The rank of the owner was indicated by the species of bird which he carried. To a king belonged the gerfalcon ; to a prince, the falcon gentle ; to an earl, the peregrine ; to a lady, the merlin ; to a young squire, the hobby ; while a yeoman carried... Britain's Heritage of Science - Page 250by Sir Arthur Schuster, Sir Arthur Everett Shipley - 1917 - 334 pagesFull view - About this book
| James Edmund Harting (naturaliste).) - 1871 - 364 pages
...flown. In Shakespeare's time things were very different. Every one who could afford it kept a hawk, and the rank of the owner was indicated by the species...sparrowhawk ; and a knave, or servant, a kestrel. But the sport was attended with great expense, and much time and attention were required of the falconer... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1885 - 96 pages
...the SCENE II.] NOTES TO KING JOHN. time of Shakespeare every one who could afford it kept a hawk, and the rank of the owner was indicated by the species...a sparrowhawk ; and a knave or servant, a kestrel. See Harting's Ornithology of Shakespeare (London, 1871). Some other hawking terms that occur in Shakespeare... | |
| Sir Frederick Pollock, Ella Fuller Maitland - 1898 - 368 pages
...mention : if Mrs. Tallis is to keep her owl, I must keep my falcon — my merlin to be correct — "To a king belonged the gerfalcon, to a prince the...a sparrow-hawk, and a knave or servant a kestrel." (I think my first request to Enticknap will be that he should carry a kestrel.) Mr. Follett's copy... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1899 - 882 pages
...mention: if Mrs. Tallis is to keep her owl, I must keep my falcon — my merlin to be correct — ' To a king belonged the gerfalcon, to a prince the...a sparrow-hawk, and a knave or servant a kestrel.' (I think my first request to Enticknap will be that he should carry a kestrel.) Mr. Follett's copy... | |
| Ella Fuller Maitland, Frederick Pollock - 1899 - 380 pages
...mention : if Mrs. Tallis is to keep her owl, I must keep my falcon—my merlin to be correct—"To a king belonged the gerfalcon, to a prince the falcon...a sparrow-hawk, and a knave or servant a kestrel." (I think my first request to Enticknap will be that he should carry a kestrel.) Mr. Follett's copy... | |
| Ella Fuller Maitland, Frederick Pollock - 1906 - 352 pages
...mention : if Mrs. Tallis is to keep her owl, I must keep my falcon — my merlin to be correct — "To a king belonged the gerfalcon, to a prince the...a sparrow-hawk, and a knave or servant a kestrel." (I think my first request to Enticknap will be that he should carry a kestrel.) Mr. Follett's copy... | |
| 1913 - 316 pages
...could afford it kept a hawk, the runk of the individual being indicated by the species, thus : — " To a king belonged the gerfalcon ; to a prince, the...sparrow-hawk; and a knave, or servant, a kestrel." Noteworthy in the Divine Comedy are detailed accounts of the domestic economy of the stork, of the... | |
| Albert Shaw - 1916 - 1038 pages
...one who could afford it kept a hawk, and the rank of the owner was indicated by the species of bird he carried. To a king belonged the gerfalcon ; to...yeoman carried a goshawk; a priest, a sparrowhawk; and knave or servant a kestrel. In the plays themselves there are many direct allusions to falconry: As... | |
| Sir Arthur Everett Shipley - 1917 - 364 pages
...had " das Gefuhl." Shakespeare certainly had a first-hand knowledge of falconry. In Elizabeth's time this sport was " much esteemed and exercised." People...it took much time and devotion to train the birds. Falconry in those times, as the flying machine is in ours, was in the air, and just as one now hears... | |
| 1918 - 304 pages
...the falcon gentle; to an earl, the peregrine; to a lady, the merlin; to a young squire, the hobby. A yeoman carried a goshawk; a priest, a sparrowhawk; and a knave, or servant, a kestrel. WHEN an attempt was made in 1017 to introduce into England the practice of selling song birds in the... | |
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