The tenth Booke of 



Chap. vi. 



Of Vultures^ orGeirts^ 



THc black Vultures arcthebeftof that kind. No man ever could meet with thcirncftsr 

 whereupon fome have thought (but untruly) that they flie unto us out of another world, 

 even from the Antipodes,who are oppofite unto us.Bui the truth isjthcy build in the high- 

 eft rockes that they can find: and their young ones have many times been feene, two togither 

 and no more. Vmbriclm^ who was counted the moft skilfull Atufpex of our age, faith. That ufii^ 

 ally they lay three egges; whereof they take one of them to facte andbleife (as it were) the other 

 cgges and the neft : and then foone after they caft it away. Alfo that the manner of the Geires is H 

 to fore-fee a carnagc^and to Hie two or three dayes before unto the place where there will be any " 

 carionsor deadcarkaffes* 



Chap, vii, 

 ^ of the Sangualis y and Immufulm 



AS touching the Sangualis and the ImmufTuIus, our Augurs at Rome are in a great doubt 

 and make much queftion, what they fhould be. Some are of opinion, that the ImmufEi- 

 ius is the chickeofthe Vulture: and the Sangualis, likewife the young Olfifraga, OHaffu^ 

 rm faith, that the Sangualis and Olfifraga be both one : and as for the Immuffulus, it is the I 

 young bird of the ^gle, before it come to have a white tailc. Some have affirmed confidently, 

 that after the death of Mutim the Augure,ihere was never any of them feene at Rome : but 1 ra- 

 ther am of this mind (and me thinks it foundeth more like a truth, fuch is the fupine negligence 

 and carelcfnefTe of men in all things elfe)that no marvcile it is if they know them not^althoueh 

 they fee them* 



CnAPi vnt* 

 ^Offfawkes, 



WEe find in Faulconrie,(ixteen kinds of Hawkcs or foules that prey . Of which,the Cir- K 

 cos (which is lame and limpeth of one legge) was held in auncient time for the luc- 

 kieft Augurie, in cafe of weddings, and of cattell. Alfo the Hawke called Triorches 

 (of three ftones or cullions that it hath) is reputed a bird of good prefage: and in Augurie, lady 

 PhemKoeh^th given unto it the honour of the bcft fimply and moft fortunate. The Romanes 

 callitBuiso,/. aBuzzard.Andthereisa worfhipfull houfe& familieinRomeofthatfurname; 

 by occafion that a Buzzard letled and perched upon the Admirall fhip where Fal^mhimMc 

 (one of thathoufe) was, prefaging a boon- voyage and happiefuccelfe, according as itfellouc 

 indeed. As for the Hawke which the Greekes name ^falo, /. the Merlin, fhee alone is ever feene 

 at all times of the y cere : whereas the reft are gone when winter commeth . In generall, Hawkes 

 are divi3ed into fundrie and diftind kinds, by their greedineffe more or leffe, and their manner ^ 

 in chafe and preying : for fome there be that never feize on a foule but upon the ground : others 

 againe never aflaile any birds, but when they fpie them flying about Ibme tree . There be alfo, 

 that take a bird perched and fitting on high : and yee (hall have of them, that overtake them as 

 they flie in the wide and open aire . The doves tlierefore and pigeons, knowing the daunger of 

 flying aloft, fo foone as they efpie them,either light upon the ground and lettle,or elle flie neerc 

 the earth 5 and thus helpethemfelves in taking a contrariecourle to the hawkes nature, for to a- 

 void their talons. There is in the Ocean of Affticke an Hand called Cerne,wherein all the hawks 

 of thecoafts of the Mafiefyli,build upon the very ground, and there b^eed : and being fo accu- 

 ftomcd to thofe countries,ye fhall not find an airie of them elfewhere. Iia a part of Thracia,fom- 

 what higher in the countrey beyond Amphipolis,men and hawkes joine in fellowfhip and catch M 

 birds togither : for the men drive the woods, beat the bufhes and reeds to ipring the foule ; then 

 the hawkes flying over their heads/eize upon them,and either ftrike or bear them to the ground 

 fit for their hands. On the other fide, the hawkers and foulcrs when they j^ve caught the foule, 

 divide the bootie with the hawkes; and by report^ they let fueh birds flie againe at libertie aloft 



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