. A Summary of Falconry* q.z 3 



For my own part ( faith ray Author ) when my Hawk is well infeamed, and in fly- 

 ing I give her Plumage every night when I feed her up : When (he refts I feed her 

 very clean, without any carting at all, and fo fet her up to reft, and in the morning 

 very early give a woollen calling, fafhioned and foak'd all night in fair water, which 

 fhe will willingly take being ufed to it : And in an hour or thereabouts her appetite to 

 her breakfaft will provoke her to caft it up again. So he difapprcves the giving a wool- 

 len cafling at night : But if any will needs give it, then he advifes it be with fmall 

 ftore of meat, and fome Plumage with it. Aho he difapproves of ftones given with 

 Celandine, and cartings of hazel, unlefsmuch underhzed, becaufe of their (welling. 

 When ever he found his Hawk to diftafte unnatural Cotton cartings, he fuddenly left 

 them andbetook himfelf to Jukes, and (bmetimes to Bares ox Conies feet, the bones 

 and woo 11 well broken together ,which he never found to difagree with her,but always 

 wrought to good purpofe. 



He condemns the giving of bloudy meat, becauie the Hawk will not therewith be 

 reclaimed. And therefore, faith he, the unreclaimed and unclean Hawk, of this or 

 any other kind ought to be reclaimed, infeamed, and made to fly with good meat, 

 clean dreft and wathed, and for thefe Hawks the water dried out again with a fair 

 cloth. And this couffe to be held all flying time, uhlefs there be juft caufe for the 

 contrary. As to a fick and crafie Hawk, with due refpecl unto the eyes, or to a hot 

 and eager mettled Hawk, asalfo to the foundeft and hardeft Hawk that is, when (he 

 (hall haVe continual hard flying, and kills oft, you may with difcretion in the quanti- 

 ty give bloudy rewards, and three or four times in the week fuppersof the fame, as 

 Pheafants and Partridges heads and necks: Always being mindful in time of reft to 

 feed with meat clean dreft, hard wattled and dried again, to hold the ftomach right 

 and (harp withal, elfe no fubje&ion to belooked for abroad when (lie is at liberty. 



All the flying time, but efpecially when you fly to the covert, ( it being then ufual- 

 ly cold weather ) fufTer not your Gofoawk to be too long falling, for it breedeth 

 much wind in her, and is a fpecial means, with cold adjoyned, to take down her flefh, 

 which at that time will hot very eafily be put on again. Therefore for every Hawk- 

 ing day provide a reafonable meal of clean-dreft meat, the which you muft keep in a 

 fair cloth : Then in the morning, fuddenly after fhe hath caft, give one bit when her 

 Hood is on. Alfo if you chance to fpend an hour more before you find your flight, 

 give her another bit, and fo after this manner, proportioning her meat to the time of 

 her being abroad, that (he never be over-empty, and yet have a perfect appetite and 

 good courage to fly. 



When ever you feed with cold meat you need not wafh it : But I would advifeyou 

 toufeit as feldom as you may, for a continuance of it breeds poverty and many 

 difeafes. 



Whenever you have fet down your HawkofF your Fift hooded or unhooded, come 

 not to take her up again without ufing your voice in whittling or chirping to her, alfo 

 without fome bit of meat, or a ftump to pleafe her withal 5 for fo you (hall work in 

 her an everlafting love and defire of your coming and company. 



Alfo when you fet her on your Pearch hooded, let her not know where it ftandeth, 

 if (he do, fhe will have a longing to be there, and will not reft quietly on the Fift 

 after fhe is once within doors : Whereas till fhe be throughly reclaimed and flying, 

 and till fhe hath been well flown, your Fift for the moft part muft be her Pearch, and 

 fhe muft know no other. For thefe be Hawks, that in their firft making with a little 

 reft will quickly forget what they were formerly taught, and return to their wildnefs 

 again. 



. When (he is untowardly or frowardly difpofed, endure her unquietnefs with pa- 

 tience and gentlenefs, and evermore have fome ftump inareadinefs to appeafe her 

 anger. 



In the time of her infeaming and reclaiming give her not her dinner at any time all 

 at once, for thereby you (hall prolong the timeof her making : For her ftomach once 

 full (he will mind you no more, therefore divide it in the forepart of the day, and let 

 her jump often to the Fift for it. 



When fhe is firft to be entred put her upon the higheft pin of hunger, and then fhe 

 Will fhew all the mettle that is in her, and when (he hath once taken her prey rather 

 die than forfake it : Whereas if her ftomach be imperfecl, the leaft occafion that may 

 be, as the approach of her Keeper, or any other man, the appearance of either Horfe 

 or Dog, &c. will befufficient to caufe her to forfake it and go herWay. 



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