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The gall of ye egle tempered wt honi he¦leth ye darkenes of the iyen. The iyen enoynted wt the brayn or with the gal and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 honye / gyueth to the iyen a / gayne the brightnes of the ••ight
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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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- 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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AChatus is an on knowen byrde & he is named to be one of ye byr¦des of paradyse nat yt he cometh from paradyse / but because that he is so fai¦re. for there is no colour but he hathe a parte of it & singeth so swereli & so louī¦gly that he wold meue any man to de¦uocyon and ioye. & whan he is takē in bondage thā it sigheth lyke a man tyl it be agayne at his fre libertie. and he dwelleth gladly about the water of ni¦lus / & he is foūde nowhere ellys There be also byrdes in those quarters of the quantyte of a choghe & of a pale rede coloure / and they be named byrdes of the paradyse also ¶Aurifrigus is a byrde hauīge one close fore / & another open wt grypinge talentys / & he cōpas∣seth lōge fleynge about in the ayre tyl that he se some fisshe in ye water / than falleth he sodenly down vpon ye fisshe wt his open fote with the longe talētis gripinge the fisshe ryght strōgly / and with the other fote he defendeth hym from the peryll of the water swīmīge to the socoure of the clouen fote.