Maison rustique, or the covntrey farme / compiled in the French tongue by Charles Steuens and John Liebault ... and translated into English by Richard Svrflet ... Also a short collection of the hunting of the hart, wilde bore, hare, fox, gray, cony; of birds and faulconrie.

  • Estienne, Charles, 1504-approximately 1564.
Date:
1606
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Maison rustique, or the covntrey farme / compiled in the French tongue by Charles Steuens and John Liebault ... and translated into English by Richard Svrflet ... Also a short collection of the hunting of the hart, wilde bore, hare, fox, gray, cony; of birds and faulconrie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Ill Thefrîl Booh of happen in lime and land are indeed of ladders, for fulmers, weafels cats,andotherbeaftestoclirnbevpby. And forthe very famecaufe’ vn round about the doue-houfe on theoutlidetwo out’ cafts ofhewd Itone, or round rings of piailler as broad as three or rower chefle of Itones. Theoneol thele rings oromlaieslball bea- bout themiddes of the doue'houle, and the other dole vnder the window , at whichthepigeonsvletogoein, and vpon which the pi¬ geon alio may (port and turtle herfelfe round. As concerning the fal¬ ling window and chiefe entran e into it, it mull be made higher then t edor-window, and larger .illo. And yet I meane that this win¬ dow without be round compared with white plates well nailed to the fata wals,and that isfhuc with a falling lattefle thick wrought, made to rile faU by an engine euening and morning, thereby to preucnc the danger of owles and iennie whuppers. The holes made of earth tro den with ltraw are more kinde for the pigeon,then thole of boord, or' fquaretiles, or of plaifter, hcivfoeuer they be fubiect to growe full ofehinkers and vermine which infeeble the pigeons when at any time they leaze vpon them. ;And therefore if you will haue them good, you mult draw them or er with a llrong cruft oflime within and without. Againe, howloeuer you make them for matter, yet they mull be made fo large as that thepigeon may turne herfelfe in them, keeping her feathers vnruffled ; and lb high as that the pigeon may itand vpnght in it and not touch the top with her backe. If either of thele two points be milling, ihenlhe leaueth her hole defolate and iorlaken,and oftentimes the k ufc to. ' . ' S3 I It wih be good alio in ref ,c6lof fome beaftes which are enemies vnto pigeons, to hang in the doue-noule the head ofa woolfe, which £*r J J at^Part!y by diefhapedriuethaway fuch bealls: o elle to fticke fome branches of Rue in the windowesor door es of , the doue-noufe. Vpon the pinnacle of the roofe make the pifture of XP°D ClthIr ofP?tters <% or of piailler, to draw fuch as die by, thi- tner. i rouide in fome place about your doue-houfe good llore of others0mPairilT ^lth *llckes of thorne co bang the portes on, and others to reft the fparrowes vpon ; and withall beware that this mournfull birds doe not takevp his habitation in your doue-houfe, v r j or he would make wilde and dirange your yoong pigeons asw£h few and lb mRemade to containerize, or but a meane fort, or bur a mhfo/nL?1’ “ €rem an T[vverable n^b« of pigeons. Twent ie if the doae^hn^r ^ ln°u8^ ^or ^lree hundred holes : like wile a coming' u bee ?r a thouland holes or moe, then fofmall it theifbeino'rtfr r*0 h‘C *nou§b > neither indeed would they loue ende,X ^ ° foa 3 number>but would goe away or diein the > .1 • « 1