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 April 30, 2024.
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¶Of the beste calopus. ca. xxxiij.
[illustration]
CAlapus is a beste moch haūting about the water of Eufrates be¦cause of the coldnes of that water that it therof may drinke alwaye whan it is thursty / & it is bolde and also swyfte in rōnynge that the hūters can nat ta¦ke him with no hoūdes / & it hath longe hornes carued lyke a sawe wherwith it striketh great trees downe to ye groū¦de / & than cōmeth he amōge the tough grene busshes & thinketh to stryke thē also with his hornes to the grounde / but therin he is warred so that he can nouther out nor in but bydeth therin hāginge / & whan he feleth that he can nat out / for very pure anger he gryn¦deth his tethe togeder wt so grete force that he is herde very farre of / and thei that here him come & take hym / there or ellis they sholde nat take him lighte¦ly for no maner of wayes.
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