Cap. c.xlv. [illustration]
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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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- 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],
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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.xlv.
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A Maner of serpent is Tortuca yt hath no venym of all the tyme yt he lyueth / but after his dethe as Am¦brosi{us} sayth. If any man trede on his kidney wt his bare fete he sholde there by be empoysoned / & it is .ij. fote longe & it hath a hede lyke a tode / & a tayle ly¦ke a scorpion. & .ij. herde sheliys on his body so that it ran nat lightely be slay¦ne with harde strokis / & it layth egges like an hēne / but they may nat be eten & these that be spoken of be in ye water but there be on the erth some also that hath no venym & they be eten of man ¶Tarāte is a smale serpent & who so he stīgeth shall haue great payne / and excepte triacle hym he must dye in the payne