Four Minute Essays Vol. 5 (1919), The Human Heart
“The pipe-call, mentioned by Burton, is noticed under a different denomination by Chaucer; "Lo," says he, "the birde is begyled with the merry voice of the foulers' whistle, when it is closed in your nette," --alluding to the deceptive art of the bird-catchers in his time.”
pg. 39
The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England (1801), Hunting
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