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 traine a Nyasse Sparowhawke.

WHen your Nyasse is well wonne to the hood, and to the fist, let her kill small birdes vpon your fiste, then call her two or thrée dayes together, vntill shée wil come farre off. Then you must take a quicke Pigeon tyed by one foote with a Cryance, and stirre it vntill your Hawke will bate at it, and seaze it, though not farre off, yet as you may, and helpe her at the first, least the Pigeon strugling with her, bée too strong, and discourage her. Then let her plume her, and foot her, and féed her thereupon with as much fauour as you may, and whistle to her, to make her know your whistle, vntill shée haue taken a reasonable gorge. Then hood her vp, and let her plume or tyre a little afterwards. The day following you shal call her to the fist, and shew her a liue Pigeon, so neare that shée may reach at her with her beake. Then cast it out be∣fore her, vntill shee flee it, and take it.

That done, reward her, &c. Againe, you shall another time throw out a chicken before her, and if shée take and foote it, re∣warde

her, &c. Afterwards you shal cause one to hide himselfe close in a ditch or pitte, and throw her out a pigeon or pullet, if she take it, reward her & féed her vp with the brains, heart, and a leg or a wing, whistling, chirping, and speaking to her, to encourage her: and this order you shall obserue a while, still seruing her with greater and greater traines: for by that meanes you shall giue her courage to flée, yea if it were at a Feasant, for that chickens are some of them not much vnlike a Feasant poult. As also vsing her to great chickins, shée will neuer couet to carry as shée would doe, if you trained her with smaller birds, which is a thing worthy the obseruation, as you shall find by experience.

And when you haue giuen her sufficient traines of chicken and such like, you shall one day set her sharpe, then take a Quaile tied in a Criance, and in a plaine meadow: First, shew her vnto your Sparowhawke, then throw it vp aloft, and cast your hawk off handsomly after her, & if she take it, reward her with the brains, to nousle and encourage her, but feed her with the leg of a chicken or pullet, and deale daintely with her.

The next time you may traine her with a Quaile without a criance, the which hauing a legge broken, and two feathers pluckt out of each wing, giue it to another which may closelie throw it out to her, and féede her vppe thereupon with a good gorge. Being thus oftentimes trayned, you may ride out into the fields about nine of the clocke, where calling your Spa∣rowhawke to your fist, and giuing her a bitte or two of meat, go with your Spaniels to séeke some Beauie of yong quailes, aduancing your fist aloft, that your Hawk may sée them whē they spring, and let her flée with aduantage at the first. If shee kill, reward and féede her, &c. but if shée misse, or that you find no young Quailes, then serue her with a traine of a Quaile, as is often before said.