The noble lyfe a[nd] natures of man of bestes, serpentys, fowles a[nd] fisshes [that] be moste knoweu [sic].

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The noble lyfe a[nd] natures of man of bestes, serpentys, fowles a[nd] fisshes [that] be moste knoweu [sic].
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[Antwerp :: Emprented by me Ioh[a]n of Doesborowe],
[1527?]
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Zoology -- Pre-Linnean works.
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"The noble lyfe a[nd] natures of man of bestes, serpentys, fowles a[nd] fisshes [that] be moste knoweu [sic]." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A68218.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 11, 2024.

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[illustration]
Cap. C.xiij.

PIlosus is a beste like a man on ye vper partes / & ye neder partyes lyke a beste / and it hath a grimme fa¦ce with .ij. hornes / And this beste was taken in oriente & brought in Alexan / dria and ther it dyed and was salted & sent to the emperour Frederyke at Cō¦staniynople

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To the Franche kīg of late yeres was sē¦te a best of this ma∣ner of shape. it hath a hede like a dogge & all the othere par¦tes of the body lyke a man / and it hath mannis condicyōs & it ete mete yt was 〈…〉〈…〉 handes & sate an a table wt mānes ma¦ners whan he was angred no mā dur¦ste cōme nygh hym / & hys mēbre was greater for his proporcyon than ye bo / dy required ¶Pyrol{us} is a lytell beste that gadreth nuttis in the somer to ly¦ue on in ye wyntere & it hydeth thē in a holowe tre.. ¶Putorius is a beste yt stynketh sore and specially whan it is angry / & hathe lyke the graye shorter leggis on the one syde than on ye other and it breketh the wallis fetcheth out rockis hēnes and chekens and killeth them / and the firste that it dothe it by¦teth the hedes of.

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