ENGLISH. 15 



Jewell for Gentry showeing howe a man may understand all the 

 art of Hauking, hunting, fishing and fowling . . . — vjd." 



The Dedication, "To the Right VVorshipfull Mr. John 

 Tooke, one of the Auditors of his Maiesties Courts of Wards 

 and Liveries,'' is signed T. S. 



The author, whose name nowhere appears, explains in an 

 address "To the Reader," which follows the Dedication, that 

 his work is an attempt to improve on the Boke of St. Albans, 

 in which, he says, " the defects were so grosse that Tristram 

 himselfe would hardly have knowne so neare a kinsman." 



For remarks on the authorship of this book, see Introduction 

 to No. 81, pp. xxv.-xxvi. 



18. LATHAM (Symon). Falconry ; or the Faul- 

 con's Lure and Cure : in two Books. The first con- 

 cerning the ordering and training up of all Hawkes in 

 generall, especially the Haggard Faulcon Gentle. 

 The second teaching approved medicines for the cure 

 of all Diseases in them. Gathered by long practice 

 and experience, and published for the delight of noble 

 mindes, and instruction of young Faulconers in things 

 pertaining to this Princely Art. By Symon Latham, 

 Gent. [Woodcut of the Haggard Faulcon.] London. 

 Printed by J. B. for Roger Jackson, and are to be sold 

 at his shop neere Fleet Street Conduit, 161 5. sm. 4to. 



Latham dedicated this, his first book of Falconry (pp. 147), 

 to Sir Thomas Monson (or Munson, as he phonetically spells 

 the name). Baronet, Master of his Maiesties Armory, and Master 

 of the Hawkes to his Highnesse. For a notice of Sir Thomas 

 Monson's hawks, see No. 27, pp. 104, 105. 



The following is a transcript of the entry of the first edition of 

 this book in the Register of the Stationers' Company : — ■" 5 Sept. 

 1614. Roger Jackson entred for his coppie under the hand of 

 Master Adams a book called the ffaulcon's lure by Symon 

 Latham . . . — vjd." 



19. LATHAM (Symon). New and Second Booke 

 OF Faulconrv : concerning the ordering and training 



