398 <iA Summary of Falconry. 



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TO Endew is when a Hawk digefteth her meat jiiot only putting it from her gorge, 

 but cleanfing her panriel. 

 AnEjas or.NjwHawk is a Hawk taken out oftheNeft, or brought away in the 

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The Eyrie is theNeft, or place where Hawks build and breed their Young. 



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THe Gorge is that part of the Hawk which firft receiveth the meat, called in other 

 fowls the Craw or Crop. 

 Gurgitittg is when a Hawk is ftuft or fufFocated with any thing, be it meat or ought 

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TUefo^ whether it be of Partridge^ Dove, Or any other prey^ is the Neck from 

 the Head to the body. 

 Intermewd'n from the firft exchange of a Hawks coat, or from her firft mewing till 

 Ihe come x% be a white Hawk: 



Jejfes are thofe ihort ftraps of leather, which are faftned to the Hawks Legs, and Co 

 to the Leafeby Varvels, Anlets, or fuchlike. 



To Lapis to put a feather into Wings or Train, inftead of one loft or broken: from 

 the Latine imponoi 



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*"p He Leap is a (mail long thong of leather, by which the Falconer holdeth his 



-*• Hawk faft, folding it many times about his finger. 



^ The Lure is that whereto Falconers call their young Hawk, by cafting it up in the 

 air 5 being made of Feathers and leather, in fuch wife that in the motion it looks not 

 unlike a fowl. 



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HT He Mail of a Hawk is the Breaft or Plumage of the Breaft in reference to its co- 

 ■* lour : So they fay a Hawk changes the mail, or is white-maild, &c. 



To mail a Hawk is fo to Wrap her up in a handkerchief, or other cloth, that (he 

 may not be able to ftir her Wings or ftruggle. 



Muting is the excrement or ordure that comes from a Hawk, and contains both 

 dung and urine. 



Amake-hawkjsan oldftaunch flying Hawk, which being inured to her flight will 

 eafily inftru&a younger Hawk. 



To make ox manage a Hawk, is by Art to prepare, fit, and inftruct her to fly at any 

 game. 



The Mew is the place, wriether it be abroad, or in the houfe, where you fet down 

 your Hawk during the time (he changes her feathers. The word mew fignifies to 

 change, being derived of the Latine muto. 



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 He Nares, I e. TheNofthrils: It is a Latine word. 



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PLuming is when a Hawk feizeth on a Fowl, and plucks the feathers from the 

 body. 

 Plumage are fmall downy feathers, which the Hawk takes,or are given her for cafting. 

 The Pelt is the dead body of any fowl however difraembred. 



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