Dissertation on Birds of Prey and the Sport - the Falconry Heritage ...
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nature <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> relati<strong>on</strong>ship between <strong>the</strong> falc<strong>on</strong> owner <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> bird he trains <strong>and</strong> keeps.19<br />
This relati<strong>on</strong>ship corresp<strong>on</strong>ds to that between <strong>the</strong> human lovers, <strong>and</strong> is most comm<strong>on</strong>ly<br />
used to illustrate problematic love, a loss <strong>of</strong> trust between <strong>the</strong> lover <strong>and</strong> beloved. We find<br />
<strong>the</strong> falc<strong>on</strong>erllady mistreating her charge, <strong>the</strong> falcodlover, or <strong>the</strong> falc<strong>on</strong>erllady betrayed<br />
by <strong>the</strong> falcodlover, who flies away. Pietro Morovelli's canz<strong>on</strong>e D<strong>on</strong>na amorosa falls in<br />
<strong>the</strong> first category, <strong>and</strong> is a complaint <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> poet's mistreatment by his beloved. The<br />
comparis<strong>on</strong> to a neglected goshawk is not found in isolati<strong>on</strong> but is <strong>the</strong> sec<strong>on</strong>d <strong>of</strong> three<br />
images <strong>of</strong> bad caretaking in <strong>the</strong> canz<strong>on</strong>e.<br />
D<strong>on</strong>na amorosa<br />
sanza merzede,<br />
per la mia fede,<br />
di me giucate<br />
com'omo face<br />
d'uno fantino,<br />
che gio' li mosa<br />
e gioca e ride;<br />
da poi che vede<br />
sua vol<strong>on</strong>tate,<br />
lo 'nganna e tace:<br />
ec[c]o amor fino!<br />
Pur a l'inoia lo fa angosciare,<br />
no li vuol dare<br />
gioia d'amare:<br />
per0 ma1 pare<br />
lo troppo fare quanto lo mino.<br />
Si che gioc<strong>and</strong>o<br />
penso perire<br />
e ma1 s<strong>of</strong>frire,<br />
como l'astore<br />
ch'e 'n perca miso<br />
e ma1 guardato;<br />
a qu<strong>and</strong>o a qu<strong>and</strong>o<br />
l9 This <strong>the</strong>me is found also in Provenqal; see Boccassini, 256-257. She notes that Folquet de Marseille<br />
complains that he is badly looked-after by Love, like a hawk that is held so tightly by an inept falc<strong>on</strong>er that<br />
it nearly dies (here <strong>of</strong> course Love is <strong>the</strong> falc<strong>on</strong>er, ra<strong>the</strong>r than his lady). From A! quan gen vens et ab quan<br />
pauc d'afan: "mas aisi.m retengratz quo.1 fols reteil'esparvier fer, quan tem que se desli,/que I'estrenh tan<br />
e.1 poynh tro que l'auci;imas, pus estortz vos sui, viure puosc be."