Maison rustique, or, the countrey farme / compyled in the French tongue by Charles Steuens, and Iohn Liebault ... and translated into English by Richard Surflet ... Now newly reuiewed, corrected, and augmented, with diuers large additions, out of the works of Serres his Agriculture, Vinet his Maison champestre, French, Albyterio [i.e. the 'Libro de albeyteria' of F. de la Reyna] in Spanish, Grilli [i.e. Gallo?] in Italian, and other authors. And the husbandry of France, Italie, and Spaine reconciled and made to agree with ours here in England: by Geruase Markham.

  • Charles Estienne
Date:
1616
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Credit: Maison rustique, or, the countrey farme / compyled in the French tongue by Charles Steuens, and Iohn Liebault ... and translated into English by Richard Surflet ... Now newly reuiewed, corrected, and augmented, with diuers large additions, out of the works of Serres his Agriculture, Vinet his Maison champestre, French, Albyterio [i.e. the 'Libro de albeyteria' of F. de la Reyna] in Spanish, Grilli [i.e. Gallo?] in Italian, and other authors. And the husbandry of France, Italie, and Spaine reconciled and made to agree with ours here in England: by Geruase Markham. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    thatistoBghand hard : The rolled flcih of a Peacock is wcU kept a andloofechnothingeitherof hisfmellorgood tel ifli : e . p veriefoueraigneagairdlthedifeafesof the eyes.fitmaybefoundrbuuh^^ fo much enufeth the good of man, that he cateth his ownc dung, for feate that any man fliould find it. C] HAP. XX. of Indian Hsnnes, \ Hofoeucr he was that brought vs thefe birds from the Ifland of India, lately difeouered by the Spaniards and Portugais, whether wee call themCockesorPeacockes of India-, hath more fitted and prouided forthc tooth than for any profit : For they may rig t y etearme o rTSoatesinto a deuouring gulfe of meat, and wherein there is no other fers to ca« > I j f j j furioufnefie, when they arc come to pleafure to be ^r^. hiles they be little : befides that, both the onKSdKOtherare ill-fauoured and°ougly to behold '/^Ihr heads • for the male hath no combe, as our Cockes, but m Jicflc and vndcr his chinne a great wide and long throat, which fwelleth and ch - «th into manie colours when he beginneth to be a^ngne. It iswrie '™e, 'hat Sclh is fine and delicate, but without tafte, and of hard digeftion . And th the caufe why men vfe to powder them , larde them rmich , and fcafon them with Spiecs/There is much more pleafure andigoodneffc in thefleihofa Pc - “Xhe me-at fit forthis kind of Bird, is the fame that is good for Hennes, and fo made and with like diligence : and becaufe his propertic is to be abroad, vpon Grade, Wormes, and Hearbes, therefore it.rcmaineth that wee fet dowiw what is required ouer and aboue : And the Farmer may well hiy. T hat looke how manic Turlies he hath in his yard, eucn fo mame Mule Colts hath he in tefpeft of their feedin--. pheir ordering is lede troublefome than that of the. Peacockes, fa “that they doe not fo well ?ndure and abide the cold, nenher doe they require to be bearched fo high in the open ayre: but they eat vp and make great waft m Gardens, and are filthic as Godings, and therefore fomc mull be readie to make them cleane euetie day. In Winter they muft befet mawarmepbee, and drie. their pearch muft not be aboue eight or tenne foot from the earth, becaufe they doe ^AsCnltning their laying and fitting,itisa!to|ether like to f « f Je Pe“. cockes and their e-^ces may % well be fet vnder Hennes, and ledde afterward by the fame, wBl« the Turkic Hennes doe accorophlh their feuerall times of '“Tfer difeafes and remedies are alfo all alike, fo that it were in Vaine to fpeake of ''’Thl'HSe'’dTall not make anie great account of Turkic egges ; at that loueth his health, fhall not efteemeof them for to yfe them : for Phyfmons hold, that egges of Turkics engender grauell. and mmifter caufe to breed the Jndkn nmts good CO fers to bitrie Oati itt* That a Vtacoc\ is better meat than a. Tarkitt* What meat Ü fit forTwIiits^ The times rvhereînTur» l(ies doe iaj» The difeafes of Turlies, Turkic eggeû