Section IV.
Hawking is an other recreation of the body and is a fitt pastime for the best and greatest of men, in which exercise there are used seuerall things which are borne in Armes, of which are these as follow.
Hawks bell
66. he beareth an Hawkes
bell.
Hawks bells
67. He beareth a Wreath or
Torce, with foure
hawkes bells thereat.
Hawks bells
Image from proof plate68. He beareth a double Lease wreathed in foure square at each corner a bell (or Hawkes bell).
Jesses
69. He beareth a Faulcons
Legg.
It is known to be a faulcons legg by the bell, and Jesse: The Jesse are the Leathers that hang from the legge at the end whereof hangs the vervell, which is a little ring either of brasse, or siluer; through which the Lease runes when the hawke is tied to the hand, or pearch: on which vervells the name of the partie is engraven, that owneth the hawke, that if in case she goe astray, it may be knowne whose it is.
Lure
70. He beareth a Lewer.
The like coate to this is borne by the name of Lye, and well it accordeth with the name, for faulconer use to deceiue the Hawkes with casting out the Lewre, as it it were some fowle, and so they giue them a Lie for a Truth.
Hawks hood
71. He beareth an Hawkes
hood.
This is a thing made of Leather to put on the heads of Hawks, so keep them from daylight, thereby to keep them tame; it hath seuerall parts as the Beake hoole, the eye peeces or quarters, the crown or tassell, by which it is taken off and put on the hawks head; the Open behind the hood and the Drawers, by which it is (like a purse) drawn together to make it sit close and fast on the head.
Deering net
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In the cheife of this quarter is the forme of a deering net. It is only to catch larkes, or small birds: being a round net about a foot and a halfe in the diameter, fastned to a round wyer with a part of it made streight, to thrust into a hole at the end of a long and slender cane, or Hassell wand, that is able to beare it.
Falconers glove
Image from proof plate72. he beareth a Faulconers glove.
This is to secure the Faulconers hand secure from the Gripping tallons of his hawke. It is made of Tanned Leather, after the forme of an other gloue, with a Letherbutton, and tassell, hanging from the bottome corner of it.
Hawks perch
Image from proof plateHe beareth a pearch, or Hawkes Pearch.
Perch
Image from proof plateHe beareth on a three cornered stock, a pearch. That these pearches are borne in coates of Armes is manifest, of which I haue some examples formerly, in lib.2. cha.11. numb.99. to which you may looke back if you please.
Parrots cage
75. He beareth a cage, or a
Parrats cage.
I suppose it may termed a Mew or an Hawkes mew: and so I haue heard it named. Of these cages there is seuerall sorts and fashions, as round like this example, square and like houses, some wyred, others with twiggs, or osiers.
Kettle drum
76. He beareth a Ketle drume.
It is onely a round Kettle, or semicircle made hollow, and couered on the top or open part, with vellom like a drume; vpon which they beate with drumsticks. When it is on the horse back (for so they are generally carried and beaten vpon) the outside is adorned with a square banner, much after the manner of a Trumpett banner.
Cymbal
77. He beareth a cymball or a
sounding cymball. It is a round
hollow ball of brasse, or other sounding
mettles with little bullets of Iron in
them, which being artificially borne in
the hand and tossed vp make a sound
like a bell. This was an Instrument
amongst the Jews, of great account
and much used in the service and worship of God: especially in singing as we may read
1. Chron: 15. 19.
And Heman and Asaph and Ethan were singers to make a sound with cymballs of Brasse: yet saith the Apostle, If I had the tongue of men
and Angells and haue not charity; I am as sounding brasse, and a Tinckling cymball.
1 Cor. 13. 1. and
1. Chro. 16. 5. Psa. 150. 5 ...
Singing book
In the midle of these two quarters,
76 and 77, as if one were not sufficient
to containe it, is placed a singing booke,
layd wide open, with the strings extended. These kind of bookes are
generally of noe great bulke or thicknesse; neither are they very high, but
they take a great breadth.
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