Now be cause I speke of Ostregeris: ye shaƚƚ vnderstonde that thay be calde Ostregeris that kepe Goshawkys. or Tercellis. and tho that kepe Sperhawkys and muskettys ben called Speruiteris. and keperis of aƚƚ other hawkys ben callidde Faukeneris.
¶ The length of the Gesse. Lewnes. Tẏrettis. and how theẏ be fastined. & Bewettis
Hawkys haue aboute ther legges Gesse made of leder most commynly. some of silke. wich shulde be no lenger bot that the knottis of theym shulde. appere in myddys of the lefte honde: betwene the longe fyngre and the leche fyngre. be cause the lewnes shulde be fastened to theym. with a payre of tyrettis. wich tyrettis shuld rest vppon the lewnes. and not vppon the gesses. for hyngyng and fastynyng vppon trees when she flyeth. and the saame lewnes. yow shaƚƚ fastyn than abowte yowre lyttyƚƚ fyngre slackely. in compaysyng the saame in .iiij. or .v. folde. as a bowstryng vnocupyede and the terettys serue to kepe hir from wyndyng whan she bathes ¶ Also thessame letheris that be putt in hir bellis: to be fastyned a boute hir leggys ye shaƚƚ calle Bewettis.
¶ Creaunce.
Also ye shaƚƚ caƚƚ the long lyne that ye do caƚƚ youre hawke to Reclaym with: yowre Creaunce. what so euer it be.
¶ A medecẏne for an hawke that will cast flesh
Putt the flesħ that yowre hawke shaƚƚ eete: in fayre water. and fede her therwith .iij. days. and she shaƚƚ holde hir flesħ at the best.
¶ A medecẏne for an hawke that has lost here corrage.
An hawke that hath loost her corrage: aman may knawe if he wiƚƚ take good hede. For siche is hir maner. whan she is cast to a fowle. she fleith a waywarde as thogh she knewe nott the fowle. Or ellis she wiƚƚ flie a littyƚƚ way after. and a noon she yeueth it vpp. and for suche an hawke thys is a goode medecyn.
¶ Take Oyle of spayne and tempere it with clere wyne. and with the yolke of an egge and put therin befe. and therof yeue to yowre hawke .v. morcellis. and then set hir in the sonne. and at euen fede hir with an olde hote coluer. and if ye fede hir thꝰ iij tymys that hawke was neuer so lusty nor so Ioly before. as she wiƚƚ be after and come to hir owne corege.