The boke of Saint Albans

333 chapters

1. 1The Boke of Saint Albans
2. 2Introduction.
3. 3CHAPTER I. Authorship.
4. 4Prologue to the Book of Hawking.
5. 5Prologue to Mistress Barnes’ Compilation on Hunting.
6. 6Prologue to the Book of Coat Armour.
7. 7CHAPTER II. Typography and Bibliography.
8. 8CHAPTER III. The Subjects Treated.
9. 9CHAPTER IV. Philology.
10. 10In so moch that gentiƚƚ men and honest persones haue greete delite in haukyng and desire to haue the maner to take haukys: and also how and in waat wyse they shulde gyde theym ordynateli: and to knaw the gentiƚƚ termys in communyng of theyr haukys: and to vnderstonde theyr sekeneses and enfirmitees: and also to knawe medicines for theym accordyng. and mony notabuƚƚ termys that ben vsed ī hawkyng both of their haukys and of the fowles that their hawkys shaƚƚ sley. Therfore thys book fowlowyng in a dew forme shewys veri knawlege of suche plesure to gentiƚƚ men and ꝑsonys disposed to se itt.
11. 11The maner to speke of hawkis fro an eeg to thei be habuƚƚ to be takene.
12. 12How ẏe shall demeẏn ẏow ī takẏng of hawkis with wat instrumētis how ẏe shall kide them
13. 13Whan ẏowre hawke maẏ be draw to reclaẏme and the maner of hir dẏette
14. 14How ẏe shall fede ẏowre hawke. and to knawe hir infirmiteis. ther bene monẏ diueris of them
15. 15Merke wele ẏowre medicines here folowẏng
16. 16¶ A medicine for the frounce ī the mowth
17. 17¶ how the frounce commẏthe.
18. 18¶ how the Rẏ commẏthe.

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