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 10, 2024.

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cap. C.xxiiij.
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THe ratte is lyke a mouse / but she is bigger / & there be ij. maner of ratis / a house or londe ratte or a water ratte & some say their tailes be poison & whan they be hote & rōne assau / thā do they great sathe to all thinges ther as they be / & specyally yf their vryne fell on any bare place of a mānes bo¦dy / it shold ete it to the bone & neuer be 〈…〉〈…〉 cause it bi many thinges a sonder ¶Albertus saith make a smoke ī your house of the leste houe of a moyle & all the rattes shall rōne awaye.

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