A TREATISE 



THE SEVEN AND THIRTIE TH CHA P TEH. 



How hiwkcs 

 and other crca* 



are brought up 

 to. 



Of the docility of fame irratiixaS Animals } and tf 



of a. long tr*Q / time fo orderly ferfwmeA kj 

 them % thist they fame to trgftf 

 in them, 



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kS for docility , ( which is onr iecond head ) Apes and 

 Elephants are mott famed. Though peradventure, the 

 cunning and obedience of our hawkes and dogs , is no 

 whir inferionr to what is reported of them j and would be as 

 much admired , were it not fo common . I have by fundry per- 

 fons who have fecnhinij been told of ababoone, that would 

 play certainc feflbns upon a guittare. The Indian hiftories make 

 mention of Apes, that will goe to the Taverne and fetch Wine 

 for their matters ; as Lipfms his dog would bring his matter as 

 much meat from the market , as he carried money to his but- 

 cher to pay for. O f Elephants Jikevviie, ftrange things are told: 

 but becauie we canno: ealily judge how to underhand reports, 

 whereof we have not feen the experience , nor how farre to be- 

 lieve them , I intend not to infift upon the examining of them ; 

 for by looking into the nature and art of our hounds that fol- 

 low a iiiite of blood.or that draw dry foot ; and of our hawkes, 

 efpecially of the decoy ducks and cormorants j a fcantling may 

 be given at all the rett. And although thefe things told at ran- 

 dome , may juttly feeme very admirable to any man the firlt 

 time he heareth of them , yet to him that underftandcth how 

 they are taught 3 there is no one paflage but will appeare plaine 

 enongh. 



The frrft degree is to tame the hawke by watching her from 

 fleepe , and to acqua int her wkh the man, by -continually carry- 

 ing her upon his fitt , and ufing her to take her meat quietly.as 

 Hie fitteth upon his hand. Then he maketh her hop a little wayto 

 it in a paire of cranes : and after a whilc,kill a feeled pigeon; from 

 which he taketh her when me is growne fteady in her leffbn Co 

 farre and feedeth her up with other meate : and thus in time he 

 bringeth her to flic at what he will have her , and to be content 



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