¶ Crẏnettis.
Ther be oon an hawke long smale blake federis: like heres about the sere &̄ thossame: be calde Crinettis of ye hawke.
¶ Sore aage.
¶ Ye shaƚƚ vnderstonde that the first yere of an hawke whether she be calde Brawncher or Eyesħ. that first yere is calde hir sore aage. and aƚƚ that yere she is calde a sore hawke. for and she eskape that yere. with good fedyng she is likly to endure longe.
¶ To Reclaẏme an hawke
Iff ye wiƚƚ Reclaym yowre hawke ye most departe oon mele in .iij. melis. vnto tyme that she wiƚƚ come to Reclayme. and whan she wiƚƚ come to Reclayme encrece her melis euery day better and better. And or she come to the Reclame make her that she sowre not. For thogh she be wele Reclaymed hit may happyn that she wiƚƚ sowre: so hegh in to the Eyre. that ye shaƚƚ Nether se hir nor fynde hir.
¶ And iff yowre hawke shaƚƚ flie to the partrich. looke that ye Ensayme her or she flie. whether she be Brawncher or Eyes Or mewed hawke.
¶ whẏ an hawke is called an Eẏes.
An hawke is calde an Eyes of hir Eyghen. for an hauke that is broght vp vnder a Bussard or a Puttocke: as mony be: hath wateri Eyghen. For whan they be disclosed and kepit in ferme tyƚƚ thay be fuƚƚ summyd. ye shaƚƚ knawe theym by theyr wateri Eyghen. And also hir looke wiƚƚ not be so quycke as a Brawncheris is. and so be cause the best knawlege is by the Eygh. they be calde Eyeses.
¶ Ye may also knawe an Eyes. bi the palenese of the seres of her legges of the sere ouer the beke. And also by the tayntys that be vppon her tayƚƚ and her wengys wiche tayntys com for lacke of fedyng. when thay be Eyes.