re_, (which the _Faulconer_ makes of _Feathers_, and _Leather_ much
like a _Fowle_, which he casts into the Air, and calls the _Hawk_ to)
which is after this manner. Set your _Hawk_ on the _Perch_, unhood her,
and shew her some _Meat_ within your _Fist_, call her by _Chirping_,
_Whistling_ or the like, till she comes, then Feed her with it; if she
comes not, let her Fast, and be sharp set: _Short-winged Hawks_, are
properly said to be _Called_, not _Lured_. Make her bold, and acquainted
with _Men_, _Dogs_, and _Horses_, and let her be eager and sharp-set,
before you shew her the _Lure_; knowing her _Luring_ Hours; and let both
sides of the _Lure_ be garnished with warm, and bloody _Meat_; let her
likewise know your _Voice_ well; so that being well acquainted with
_Voice_, and _Lure_, the Hearing of the one, or Sight of the other,
makes her Obedient; which you must reward by _Feeding_, or punish by
_Fasting_. But before _Luring_ (or any _Flight_) it is requisite to
_Bathe_ your _Hawk_ in some quiet and still shallow _Brook_, or for want
of that in a Large _Bason_, shallow _Tub_, or the like, lest being at
Liberty, you lose your _Hawk_, (whose Nature requires such Bathing) and
make her rangle. Now to make her know her _Lure_, is thus: Give your
_Hawk_ to another, and having loosned in readiness her Hood-strings, and
fastened a _Pullet_ to the _Lure_, go a little distance, cast it half
the length of the string about your Head, still _Luring_ with your
Voice, unhood your _Hawk_, and throw it a little way from her: If she
stoop and seize, let her plume the _Pullet_, and feed on it upon the
_Lure_: Then take her and Meat on your Fist, Hood her, and give her the
Tiring of the Wing, or Foot of the said _Pullet_.
Having _Manned_ and _Lured_ your _Hawk_, before you bring her to her
_Flight_, one thing is to be observed and done, called in the
_Faulconers Dialect_, _Enseaming_, which is to cleanse her from _Fat_,
_Grease_, & _Glut_, known by her round _Thighs_, and full _Meutings_;
and thus you may do it: In the Morning when you feed her, give her a bit
or two of _Hot-meat_, and at Night very little or nothing. Then feed her
Morning and Evening with a _Rook_, wash'd twice till the Pinions be
tender; then give a Casting of Feathers as her Nature will bear; and
once in two or three dayes give her a _Hens-neck_ well joynted and
washt: Then a quick train _Pigeon_ every Morning; and after by these and
her own Exercise, she has broken a
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