FRENCH. 71 



peu se monsirer peu alter peu venir 

 quelle ne puist a honte parvenir " : 

 and concludes : 



" JVolez ces motz O faulcon esgare 

 notez ces motz et sagement te garde 

 de retourner soles tout prepare 

 pour ton honneur estre mieulx repar'e , 

 affinque nul en mal ne te regarde 

 ne doubtez rlen, prens moy pour saiive garde" 



The falcon listens to Reason, and returns : thus all ends well. 



This charming romance is worthy of being once more re- 

 printed verbatim et literatim, with appropriate illustrations 

 designed by an artist who can draw hawks and hounds well. 



141. CRESCENS (Pierre de). Le Livre des 

 PROUFFiTS CHAMPESTREs ET RURAULX. Paris, Anthoine 

 Verard. i486, folio. 



This translation in black letter from the Latin of Crescentius, 

 Ruralium com?nodorum libri xii. (which see), was undertaken in 

 1373 at the request of Charles V., and is a sort of Maison 

 Eustique, containing several chapters on Hawking and Hunting. 

 Other editions in French are : Paris, Jehan Bonhomme, i486 ; 

 Paris, Jacques Huzeton, s.d. (1497 ?) ; Paris, Jehan Petit 

 and Michel Le Noir, 15 16 3 Paris, pour la veuve de feu M. Le 

 Noir, 1521 ; Paris, pour Philippe Le Noir, 1529 y Lyon, Claude 

 Nourry diet le Prince, 1530; Lyon, Pierre de Ste. Lucie diet le 

 Prince, 1539. 



Under a fresh title, " Le Bon Mesnaiger" it reappeared at 

 Paris, Nicholas Cousteau, 1533 ; and Charles Langellier et 

 Denys Janot, 1540, and has since been translated into German 

 and Italian. 



142. TAE.DIF (Guillaume). Le Livre de l'Art 



DE FaULCONNERIE ET DES CHIENS DE ChASSE. Im- 



prim6 a Paris ce cinquiesme jour de Janvier mil quatre 



cens quatre vingz et douze pour Anthoine Verard, 



libraire demourant sur le pont Nostre Dame. 1492. 4to. 



First edition, 41 feuillets, gothique, fig. sur bois. Other 



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