¶ Bot the beste mete to make an hawke to mewe moost sone wyth owte any medecyne is the fleshe of a kydde and of a yong Swanne and of a chikyn and especiaƚƚ Ratonys flesħ so thei be not assaughte Noon like to hit and of a yong goos for sich meete is hote of it selfe.
¶ And take gobittis of grete fresħ Elis. and specialli the colpon next the Naueƚƚ. and weete it in hote blode of moton it is goode to make her to mewe. bot specialli it shaƚƚ make her wight after hir soore aage
¶ Thees sayd fleshes bene goode to mewe an hawke: and to kepe hir in state bot loke she haue goode plente euery day. so that she Rather leue parte then lacke any. and euery .ijj. day let hir bath if she lyst
¶ And when she waxith nygh ferme yeue hir hennys and fatt porke and of an hounde is passing good.
¶ An hawke is neuer fuƚƚ ferme nor redy forto drawe owte of mew vnto tyme hir serceƚƚ be fuƚƚ groyn. yet haue I sene sū folkys take hem owte of mewe when the sarceƚƚ were bot halfe ispronge. and that is parlous. for they are not then harde penned.
¶ Som folkys vsen when an hawke has cast hir sarceƚƚ to begynne and wasħ hir meete. and fede hir so in mew with wasħ meete a monyth or .vi. weekys or euer thay drawe thaym.
¶ Bot of aƚƚ fleshes after she is mewed. a resenable goorge of an hoote haare is beest. and also of a crowe hoote. bot it moste be wasħ in water: and then it is the better. For that wiƚƚ not benymmen hem hastely theyr grece. ner put hem in no grete febulnes. for it durith sumwat with hir.
¶ To make an hawke to mew tẏmeli with owt anẏ hurtẏng of hir.
Now I shaƚƚ teƚƚ yow verray true medecynes for to mewe an hawke hastyly that ye shaƚƚ beleue for trowthe and ye wiƚƚ as-say theym.
¶ Ther be in woddys or in hedgis wormys calde edders that ben Redde of nature. and he is calde veꝑa. and also ther be snakys of thessame kynde. and they be verri bitter. Take .ij. or .iij of theym and smyte of ther hedes and thendys of theyr taylis. Then take a new erthen pot: that was neuer vsed. and cut hem ī to smaƚƚ gobettys. and put thossame therin. and let hem sethe stronglich. a grete while. at good layser. and let the pot be couered. that no ayre com owte of it ner no breth and let it sethe so long that the saame colpons seth to grece. then cast it out and doo a way the bonis. and geder the grece. and put it in a clene vessiƚƚ. and as oft as ye fede yowre hawke: anoȳt her meete therin. and let hir ete as moch as she wiƚƚ. and that meete shal mewe her at yowre awne wiƚƚ.