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

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Title: The noble lyfe a[nd] natures of man of bestes, serpentys, fowles a[nd] fisshes [that] be moste knoweu [sic].
Publication: [Antwerp :: Emprented by me Ioh[a]n of Doesborowe],; [1527?]
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Subject terms: Zoology -- Pre-Linnean works.
Cite this Item: "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 May 29, 2024.

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Cap. c.xxxvij.

A Bull is a stronge beste & humble & companable amonge other be¦stes & he feghteth sore with the hornes & because he is strōge of all the partis of his body / therfore he is sett to y^e plo¦ghe for to labour like an horse.

The Operacion.

The horne of y^e bull with dryueth y^e ser¦pentes & so dothe y^e blode. and clenseth the spotes in the face ¶the gall w^t honi and baume is good for the iyen. ¶the sepum with rosen & waxe soupleth all hardnes of byles / & suche like his dōge aswageth all swellinges. ¶y^e gall w^t the stynkinge burgall menged to ged heleth bothe wounde and marke