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Author: Berners, Juliana, b. 1388?
Title: The gentlemans academie. Or, The booke of S. Albans containing three most exact and excellent bookes: the first of hawking, the second of all the proper termes of hunting, and the last of armorie: all compiled by Iuliana Barnes, in the yere from the incarnation of Christ 1486. And now reduced into a better method, by G.M.
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Print source: The gentlemans academie. Or, The booke of S. Albans containing three most exact and excellent bookes: the first of hawking, the second of all the proper termes of hunting, and the last of armorie: all compiled by Iuliana Barnes, in the yere from the incarnation of Christ 1486. And now reduced into a better method, by G.M.
Berners, Juliana, b. 1388?, Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637.
London: Printed [by Valentine Simmes] for Humfrey Lownes, and are to be sold at his shop in Paules church-yard, 1595.
Alternate titles: Boke of Saint Albans
Subject terms:
Falconry -- Early works to 1800.
Hunting -- Early works to 1800.
Heraldry -- Early works to 1800.
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¶To the Gentlemen of England: and all the good fellowship of Huntsmen and Falconers.
¶The maner to speake of Hawkes from an egge till they be able to be taken.
How you shall take Hawkes, with what in∣struments, and how you shall kidde them.
When your Hawke may be drawne to reclaime, and the manner of her diet.
How to feede your hawke and know her infirmities.
When your Hawke shall bathe.
How to make your hawke flee with a co∣rage in the morning.
How to make a Hawke flee well which is full gorged.
The true Termes and Titles belonging to Hawkes.
Termes to commend sundrie properties in a Hawke.
To know the Maile of an hawke.
Nommed or seased.
Why a Hawke is called a Rifler.
Diuers proper names to the feathers and other parts of an Hawke.
Of the soreage of a Hawke.
How to reclaime a hawke.
Why a Hawke is called an eyesse.
What a Taint is.
An outward signe to know when your hawke is enseamed.
How to demeane your selfe when your hawke is ready to flee.
How you shall reward your Hawke.
How your Hawke shall reioyce.
How you shall doe that you rebuke not your hawke when she killes.
An opinion of Ostrengers.
Of Ostrengers, Speruiters, and Falconers.
Of the Gesse, Lewnes, Tyrrits, Bewits, Cre∣ance, and how they are fastned.
How a man shall take a Hawke from the Eyree.
When to put you Hawke in the mew.
How to dispose and ordaine your mew.
The manner how to put a Hawke into the mew.
How to feede your hawke in the mew▪
To know when a Hawke tireth, feedeth, gorgeth, beaketh, rowseth, endueth, muteth, pearcheth, ioi∣keth, putteth ouer, pruneth, plumeth, warbleth, and mantleth.
The true names of a Spar-hawke, as Ostren∣gers, and Speruiters haue thought.
How a hawke flieth.
To know what Huffe, Iuttie ferry, Mount, Randon, Creepe, Ennewed meanes.
A theefe.
Querre.
Marke this terme Drawe.
How a man shal make a hawke to the Querre.
A prety deceit to take an hawke that is broken out of the mew, or any foule that sit∣teth in trees.
Of Hawkes belles.
To what Honour all Hawkes do belong, and first to an Emperor.
What to a King.
To a Prince.
To a Duke.
To an Earle.
To a Baron.
To a Knight.
To an Esquier.
To a Ladie.
To a Yongman.
Of short winged Hawkes.
How the Frounce commeth, and a medicine therefore.
How the rie commeth, and the cure thereof.
How the Cray commeth, and the cure therefore.
Medicines to enseame your Hawke.
A medicine to make a hawke cast which is troubled with casting in her bodie.
A medicine for a hawke that wil soare.
A medicine for a hawke that is lowsie.
A medicine for a hawke that will cast flesh.
A medicine for an hawke that hath lost her courage.
A medicine that a hawke lie not in the mew for vnlustines.
A medicine for a hawke that hath the teyne.
A medicine for a hawke that cast wormes at her fundament, what wormes soeuer they bee.
A medicine for the Aggrestine.
A medicine for the crampe, and how it commeth.
A medicine to make a hawke mew timely without hurt.
A medicine that a hawke fall none of her feathers.
For the gowt in the throate.
For the gout in the head and reines.
A medicine for the falera.
For the crampe in the thigh, legge, or foote of a hawke.
For the cough, or pose.
For the podagree.
For inward sickenesse vnseene.
For the passion which go shawkes haue fasting.
For Hawkes that are wounded.
For the Artetike.
For a Hawke that is troubled in her bowelles.
For the gowt in generall.
For mites.
To make a hawke flee craftily al the yeare.
For the stone.
A medicine for vermine.
For the rheume.
A medicine to keepe hawkes moist that are drie.
For sickenesse in the intrailes of Hawkes.
For swelling.
For blaines in hawkes mouthes called frounches.
For a hawke that hath the agrum.
How to make a hawke great and fat.
For botches in the Iaw of a Hawke.
For a hawke that wil not reclaime.
For a hawke that is refrained.
A medicine for hawkes that haue paines in their croups.
For the stone in the fundament.
A medicine for the drie frounce.
A medcine for the wormes called Anguellis:
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As before in the booke of Hawking, is truly noted and set downe the skill appertaining vnto a Falconer or O∣stringer: so in the same manner, in this Booke is duely and precisely taught the Termes belonging to that noble sport of Hunting or Venery.
Beasts of Ʋenery.
Beasts of the Chace.
To know the head of a Hart.
A beuie of Roes.
A sounder of Swine.
Of the Roe hunting, breaking, and dressing.
Of the age and vndoing of the Bore.
Of the Hare.
The termes of a Huntsman to the kennel according to the French, from which they were at first only deriued.
The hounds rewarde.
Of flaying and stripping of beasts.
Now of the Roebucke.
The season of all sortes of Venery.
How you shall vndo a Hart.
Of the termes of the vmbles of a deere.
To vndoe the wilde Bore.
Of the vauntlay, the lay, and relay, with for∣loining termes vsed in Venerie.
Of the descreuing of a Bucke.
Of the hornes of a Bucke.
Certaine proper termes belonging to all chace.
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The Booke of Armorie The Preface.
Jncipit Liber Armorum.
The difference twixt Churles and Gentlemen: Noahs diuision of the world.
How long coate armours began before Christs incarnation.
Of the first stone called Topasion, signi∣fying gold in armes.
Of the second stone.
Of the third stone.
Of the fourth stone.
Of the fift stone.
The sixt stone.
Of the seuenth stone.
Of the eight stone.
Of the ninth stone.
Of the nine colours which is worthy, which royall.
Of the nine stones, which noble, which of dignitie.
Of the orders of Angels.
Of the dignities of Regaltie.
Of the nine vertues of pretious stones.
Of the foure vertues of chiualry.
Of the nine articles of gentrie.
Of nine vices contrary to gentlemen.
Of the nine inestimable reioynings in armes.
Of the two orders, wedlocke and knighthoode, and how knighthood was made before coate armor was ordained.
The articles which knights should keep, to wit, fiue temporal, and foure ghostly.
Of the seuerall maners of Knighthood.
Of nine sortes of gentlemen.
The diuers maners of gentlemen.
Of a gentleman spirituall.
Of the nine diuisions of coat-armours.
Difference Imbordring.
Difference Iemews.
Difference Mollet.
Difference Countertreuis.
Of the foure coat-armors imperfit.
Who shall giue coate armours.
Where a Knight may onely be made.
A laced coate-armour is on the mothers side.
How Churles are made gentlemen, and called Vntriall, and Ipocrifat.
Of the sixe differences in Armes.
Of nine Quadrats in blazing Armes.
What coats restriall be, and where the Blazer shall beginne to blaze.
Of diuerse woordes of Art in Armes.
Of the diuerse bearings of fieldes.
Of three coate armors grittie.
In armes are two pinions, also what claurie, counterlie, and quar∣terlie is.
The title of Barons growne in Eng∣land by discent to the daughters and heires thereof.
To proue the antiquitie and continuance of that custome in this Realme, appeareth by an Ab∣stract of many examples in euery kings reigne, chusing (of many) one person, hauing the dig∣nitie of a Baron by the right of his wife, as fol∣loweth in euery Kings gouernement since the conquest.
The names also of diuers persons (taken out of an infinite number) within other realmes which in right of their wiues haue enioyed all maner of noble and princely titles.
Now, after these examples both at home and a∣broad followeth the particular proofe by mat∣ter of record, viz. that the aforesaide custome hath euer taken place in the Baronies of Wil∣loughby and Eresby, &c.
¶ Here beginneth the Blazing of Armes.
Of Armes in which are carried the signe of the Crosse.
Of a Crosse of an equall length in euery part.
Of a plaine crosse straight.
Of a crosse patent fixible.
Of a plaine Crosse cordid.
Of a Crosse plaine perforated.
Of a besanted Crosse.
A crosse floury fixible.
Of a crosse floury patent in armes.
Of a crosse wauie or vndie.
Of the crosse inuecked.
Of the crosse croslet.
A Crosse masculet.
Of a crosse masculet and perforated.
Of the Millers Crosse or mill Nut.
Of a crosse returned.
Of a crosse forked.
Of a crosse engrayled or engraded.
Of a ragged or trunca∣ted crosse.
Of a knottie crosse.
Of a crosse flourie knotted.
Of a crosse double parted.
Of a crosse double parted flourished.
Of a crosse tripartited florished.
Of the mill nut or millers crosse shadowed or vmbrated.
Of a crosse floury Patent vmbrated.
Of a crosse floury patent vmbrated and perforated.
Of the hemmed or borde∣red crosse.
Of the Ermine crosse.
Now that we haue spoken suffici∣ently of Crosses (as before) it fol∣loweth that we intreate of diuerse Armes quartered as heereafter shall be shewed.
Of Armes quarterly borne.
Of Armes quartered and en∣grailed.
Of Armes quartered and irrazed.
Of armes quartered and inuecked.
Of Armes quartered indented.
Of Armes parted after the longest way.
Of armes the longest way engrayled.
Of armes parted irrased.
Of Armes inuecked.
Of Armes the long way indented.
Of Armes parted, cloudy, or nebulated.
Of armes parted wauie.
Now to speake of Armes diui∣ded ouerthwart.
Of Armes irrased ouerthwart.
Of Armes parted ouerthwart indented.
Of Armes borne in a chiefe.
Of Armes paly vndated.
Of armes paled, irrased, or crooked.
Of armes plaine barred.
Of barred armes vndated.
Of barred armes inuecked.
Of armes barry crooked or sharpe.
Of armes bendi barred.
Of armes barred with barrets flourie.
Of bends borne in armes.
Of armes paly bended.
Of armes bendy fusilled.
Of borders in armes.
Of armes bordered en∣grailed.
Of armes bordered, tallanted, or besanted.
Of armes bordered hauing two cheuerons.
Of a border checkered.
Of borders gobonated.
Of bordures inuecked.
Of armes countercoined.
Of armes pyled.
Of balles in armes.
Of tortels in armes.
Of Fountaines and Welles borne in armes.
Of Rings borne in Armes.
Of Tracts in Armes.
Of a tract ingrailed on both sides.
Of a tract double and flourished.
Of Tracts triplatite and quadriplatite.
Of a tract simple of two colours inuecked.
Of fisures or staues.
Of Armes borne with a head or a chiefe.
Of armes paly with a quarter or canton of another colour.
Of Armes checkered.
Or cheuerons borne in Armes.
Of a cheueron engrailed.
Of cheuerons transmuted.
Of cheuerons transmuted or counterchan∣ged the long way.
Of fusils borne in armes.
Of one fusill borne in Armes.
Of a fusill of diuerse colours.
Of fusilles in the manner of a bend.
Of a barre fusilled.
The difference betwixt fusils, mascules and lozenges.
Of lozenges, and how they be made.
Of a Saltary borne in Armes.
Of a sautory engrailed.
Of Crownes in armes in maner of a pale.
Of crownes borne barred.
Of three Crownes borne in the corners of the shielde.
¶ Of Fishes borne in Armes.
Of Frets borne in armes.
Of beasts salient or ramping borne in Armes.
Of Barres and Labelles borne in Armes.