Chap. 20. Of the Hen.
*THE House Hen, saith Isaac▪ is not althing so moist as is the Chick, & for that cause if it be compared to the temp•∣rament of the chickins, it is hard of digestion, but if it be wel digested it nourisheth mutch, and specially if it bée shewed or boyled in fine broth, by which orderinge it taketh a certaine moistur of the water, and comforteth the stomack, and yéel∣deth much nutriment.* Moreouer, mine aucthour Rhasis in the Page [unnumbered] place often before alleaged, saith thus: The fleash of ye Stare is fownde by experience to be best of all other foules, and most fit for those that meane to liue with a fine, and subtile diet. Next to this is the fleash of the Quayle, which ingendreth but litle superfluitie, and is supposed not to be very hot. Then after this cumth the fleash of Chickens, and next of Pertred∣ges which is more grosse, bindinge the belly, and nourishinge mutch.
