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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 
[turberville 
Dorsetshire man, of “ right ancient and genteel fa mil y ” 
(Wood), and was born, it is thought, about 1540 at Whitchurch, 
being the second son of Nicholas Turberville, or Turbervile, of 
that place, by a daughter of the house of Morgan of Mapperton. 
James Turberville, Bishop of Exeter, was his great uncle, 
while an ancestor, Henry de Turberville, was Seneschal of 
Gascony. He was educated at Winchester College, became 
Perpetual Fellow of New College, Oxford, in 1561, left it next 
year before he was a graduate, and went to one of the Inns 
of Court, “ where he was much admired for his excellencies 
in the art of poetry.” He afterwards became secretary to 
Thomas Randolph during his embassy to the Court of Russia, 
and wrote his first volume of poems on that country. Of his 
various poetical works and translations, however, we need 
say nothing here. Little seems to be known of his private 
life, although, says Wood, “ after his return from Muscovy 
he was esteemed a most accomplished gentleman, and his 
company was much sought after and desired by all men.” 
The date of his death is unknown, but is thought to have 
been about 1610, or at any rate before the 1611 edition of his 
Faulconrie appeared. (Cf. Diet. Nat. Biography.) 
1575. The Booke of Faulconrie or Haw- | king ; for the Onely de- | light and 
pleasure of all Noblemen and Gentlemen. | Collected out of the 
best aucthors, as well Italians as Frenchmen, | and some English 
practises withall concernyng Faulconrie | the contents whereof 
are to be seene in the next page followyng. | By George Turber- 
ville, gentleman. | Nocet Empta Dolore Yoluptas. | [woodcut] | 
Imprinted at London for Christopher Barker, at the signe of | the 
Grasshopper at Paules Churchyarde. Anno 1575. 
Collation — 1 vol. sm. 4to, pp. xiiiun. +1 p. blank +pp. 371 
[370] +pp. v un., with cuts. Copy in Brit. Mus. Library. 
Idem. 2nd edit., “ Now newly revived, corrected, and 
augmented with many new additions proper to these present 
times.” London : 1611. 
Collation — 1 vol. sm. 4to, 3 prelim. 11. + pp. 370 -1- epilogue 2 11. 
Both this and the first edition are usually found bound up with 
a work ascribed to the same author entitled The Noble Art of 
Venerie, or Hunting. The second edition is further distinguished 
from the first by the cuts on pp. 81 and 112 having the bust of 
Queen Elizabeth cut out and the portrait of James I. substituted. 
