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 11, 2024.

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Cap. lxxxviij
[illustration]

THe Wolfe is a gredy grypynge beeste and full of falshede. and so∣me saye that it is a wilde dogge for he

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is lyke a dogge / & he howleth but he harketh nat lyke a dogge / & he is very bold / & whō he eteth thā he fylleth him selfe wt so moche mete that he hath̄ no hunger in .iij. dayes after If any beste pisse where as he hathe pist the whyle ye his pisse be warm ye other beste shall neuer be frutefull afer / and the wolfe eteth no thynge but flesshe

The Operacion

Ambrosi{us} sayth If ye wolfe se the man first thā taketh he frome man his voy¦ce because he sholde nat crye / as one yt were of the wolf ouercome / but yf the man se the wolfe first than the wolf le¦seth therby his corage & also is pase yt he can nat ronne. Ex li. de na. re. If a wolues hert be dryed & well kept it is sayde that it is aromatike. The lyuer deyed and bayed to powder & dronke in swete wyn is good for all mistempe¦raūce. His flesshe dressed & etē is good for all fantasyes. Wolues blode & hys donge is good for the colycke

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