Pica~Post

Published by Oi Polloi of Cottonopolis

No•8 AW•MMXIV

A Kestrel

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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.

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