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Chap. XV. 

 Of Swoln Feet In a Hcc%>k* 



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Awks have Swelling in their Feet upon (everal accounts : Sometimes by chafing 

 their Feet in flying their Prey, (hiking it, and taking cold thereupon , feme- 

 times for want of rolling or lining the Pearch with fome foft warm cloth } or 

 elfe through grofs Humours and Foulnefs within, which through exercife drop down 

 into their Feet, andfo caufe them tofwell^ laftly, this Swelling happens by pricks 

 when they fly fiercely into Bullies after Game. 



For a Remedy, you muft fcour your Hawk three mornings together with the Pills 

 of Lard, Marrow, Sugar, and Saffron, and fet her in the Sun$ two days after this 

 feed her with good meat 5 then take Bole- Armoniack, and half the quantity oi'San- 

 guk Draconis, and having made them into powder, temper them well together with 

 the white of an Egg andRofe-water, and anoint her Feet twice a day three or four 

 days together, fetting heron fome Cloth to keep her Feet warm. 



Chap. XVI. 

 How to f cow Hawks before you caft them into the Mew. 



W Hen Mewing time is come, you muft fcour and cleanfe your Hawks % for id 

 luring and flying-time by foul feeding they engender Filanders and other 

 Diftempers, whereof they die for want or timely care and cure. 



The beft way is, ( when you mean to caft a Hawk into the Mew ) firft to fcour her 

 well according to former directions, to cope her, and fet her up well in flefh, todif* 

 charge her, as near as you can, of all Difeafes, alfo to free her from Mites and Lice to 

 fet her water, fometimes to feed her with young Rats* Mice, Dogs-flefh, Pigeons^ 

 Rabbets, and now and then with fome liquid thing and meats laxative. 



Take notice of this fpecial Obfervation : A Haggard is not to be caft in loofe to the 

 Mew, but is to be mewed on the Fift, for otherwifefhe will become too coy and 

 ftrange: And if (he fall to bating and beating her felf for heat, then muft you hood her 

 up, or befpout her with cold water, which is the readied: way to make her leave 

 Bating. 



You muft continue her on the Fift till (he begin to ftied her Feathers, then fet her 

 down and tie her to a Stone or Pearch, as you do the reft 3 and after fhe hath mewed 

 and comes to fly, then let her ftand on a Block or Billet cafed or rolled. In the fame 

 manner mew Gofhawks, Tiercels, and Sparrow-hawks, only they will not be born on 

 the Fift, but be at liberty in the Mew* and very cleanly ferVed. 



Fifteen or twenty days before you draw your Hawk Out of the Mew you muft be* 

 gin to abate her of her diet, the fooner and better to enfeam her. 



Many more Difeafes there are incident and Accidents hapning to Hawks, of which 

 with their Cures there are large difcourfes written in Italian, French, and Englilh, and 

 therefore I thought fit to infert in this place no other Maladies than what moft uiuallj 

 occur : If you delire to be farther fatisfied, I (hall refer you to thofe larger Volumes, 



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