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.

How to Hawke with a Sparowhawke being mad••.

WHen your Sparowhawke is once made, you may go freely into the field: and if you find any young Quaile let her flee thereat with asmuch aduantage as you can: and if shée take it, reward and féede her, &c. Remember that at first entring of your Hawke you hold your fist aloft alwayes, as∣well because your Hawke may see the game spring, as also that shée may learne to haue an eye to the Dogges, the which you shall alwayes cause to hunt on your right hand, whē they raunge, but especially when they quest and call, to the end you may the better, and at more aduantage cast off your hawk when you let her flée. And when your Sparowhawke doth know her game and how to flée, then may you flée more than one flight in a forenoone or an afternoone, so that alwayes you giue her som smal reward at euery flight that shée killeth. And because it behooueth much alwayes to encourage your Hawke, and to kéepe her well nouzled, you shall doe well euer to carry a liue Quaile with you, that if you finde none, or flée and misse, you may therewith traine or serue your hawke ac∣cordingly: and you may cause it so to be cast out vnto her, that shée will thinke it is sprung with the Spaniels. As also I would wish you euermore to kéepe aliue the second Quaile that you shall take, and kéepe it in your hawking bagge, so as if néede be, it may serue you at night, or at any time to reward your Hawke with: for keeping your hawke in this order, shee can neuer lightly be discouraged. And when your Hawke is throughly entred, and perfectly well in fléeing, and well nouz∣led, then you shall hold your hand low, whereas before you held it aloft. For your Hawk being much quicker sighted than you are, she will sooner sée the game spring also, and bate at the whurre, as we tearme it: then before the Hawke can reco∣uer your fiste, the game is flowen farre off to her great disad∣uantage: yea, although you should let her goe when she bateth,

yet shall shée not flée with such aduantage as you might lette her flée when she and you both spied the game spring at once, Hée therfore that will be a perfect keeper of a Sparowhawke or such like, must haue a quicke eye, and a good consideration and regard to the Spaniels, kéeping them still as neare as he can vpon his right hand, and holde his hand low, because his Hawke shall not bate at the game before he see it. And also it shall not be good to be ouer neare the Dogges, but rather a little aboue them, that you may let your Hawke flée, coa∣sting at the vantage when the Game springeth, and al∣wayes to be quicke of eye, and nimble of hand, for he that is not so, nor regardeth the aduantages of a flight, shall hin∣der his Hawke, whereas hée might further and helpe her.