Shakspeare and His Times [Vol. 1 of 2] / Including the Biography of the Poet; criticisms on his genius and writings; a new chronology of his plays; a disquisition on the on the object of his sonnets; and a history of the manners, customs, and amusements, superstitions, poetry, and elegant literature of his age

by Nathan Drake

There is a Falcon peregrine; and that is for an earl.

Also there is a Bastard; and that hawk is for a baron.

There is a Sacre and a Sacret; and these ben for a knight.

There is a Lanare and a Lanrell; and these belong to a squire.

There is a Merlyon; and that hawk is for a lady.

There is an Hoby; and that hawk is for a young man.

And these ben hawks of the tour and ben both illuryd to be called and reclaimed.

And yet there ben more kinds of hawks.

There is a Goshawk; and that hawk is for a yeoman.

There is a Tercel; and that is for a poor man.