Saturday 10 September 2011

the falconer

Filed under: falconry,musings — Tags: , — Peter Monro @ 3:38 pm

An Eagle for an Emperor, a Gyrfalcon for a King; a Peregrine for a Prince, a Saker for a Knight; a Merlin for a lady, a Goshawk for a Yeoman, a Sparrowhawk for a Priest, and a Kestrel for a Knave”

So said the Boke of St Albans in 1486. Which is it here ?  The person is definitely a knave but the bird is not a kestrel.

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