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COcodrillus is a best wt .iiij. fete. & lyueth both in water & on londe and it is .xxiiij. cubitus of length. and it hath an harde skynne & great tethe lyke a sawe / and it hath great clawes by nycht is it in ye water / and by daye is it on erthe / and it hathe eggis gret¦ter than a gose vpon ye grownde / and
lytell e••pent dothe wentell & tourne hym selfe in slymye grownde to begy¦le cocodrillus & cōmeth to hym & slepe¦reth throughe betwene his tethe & so descēdeth down in to his bely & tereth a sonder all cocodryllus entrayles & his bely also / & this serpent hath so har¦de askīne yt it is nat well possible to cut¦te it a sonder wt a sworde. ¶Plinius sayth That ye donge of cocodryllus is moche sett by where as he hanteth of olde women in yt contrey for they ma¦ke an oyntmēt therof to anoynt their face therwith for thā they seme to be yonge lusty wenches as longe as that oyntment is fresshe.