“A praty craft to take an hawke that is brokyn owt of mew.
and all maner of fowlys that syt in trees if a man wyll.
“Looke Where an hawke perchith for all nyght: in any maner place. and softe and layserly clymbe to her With a sconce or a lanterne that hath bot oon light. in yowre hande and let the light be towarde the hawke so that she se not yowr face and ye may take hir by the leggys or oder Wise as ye lyst. and in lyke Wise all other maner fowle.”—Boke of St. Albans.
[311] That is with thread dyed with indigo: indigo is good for wounds.
[312] Hawk-catchers are careless about the manner they “seel” a hawk’s eyes: they generally use a coarse, large, needle and not infrequently a thorn.
[313] Qapāncha kardan, “To mail” a hawk: vide page 59, note [247].
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PERSIAN FALCONER WITH INTERMEWED GOSHAWK
(FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY A PERSIAN)