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I don't think anyone has answered the question about Lucks yet. Turbervile's book of falconrie explains. It's so you can find them when they've taken prey: 'She should also haue twoo good belles, whereby she may be the better heard. For commonly when a Sparowhawke taketh any prey, shee will carrie it into some thicke bush to feede thereon in such sort, that shee cannot lightly be eyther heard or seene, and whiles shee plumeth it, the plumage doth oftentimes couer both her eyes, or one of them, then to take away the sayd plumage, shee straineth with one of her feet, & thereby her belles discouer her.' It is a nice detail that Wyatt gave a set of varvels (rings attached to the jesses of a hawk) to Henry VIII. These could be marked with the arms of the King (I Caesar's am, but for hawks rather than deer) or with those of the owner, like a dog-tag today. Colin Burrow, Senior Research Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford OX1 4AL From: Sidney-Spenser Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Hannibal Hamlin Sent: 13 September 2013 19:00 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Sidney funeral roll That's a great idea, Anne. I remember the Folger using a physical replica of the roll in the exhibition hall, but it would be fun to have online. And on the Folger website it might be less likely to disappear. While I'm speaking to Sidney-Spenser folk, I was just talking with a student about Wyatt's poem to his falcon "Lucks." I'm sure somebody can tell me what function the bells serve in falconry? You put them on the bird, yes? (They're actually available at online falconry sites!) Many thanks, Hannibal On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Anne Prescott <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Roger Kuin has a lot on it. Maybe he could repost it? Or we could get Gloriana Ziegler to ask the Folger to put it up on its website? On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Hannibal Hamlin <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Hi all, Has the Sidney funeral roll vanished from the web? The site at UMaryland seems defunct. Too bad, if true, since I always enjoyed showing it to students. Hannibal -- Hannibal Hamlin Associate Professor of English Author of The Bible in Shakespeare, now available through all good bookshops, or direct from Oxford University Press at http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199677610.do Editor, Reformation The Ohio State University 164 West 17th Ave., 421 Denney Hall Columbus, OH 43210-1340 [log in to unmask]<http:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> -- Hannibal Hamlin Associate Professor of English Author of The Bible in Shakespeare, now available through all good bookshops, or direct from Oxford University Press at http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199677610.do Editor, Reformation The Ohio State University 164 West 17th Ave., 421 Denney Hall Columbus, OH 43210-1340 [log in to unmask]<http:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>