26 The SubjeHs Treated. 



" mewing " give the flefh of a kid, a young fwan, and efpecially rats' 

 flesh ; flewed adders are alfo fl;rongly recommended, or chickens which 

 have been fed upon wheat foaked in broth of vipers. 



Gout feems a common difease in various parts of the Hawk's body, 

 which may be known by fwelling and " ungladnefs ; " alfo rheum and 

 fever and blains and agrum, which laft is cured by a red-hot filver 

 needle thrufl; into the noflrils. Botches in the jaw fhould be " kutte 

 with a knyfe." More terms follow for various habits and a6lions, the 

 lafl paragraph being upon the variety of ~Bells ufed for Hawks. There 

 fhould be two, one a " femytoyn " (femitone) below the other. " The 

 Bells of Helen (Milan?) were the beft, but," fays the author, "there 

 be now ufed Dutchland bells, of a town called durdright (Dordrecht), 

 and they be paffmg good, fonowre (fonorous) of ringing in flirillnefs, 

 and well lafting." 



The whole ends with a lift of various fpecies of Hawks and their 

 appropriatenefs to the various flations of life, among which are — 



An Eagle for an Emperor. A Merlyon for a Lady. 



A Gerfalcon for a King. A Gofhawk for a Yeoman. 



A Peregrine for an Earl. A Sparehawk for a Prieft. 



A Mufkyte for " an holiwater clerke." 



The fecond treatife is upon Hunting, and has a fhort preface, which 

 probably came, like the firfl:, from the pen of the Schoolmafter. 



The work is all in metre, and evidently intended for boys to learn 

 by heart. It begins by telling " my dere chylde " the various kinds 

 of beaft to be hunted ; the changes of name they take as they grow 

 older ; the variety of horns ; how to fkin and difmember ; the various 

 cries and noifes to be ufed ; the feafons of hunting various beafls. 



Then follow inflru6lions how to hunt the Hare, and what to fay 

 to the hounds, who muft always be addreffed in French, as " arere ! " 

 when he enters the kennel-door ; " this is the firft word, my fon, of 

 venery." " Sa fa cy auaunt," " Sweff mon amy sweff," and other fimilar 

 cries are noted down, fome to be Ihouted twice only and fome thrice. 



