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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Cap. C.xiij.
[illustration]

AWaspe seketh her mete of stikin gecarion / they haue stinges like the scorpiō withinforth / and the fetche theyr mete also frome the floures and frutes of the trees / they take flies and byte of their hedes and than carie thē to their holes in therthe / but the moste parte of them leue by caryō flesshe.

¶The operacion.

Auicēna A plaster made of wilde ma¦lowe leues is good to drawe out the fī¦ge. The donge of a goote draweth out the venyme of ye waspe. And salt and vinegre tempered with hony is very good. Oyle of bay is good also for the stynge..

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