THE HOOD. 61 
“As the ox hath his bow,* sir, the horse his curb, and 
the falcon her bells, so man hath his desires."—As You 
Like It, Act iii. Se. 3. 
So in Henry VJ. Part III. Act i. Sc. 1— 
“Nor he that loves him best, 
The proudest he that holds up Lancaster, 
Dares stir a wing, if Warwick shake his bells.” 
Again— 
“Harmless Lucretia, marking what he tells 
With trembling fear, as fowl hears falcon’s bells.” 
Lucrece, 
The “hood,” too, was a necessary appendage to the 
trained falcon. This was a cap or cover for the head, 
which was not removed until the “quarry” was started, in 
order to prevent the hawk from flying too soon. 
* His ‘‘bow,” that is, his ‘‘yoke.” Some editions read ‘‘low;"’ an evident 
mistake, 
