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THe Turtle doue of al foules is most honest and shamefast. She liueth in the toppes of mountaines and in the deserts. She is not fel∣lowlike with man, & conuersant with him as the other kind of doues are. Yet the other doues haue their praise of gratitude & remembraunce of a good turne shewed, & are called after their
Epithete simple or mild. The reason why they be so is, for that they ••acke their bitternesse of gall. Aristo as concerning this last kind saith, that they bring forth .xj. times in ye yere. There is another kind called the Kingdoue very chast and tempera••e. And as for the Turtle Doue, hir best praise is in keeping vnde••iled wedlock (and lesing hir Mate) for hir constant widow∣hoode. The other Doues also haue bene mans messenger sōtimes to & fro, as at the besiegi••g of Mutina, where they caried Letters tyed to their feete to the Consuls tents through De∣cius Brutus.