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" 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 250
by Sir Arthur Schuster, Sir Arthur Everett Shipley - 1917 - 334 pages
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The Ornithology of Shakespeare: Critically Examined, Explained, and Illustrated

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...
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Shakespeare's King John, with notes, examination papers, and plan of preparation

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...
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The Etchingham Letters

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...
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The Cornhill Magazine

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...
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The Etchingham Letters

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...
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The Etchingham Letters

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...
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The Glasgow Naturalist, Volumes 5-6

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...
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The American Review of Reviews, Volume 54

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...
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Studies in Insect Life and Other Essays

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...
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American Museum Journal, Volume 18

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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