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.