108 SHAKESPEARE’S [FAWN. 
he fail of his prey in the first flight and rest, in the second 
he taketh wreak on himself; and so if he be wild, unneath 
that day he seeketh prey; and if he be tame, as it were 
for shame he flieth about in the air, and then unneath he 
cometh to his lord’s hands. For he holdeth himself over- 
come, and as it were put out of kind, if he taketh not 
the fowl that he flieth to. And among all birds and fowls, 
these fowls have little affection, and take little heed of their 
birds [7.e., young]. With the same office of business that 
he feedeth his own birds, with such service he taketh and 
feedeth the birds that the eagle throweth out of her nest, and is 
unknown to him. Bartholomew (Berthelet), bk. xii. § 20. 
V. Hawk—Goshawk. 
Fawn. 
As You Like It, ii 7, 128. 
Tue hart-calf hight innulus, and is the hart’s son, and 
hath that name binnulus of becking or nodding, for he is 
hid by becks and signs of his mother, and is a feeble beast 
and loath to fight, and he is most sharp of sight, and swift 
of course and of running. And the hart-calf is contrary 
to the serpents in a wonder wise; for he that is anointed 
with his suet or with his blood shall not be touched of 
any serpent. Bartholomew (Berthelet), bk, xviii. § §9. 
Fennel. 
Ham tet, iv. 5, 180. 
FENNEL is a common herb, and is of great virtue and 
might, and is hot and dry in the second degree, and hath 
virtue to temper and to shed, and to open, and to carve, 
and to cut; and that by subtle cause and qualities thereof. 
The juice of the stalk and of the root thereof sharpeth the 
sight. And it is said that serpents taste thereof and do 
away the age of their years. Serpents make this herb noble, 
and they restore the sight, and maketh it sharp with juice 
thereof. And understanding of inwit is arred [i.e., increased] 
therewith, and dimness put off. The seed thereof drunk 
with wine helpeth against biting of serpents, and stinging of 
scorpions. The root thereof, if it be sod in wine, healeth 
biting of hounds. Bartholomew (Berthelet), bk. xvii. § 70. 
