A Kestrel

for a
Knave
Photographs by Harriet Turney
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,
& a Kestrel
for a
Knave.
Poem taken from the Boke of Seynt Albans, ”The Book of Hawking, Hunting and Blasing of Arms”, St Albans Press 1486.