Of the Vulture.
THe Vulture saith Aristotle, buildeth hir nest in most high Rockes, so that very seel∣dome
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THe Vulture saith Aristotle, buildeth hir nest in most high Rockes, so that very seel∣dome
or neuer hir yong are sene. For the which thing a reporte went that Herodotus, Bri∣sons the Rhetoricians Father, thought yt this kind came from another world. And his rea∣son was, for that no man could sée the Vultur his nest: & yet when they were sene flying, they flewe alwaies by many and great companies. This coueteth and hawketh after dead carcas∣ses, & hath a maruilous good smel. Their chie∣fest dainties are fitches. Hermodorus ponti∣cus witnesseth, yt the Vultur of al other foules is the simplest, for that that he neuer raueneth or destroieth any such kinds of graine as man∣kinde soweth to nourish him and his. Their smell is so wonderfull, that they will smell (as is reported) any dead carcasse fiue hūdred miles off.