¶ Seris of waterẏ or waxẏ colowre.
Knawe ye: that the skynne a bowte yowre hawkys legges & his fete is calde: the Seris of hir legges and hir fete. whether thay be watery hewed or of waxy colowre yolowe.
¶ The Beme feder. Full Sommẏd and Reclaẏmede.
An hawke hath .xij. federis vppon his tayle. and oon principaƚƚ feder of thessame is in the myddis. and in maner aƚƚ that oder bene couertid vnder thessame feder. and that is called the Beme feder of the tayle. And ther gooth blacke barris ouerwarde the tayle. and thos same barris shaƚƚ telle yow whan she is fuƚƚ summed. or fuƚƚ fermyd. For whan she is fuƚƚ barrid she stondith vppon .vij. and then she is perfite rede to be Reclaymede.
¶ Ye shaƚƚ vnderstonde that as longe as an hawke stondeth vnder the nombre of .vij. barris. And she be in hir sore aage: it most be sayde that she is not fuƚƚ summed. for so longe she is bot tender Pennyd whether she be brawncher or Eyes.
¶ And iff she be a mewed hawke. and stonde within .vij. barris. ye shaƚƚ say she is not fuƚƚ fermed. for she is not habuƚƚ to be Reclaymed. be cause she is drawe to soone owt of the mewe for she is not harde pennyde. no more than a soore hawke.
¶ Braẏles or Braẏlfederẏs. Degouted
To knaw forthermor of hawkes. an hawke hath long smale white federis. hangyng vndeer the tayƚƚ: from hir boweƚƚ downe warde. and the same federis ye shaƚƚ caƚƚ the brayles or the brayle federis. And communely euery goshawke and euery tercellis braylis bene bysprenged with blake speckes. like Armyns. and for aƚƚ that thay bene accomptid neuer the better. Bot and a sparehawke be so Ermyned vppon the brayles. or a Musket. oder ye shaƚƚ say she is Degouted to the vttermost brayle. and much it betokynis hardenes.
¶ Brest federẏs. Plumage. Barbe federẏs. Pendaunt federẏs.
The federis abowte the formore parteys of an hawke: becalled the brest feederis. & the feederis vnd the wynges are plumage The federis vnder the beke be calde the barbe federis. And the federis that bene at the Ioynte: at the hawkes kne thay stonde hangyng and sharppe at thendes. thos be calde the pendaunte federis.
¶ Flagg or faggis federẏs.
The federis at the wynges next the body be calde the flaggꝭ or the faggꝭ federis.