Falcon hunting. How it was 400 years ago?

In 1620 St. Petersburg Rubens Paul wrote a smart portrait of Alatei Talbot — Howard Thomas. They are the richest aristocrats from a family tree of 1138. Alatey Talbot was the hunter, in a picture there is a dog and sokolnichiya in special gloves and with a falcon on the right hand. Falcon hunting, probably, gave special pleasure. Eugène Violle Emanuel - le-Duke in the book "Life and Entertainments in the Middle Ages" wrote Viola: Unless courage of such small being, as a falcon when he beats a crane or a wild swan is not delightful! And whether is visible we as the falcon attacks in front and behind risen to...