the lesse.