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 May 1, 2024.

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Capitulo .xxij.
[illustration]

A Capon is a ionge cock gelded be¦cause it sholde ye bett fede & fattē.

The Operacon

The brayne of hym is good to be dron¦ke wt wyne for the flixe. Plinius

Caprimulgus is a byrde a smoche as a thrusshe or somwhat bigger / & bre¦deth in the mountaynes / and is seldē seue by daye / but by nyght it hathe so sharpe sight & it is a nyght these for be nyght he cometh in to the stalles amō∣ge gootes & kyddes / and there thei suc¦ke the gootes & than the gootes waxe blinde and drye of theyre mylke

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