Hawks and Hawking 
the technical language of hawking, which 
he employs by way of similitude in matters 
of a wholly different nature. As an ex- 
ample of this habit no better illustration 
can be given than Petruchio’s description 
of the method he meant to employ to 
tame his ill-tempered wife. In the ap- 
proved lingo of the practical falconer he 
remarks to himself : 
Thus have I politicly begun my reign, 
And ’tis my hope to end successfully. 
My falcon now is sharp and passing empty ; 
And till she stoop she must not be full-gorged, 
For then she never looks upon her lure. 
Another way I have to man my haggard, 
- To make her come and know her keeper’s call, 
That is, to watch her, as we watch these kites 
That bate and beat and will not be obedient. 
She eat no meat to-day, nor none shall eat ; 
Last night she slept not, nor to-night she shall not ; 
As with the meat, some undeserved fault 
I'll find about the making of the bed ; 
And here I'll fling the pillow, there the bolster, 
This way the coverlet, another way the sheets : 
Ay, and amid this hurly I intend 
That all is done in reverend care of her.4 
1 Taming of the Shrew, w. 1. 172. 
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