. The boke of Saint Albans. Horses; Falconry; Hunting; Heraldry; Incunabula. CHAPTER III. Cf)e %utitttg N the rude civiiifation of the fifteenth century, a year's experience of which would fend moft of us to our graves, the mental occupation as well as the bodily recreation of our anceflors was almoft confined to hunting and hawking. " Fifhing with an Angle" came in as a bad third, being too tame a purfuit for men who were no men if not men of war. Mimic war—war on the beafts of the field and the fowls of the air—war which could be purfued in times of peace, and which yet
. The boke of Saint Albans. Horses; Falconry; Hunting; Heraldry; Incunabula. CHAPTER III. Cf)e %utitttg N the rude civiiifation of the fifteenth century, a year's experience of which would fend moft of us to our graves, the mental occupation as well as the bodily recreation of our anceflors was almoft confined to hunting and hawking. " Fifhing with an Angle" came in as a bad third, being too tame a purfuit for men who were no men if not men of war. Mimic war—war on the beafts of the field and the fowls of the air—war which could be purfued in times of peace, and which yet required knowledge, patience, fortitude, and courage—this had great attractions, and we cannot wonder at the general popularity of thefe purfuits. The firfl treatife in the following reprint is upon Hawking, a paftime effentially ariftocratic from the great expenfe it entailed in the purchafe, breeding, and maintenance of the birds. This, indeed, coupled with the diminution of game confequent on the progrefs of civiiifation and the increafe of the population, led to the gradual decadence of the fport, and nearly to its extindlion in the eighteenth century, although, in very rare cafes, falconry is even now practifed. As we have feen, one of the moft difficult objedls in hawking was to obtain an eafy command of the proper vocabulary, and fo at firil ftart our author inftru6ls us in " The manner to fpeak of Hawks, from the ; We mufl not fay a young hawk is hatched, but. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Berners, Juliana, b. 1388? supposed author; Blades, William, 1824-1890. London : Elliot Stock
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