CHAP. XLI. [unspec M]
¶ The uaturall wit of some birds.
THe Hens of country houses haue a certaine ceremonious religion. When they haue laied an egge, they fall a trembling & quaking and all to shake themselues. They turne about
The historie of the vvorld: commonly called, The naturall historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland Doctor of Physicke. The first [-second] tome
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- The historie of the vvorld: commonly called, The naturall historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland Doctor of Physicke. The first [-second] tome
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also, as in procession, to be purified, & with some festue or such like thing, they keep a ceremo∣nie [unspec A] of hallowing, as well themselues as their egs.