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Author: T. S., fl. 1614.
Title: A ievvell for gentrie. Being an exact dictionary, or true method, to make any man vnderstand all the art, secrets, and worthy knowledges belonging to hawking, hunting, fouling and fishing. Together with all the true measures for winding of the horne. Now newly published, and beautified with all the rarest experiments that are knowne or practised at this day.
Print source: A ievvell for gentrie. Being an exact dictionary, or true method, to make any man vnderstand all the art, secrets, and worthy knowledges belonging to hawking, hunting, fouling and fishing. Together with all the true measures for winding of the horne. Now newly published, and beautified with all the rarest experiments that are knowne or practised at this day.
T. S., fl. 1614., Berners, Juliana, b. 1388?.
Printed at London: [By Thomas Snodham] for Iohn Helme, and are to be sold at his shop in St. Dunstanes Church-yard in Fleetstreet, 1614.
Alternate titles: Jewell for gentrie Jewell for gentrie. Briefe treatise of fowling. Briefe treatise of fishing.
Notes:
Dedication signed: T.S.
Based on the Boke of Saint Albans, which is attributed to Juliana Berners.
Printer's name from STC.
Signatures: A-M4 N2.
"A briefe treatise of fowling" and "A briefe treatise of fishing" each have separate dated title pages; register is continuous.
Reproduction of a photostat of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
Subject terms:
Falconry -- Early works to 1800.
Hunting -- Early works to 1800.
Fishing -- Early works to 1800.
URL: https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A11257.0001.001
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TO THE RIGHT Worshipfull Mr. John Tooke, one of the Auditors of his Maiesties Courts of Wards and Liueries.
To the Reader.
A Ievvell for Gentrie. Being an exact Dictionarie, or true Method, to make any man vnderstand all the Art, Secrets, and worthy knowledges belonging to Hawking, Hunting, Fow∣ling, and Fishing, together with all the true measures for the winding of the Horne.
How you shall behaue you in taking of Hawkes, and with what Instruments, and how you shall Mae them.
How your Hawke may be drawne to be reclaimed, and the manner of her dyet.
How you shall feed your Hawke, and to know her infir∣mities, and of the diuersities of them.
Marke well your Medicines heere following.
How the Cray commeth.
When your Hawke shall bathe her.
How you shall make your Hawke flye with a good courage in the morning.
How you shall guide your Hawke if she be full gorged, and that you would gladly haue a flight.
Another medicine for the Rye.
Another medicine for the Cray.
The perfect rules or tearmes for Faulkners, be∣longing to Hawkes.
For speciall tearmes belonging to Hawkes, when you shall haue any cause to commend them for diuers of their properties.
How your Hawke putteth ouer.
When you shall say she endueth and embowelleth.
Marke well these tearmes.
To know the mayle of an Hawke.
Plumage and cast your Hawke.
Noumed or seased.
Wherefore a Hawke is called a Rifler.
The names of all the members of your Hawkes, with their conuenient tearmes.
The Key or closer.
Seres of watery or waxie colours.
The beame feathers.
Brayles or Brayle-feathers.
Breast feathers, Plumage, Barbe feathers, Pendant feathers.
Flages or flagge feathers.
Beame feathers of the wing.
Ensayme.
Couerts, or couert feathers.
Backe feathers.
Beake, Clap, Nares, Sere.
Cryuets.
Sore age.
To reclayme a Hawke.
When a Hawke is called an Eyesse.
What a Taynt is.
Medicines to Ensayme your Hawke.
How your Hawke ensaymeth.
How you shall behaue your selfe when your Hawke is readie to flye.
How you shall reward your Hawke.
How your Hawke shall reioyce her selfe.
When your Hawke hath noumed a Fowle, what you shall doe that you rebuke not the Hawke.
A Medicine for an Hawke that is lowsie.
The opinion of Ostregiors.
Ostregers, Speruiters, Faulkners.
A medicine for an Hawke that casteth her flesh.
A medicine for an Hawke that hath lost her courage.
A Medicine that an Hawke shall not lye in Mew for vnlustinesse.
A Medicine for an Hawke that hath the Tanie.
How you shall take your Hawke from the Erye.
A Medicine for wormes in a Hawke, which sicke∣nesse is called the Fylanders.
A Medicine for an Hawke that casteth wormes at her fundament, and what wormes they be.
A Medicine for an Hawke that hath a sicknesse called the Aggersteyne.
A Medicine for an Hawke that hath the Crampe in her wings, and how it commeth.
Let not your Hawke be put into mewe to fat, but in this manner as followeth, if ye loue her.
How you shall dispose and ordaine your mew.
The manner how a man shall put his Hawke into the Mew: and is proued.
In what manner you shall feede your Hawke in your mew.
To make a Hawke mew quickly, without any hurting of her.
Who so would haue his Hawke mew, and that her feathers shoud not fall.
For the Gowte in the throte.
For the Gowte in the head and in the reynes.
A medicine for the Crampe in the thigh, in the legge, or in the foote or an Hawke.
For the Cough, or the Pose.
A medicine for the sicknesse within the body of any Hawke, if it shew not outwards, how she shall be holpen and in what manner.
For the passion that Goshawkes haue fasting.
A medicine for the Falera.
For the Podagree.
For Hawkes that be wounded.
A medicine for an Hawke that hath the Arteticke.
A Medicine for an Hawke that is troubled in the bowels.
A Medicine for an Hawke that hath the Gout.
A Medicine for an Hawke that hath Mytes.
A Medicine for an Hawke that hath the Stone.
A Medicine for Vermin.
A Medicine for the Rewme that Hawkes haue.
A Medicine for Hawkes that be drie and desire to drinke, to keepe them moyst.
A Medicine for diseases in the Entrayles.
For sicknesse of swelling.
A Medicine for Blaynes in Hawkes mouthes, called Frounces.
A Medicine for an Hawke that casteth her flesh.
A Medicine for the Agrum.
A Medicine to make a Hawke fat.
For botches that grow in a Hawkes iaw.
A Medicine for an Hawke that will not come to reclayme.
A Medicine for Hawkes that be refrayned.
A Medicine for Hawkes that haue paynes in their Croppes.
A Medicine for the Stone in the fundament.
A Medicine for the drie Frounce.
A Medicine for wormes called Anguellis.
Proper tearmes vsed in keeping of Hawkes.
The names of Sparhawkes, as Ostregers and Speruiters haue determined.
How a Hawke flyeth.
Now ye shall know the meaning of these tearmes, Randon, Creepe, Emewed.
A Theffe.
Querre.
Marke this tearme, Draw.
If you will make your Hawke to the Querre, you must vse her in this manner.
A pretie deuice to take a Hawke that is broken out of Mew, and all manner of other Fowles that sit in trees, or that hath taken vp their perch all night in any place.
Of the Bels of the Hawkes.
How to reforme Hawkes that will carry away their Pray.
Here endeth the Booke of Hawking, and hereafter insueth the names of all manner of Hawkes, and to whom they belong.
These Hawkes belong to a King.
For a Prince.
For a Duke.
For an Earle.
For a Baron.
Hawkes for a Knight.
Hawkes for a Squier.
For a Lady.
An Hawke for a young man.
❧ The Booke of Hunting: where∣vnto is added the measures of Blowing, very pleasant to be read, for all those that haue delight in the Art of Venerie.
Of Beastes of Venery there be foure sorts.
Beastes of Chase there be fiue kindes.
Of the Age of an Hart.
To know the head of an Hart.
Of a Heard, a Beuie, a Sounder, or a Rout.
Of Heards, and their seuerall kindes.
Of Roes.
Of wilde Swine.
Of Hunting the Roe, and the rights thereunto.
Of the Bore, and his rights.
Of the Hare, and her rights.
The Hounds reward from the Hare.
Of flaying and stripping of Beastes.
More of the Roe, and his rights.
The season of all sorts of Venerie.
How you shall vndoe, or breake-vp a Hart.
The names of the seuerall parts which make vp the vmbles of a Deare.
The vndoing or dressing of the wild Bore.
Of the Vantlay, the Lay, and Relay, with Forloyning, and such like tearmes.
Of the Hornes of a Bucke.
Beasts of the Chase of sweete foote and of stincking.
The names of diuers Hounds.
The properties of a good Greyhound.
The proper tearmes and names of companies of Beastes and Fowles, with others.
Here followeth the proper tearmes belonging to the brea∣king vp or dressing of diuers kinds of Beasts, and Fowles, and Fishes.
Of Fishes.
You shall say thus.
The true and perfect measure of Blowing
To blow to the field.
To blow in the field.
To blow to seeke
When the Hounds hunt after a game vn∣knowne, blow thus.
To draw from Couert to Couert.
To blow the earthing of the Foxe when he is couerable.
To blow if the Foxe be not couerable.
To blow the death of the Foxe in field or couert.
The death of the Foxe at thy Lords gate.
The death of the Bucke, eyther with Bow or Hounds, or Grey-hounds.
The knowledge vpon the same.
The death of the Bucke with Hounds.
The price of an Hart ryall.
To blow the call of the keepers of any Parke or Forrest.
When the game breaketh couered.
Where the Foxe is earthed blow for the Terriers after this manner.
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A Treatise of Fowling: Wherein is contayned diuers proper Deuises both of Baytes and others: with the making of Birdlime, the manner and order in vsing of it on your Lime-rods: with many other speciall points, ap∣pertaining to that Exercise.
How to make Bird-lime very pure.
A rare secret to catch Fowle, as Geese, Duckes, or Birds.
Another pretie way to make Birds drunke that you may take them with your Hand.
An excellent way to make a baite to catch wilde Geese, and wilde Duckes, and all other sorts of Fowle.
Of fowling with Lime-bush.
How to fowle with Nets.
Of taking Plouers with Nets.
How to fowle with other Nets.
To goe with a Trammill.
To set Springes.
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A briefe Treatise of Fish∣ing, with the Art of Angling: wherein is contayned the perfect making of all manner of Implements appertayning to that Exercise: The diuers and seuerall Baytes for euery kinde of fish, with the best times of the yeere for the taking of them.
The vse of the draught Net.
Of the flewe Net, and of his vse.
Of the Shooue-Net, or Pursse-Net.
Of the Leape-Net.
For to make your haire yealow.
To make another yealow.
For to make Russet haire.
To make your haire browne.
For to make a tawnie colour.
Here I will declare vnto you, in what place of the water you shall angle, either in Poole or standing water, and according to the deepenes of the said water.
And because the Salmon of all fish is the most Stateliest, therefore I meane to begin with him the first.