¶ The thride is feede yowre hawke. and not gyue hir meete ¶ The fawrith is an hawke snytith. or sewith hir beke and not wipith hir beke ¶ The .v. youre hauke Ioukith. and not slepith ¶ The .vi. youre hawke proynith. and not pikith and she pronyth not bot whan she begynnyth at hir leggys. and settheth moystour like oyle. at hir taiƚƚ. and bawmeth hir fete &̄ strikyth the federis of hir wynges thorow her beke. and it is calde the note. than as she fetchis the oyle. And ye shaƚƚ vnderstonde an hawke wolde not be letted of hir proynyng. For that tyme that she proynyth she is lykyng and lusty. and whanne she hathe doone she wiƚƚ rowse hire myghtyly.
And sum tyme yowre hawke cowntenansis as she piked hir. and yet she proynith not. and then ye most say she Reformith hir federis and not piketh hir federis. ¶ The .vij yowre hawke colyeth and not beckyth ¶ The .viij. she rowsith and not shakith her selfe ¶ The .ix. she streynith and not Clithith nor Cratchith ¶ The .x she mantellith and not stretchith whan she puttith her leges from hir oon after an other: and hir wynges folow after hier leggꝭ. then she dooth mantiƚƚ hir and whaan she hath mantilled hir and bryngith booth her wynges to geider ouer hir backe ye shaƚƚ say yowre hawke warbellith hir wynges. and that is oon terme dewe therfore ¶ The .xi ye shaƚƚ say yowre hawke mutessith or mutith and not sklysith. ¶ The .xij ye shaƚƚ say cast yowre hawke to the perch. and not set youre hawke vppon the perch.
Here shal ẏe vnderstonde furthermore other maner of termẏs that belong vn to hawkis for to cōmende them for diuerse of theẏre propirteis
First ye shaƚƚ say This is a fayr hawke. an hudge hauke a longe hawke. a short thike hawke. &̄ say not this is a grete hawke. also ye shaƚƚ say this hauke has a large beke Or a shortt beke. and caƚƚ it not bille. an hudge hede or a smaƚƚ hede fayre sesoned ye shaƚƚ say yowre hawke is fuƚƚ goorged and not cropped. and yowre hawke puttithouer and endueth. and yet she dooth booth dyuersely.
¶ How ẏowre hawke puttithouer
An hawke puttithouer when she remeuith the mete from hir goorge in to hir bowillis. And thus ye shaƚƚ knawe it whan she puttithouer she trauersith withe hir bodi. and specialli with the necke: as a Crane doothe or an other bridde
¶ whan ẏe shall saẏ enduth & embowellid
An hawke enduth neuer as long as hir bowillis bene fuƚƚ at her fedyng. bot assone as she is fedde. and restith she enduthe littiƚƚ and littiƚƚ. And if her goorge be wide and the boweƚƚ any thyng stiffid. ye shaƚƚ say she is embowellid and hath not fully endewed and as long as ye may fele any thyng in hir bowellis it is perlous to gyue her any mete.
¶ Merke well theẏs termẏs folowẏng
Say an hawke hath a long wyng. a faire long tayƚƚ with vi barris owt. and stondith vppon the .vii. This hawke is entirpenned That is to say when the federis of the wynges bene bitwen the body and the thighis. This hawke has an hudge legge or a flat leg. or a rownde legge. or a faire enserid legge