You must give the same in quantity and
manner, both for Time, Preparation, Dyet, &c.
as before directed: And if you find it not strong
enough, put into one of the Pellets a small quan∣tity
of wash't Aloes. This Scowring gently purg∣eth,
strengthens the Heart, preserves the Lights,
and removes Stoppings and Obstructions.
A Hawk in a low estate and weak, must be
ordered in another manner: For whereas you
gave your strong Hawks scowring at Night, you [ 10]
must give it a weak one in the Morning, and feed
her the Night before with good Meat, that she
may put it kindly away, and be empty betimes
in the Morning; then give her the Scowring you
intend, and set her on a warm Brick wrapt up
in a double Woollen cloath, and there let her stand
about three hours, until she is fit to Feed, and
then give her a little that is good, feeding her
by degrees, not all at once; and be sure to give
her of the Water already prescribed. [ 20]
If you Order and Dyet her in this manner,
that is, with good food, moderate warmth, and
due care, no doubt but that she will regain her
former health.
I shall add this compound Scowring, which is
very good for any Hawk in what state and condi∣tion
soever.
Take a good quantity of fresh Butter well
boyled, clarified and wash't in Rose-water, then
make it up with the Powders of six Cloves, two [ 30]
or three blades of Saffron, the quantity of a small
Nutmeg of Rue in Powder, with good store of
Sugar Candy. Being kept close stopt or covered
in a Box, it will keep a long time, and you may
give it your Hawk as occasion requires.
You may Feed within about an hour after it,
and it will make her very fond of you, full,
haughty, and proud: It prevents the Wind, open∣eth
Obstructions, purgeth the Head, warmeth the
Body, comforteth the inward Parts; is good a∣gainst [ 40]
shortness of Breath, and is a present Reme∣dy
for the Cray and Pantas.
I shall now give you an excellent Scowring for
a full bodied Hawk after she has been Lured, and
her Grease and Heat stirred in her before she be
throughly Enseamed. Take some sweet Butter,
clarifie it well, and put thereto the Powder of
Box-leaves and Rosemary, of each a like quanti∣ty,
a little Powder of Horehound; mix all these
very well together, and make them up into small [ 50]
Pellets with brown Sugar Candy: Give your Hawk
two of these Pellets at Night, as before directed,
and it will purge and scowr the Pannel, and o∣ther
inward Parts of Grease, and the like Hu∣mours,
and will cause her to Enseame very
well.
I shall now add something concerning simple
Scowrings, amongst which that which we call
Casting is one. For a short winged Hawk, the soft
Feathers of small Birds, with some part of the
Skin, is very good and natural. And for a long [ 60]
winged One, fine Flannel cut into pieces about an
Inch square, rolled up, and given in a bit of
Meat.
By these you shall know in what state your
Hawk is in; for when she hath returned them, if
you find them hard, white, and round, not stink∣ing
or very moist, and if upon pressing or squeez∣ing
it betwixt your Fingers, you find clear wa∣ter
come forth, 'tis a sure sign she is well and
lusty: But if it be long, with contrary properties,
as black, green, yellowship, slimy, greasie, or stink∣ing,
it denotes her diseased. The former Casting
is remedied by hot Meats; the latter by feeding
her well, and washing her Meat in cool Water, as
of Endive, or the like; and give her one or two
Castings of Cotton, or Flannel mixt with Incense
and Mummy.
There is another gentle simple Scowring, and
that is the Root of Sellandine, of which four or
five small Pellets, give out of the Water early
in the Morning (your Hawk being fasting) will
finely cleanse her; but it must be given to a
strong Hawk, as being a strong Medicine.
Before you give any Scowring to a Hawk, know
the state of her Body, and accordingly make and
order it, observing the Time and Season.
Casting of Plumage is to be observed as the
former Casting, that is, if in the Morning you
find them round and not stinking, it shews health
and soundness: But if long, slimy, with undigest∣ed
Flesh sticking to it and stinking, it denotes Di∣seases
and Vnsoundness.
Mewts as well as Castings must be observed,
being of such importance for the knowing the
state and condition of your Hawk, that they
ought to be regarded every Morning.
If the Mewt be white without black spots, and
not very thick, it is a sign of health; but if white
and very thick in the middle, it signifies that she
is gross and full of Grease: And this may be re∣medied
by giving her moist Meats, as Lambs,
Sheeps, or Calves Hearts, and the like: And for
two Mornings after (being empty) give her Sugar
Candy, and this will scowr her.
If the Mewt be more yellow than white, it is a
sign she abounds in Choler, occasioned from great
Flights in hot weather, as also from much Ba∣ting.
This is cured by washing and wringing her
Meat in Bugloss, Endive, Borage, or the like
cool Waters, and to wring it in a Linnen cloath
after it is washt.
The green Mewt denotes an infected Liver:
For cure, feed her with Meat powdred with Mum∣my;
if she will not take it so, give it her in a
Scowring or Casting: And if this will not soon
effect the cure, then give her a Scowring of Agarick,
and then another of Iucense to comfort her.
The Mewt full of several Colours is very bad,
and a speedy course must be taken by giving her
purified Mummy beaten to Powder, wrapt up in
Cotton.
The black Mewt proceeds from an infected Li∣ver,
and is very dangerous, so that it will kill
her in a few days if it continue: For cure, give her
good warm Meat, and Cotton Casting, with the
Powder of Cloves, Nutmegs, and Ginger, or Mum∣my
alone.
The dark sanguine Mewt with black in it, is the
most dangerous and hardly curable.
Concerning the choice of Stones, the number,
and the bigness of them, use your own discreti∣on
with due regard to your Hawk; for seeing you
shall seldom see two of one kind exactly to agree