The noble lyfe a[nd] natures of man of bestes, serpentys, fowles a[nd] fisshes [that] be moste knoweu [sic].

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Title: The noble lyfe a[nd] natures of man of bestes, serpentys, fowles a[nd] fisshes [that] be moste knoweu [sic].
Publication: [Antwerp :: Emprented by me Ioh[a]n of Doesborowe],; [1527?]
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Cap. C.xv.

VPapa is a birde that cryeth hop hop. & it hath a crowne of feders on his hede / but he is very ōclenly. he is moche be the ordure or fylth of man and he eteth stinkinge erth.

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he that is enoȳted with his blode and than gothe to slepe he shal thinke that the deuyll woryeth him. Phisiologus sayth that whan the hoppes be foolde y^t they can fle nomore / than the yonge ones be so kynde to theyr dāmes that they let them laye in their neste for thā their sight fayleth them also / and they plucke of their syres & dāmes feders & they ouerstryke their iyen w^t an herbe tha•• they fynde be nature wherwith they se agayn / & than they sit ouer thē & kepe them warme & fede them tyll y^t they be fully flgged & can flye at their wyll.

The Operacion.

¶Pictagoras saith that the blode of y^e Hop is meruelous / for who so is enoȳ¦ted w^t his blode shall haue many deue¦lisshe fantasies / The feders or quylles layde on a mānes hede / withdriueth y^e paynes of the hede / The tonge of it hā∣ged on one that is very forgetfull / it shall kepe hym in gode remēbraūce.

HEre endeth the Seconde parte of this present volu∣me whyche hathe treated of the natures of y^e fowles of the ayre. And here after foloweth of the natures of the fisshes of the See whiche be right profitable to be vnder¦stāde / Wherof I wyll wryte be y^e helpe & grace of almighty god to whose lau∣de & prayse this mater ensueth.