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.

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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.
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Turberville, George, 1540?-1610?
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At London :: Printed by Thomas Purfoot,
1611.
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Falconry -- Early works to 1800.
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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A14017.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 17, 2024.

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To make a mewed Goshawke fleeing.

WHen the Falconer shall perceyue his Goshawke to féede eagerly, and perceiueth by his iudgement that

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she is enseamed, and that hee may boldly flée with her: then let him goe with her into the field, and finding Partridge, if the hawke bate at them of her owne accord, it is a token, that shée is empty, and ready to flée: but if shee bate not, then doth it betoken the contrary. Therefore in such case féed her still with washt meats, and thinges conuenient, as long as you shall think requisite. For doubtles if she be once through∣ly enseamed and ready, shée will flée of her owne accord. And then if shée kill, féede and reward her, as hath béene be∣fore declared. But if shée flée to the marke with a Partridge, then you must retriue it and serue her as is also before ex∣pressed.

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