he hauen herd told of ðis mere
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ðat tus unie-mete,
half man and half fis,
sum ðing tokneð bi ðis.
Significacio.
Fele men hauen ðe tokning
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of ðif forbisnede ði[n]g,
wiðuten weren wulues [? sepes or lambes.] fel,
wiðinnen arn he wulues al;
he speken godcundhede,
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and wikke is here dede;
here dede is al vncuð
wið ðat spekeð here muð;
twifold arn on mode,
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he sweren bi ðe rode,
bi ðe sunne and bi ðe mone,
and he ðe legen sone,
mid here sage and mid here song
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he ðe swiken ðer imong,
ðin agte wið swiking,
ði soule wið lesing.
Elephant
Natura elephantis.
Elpes arn in Inde riche,
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on bodi borlic berges ilike;
he to-gaddre gon o wolde,
so sep ðat cumen ut of folde,
and behinden he hem sampnen
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ðanne he sulen oðre strenen;
Oc he arn so kolde of kinde
ðat no golsipe is hem minde,
til he noten of a gres,
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ðe name is mandragores,
Siðen he bigeten on,
