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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Subject terms: Zoology -- Pre-Linnean works.
Cite this Item: "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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Solin{us} sayth

The storkes be also cle••e of leuynge lyke man and wyfe ought to be. For it is shewed in an example that ther ware ones .ij. storkes that bylded on a lordes place / and whā the cocke of thē flewe out for mete than there cōme a¦nother cocke be his henne / & had of her his will and flewe awaye and thā she flewe downe from the howse in y^e cour¦te where as was a fontayne with wa¦ter & wasshed frome her the spot of y^e sȳ¦ne that she had done w^t y^e straūge stor¦ke / the lorde seynge oftentimes & mar¦uayled sore of it / and at the last he wai¦ted her whan she had done that dede a¦gayne & thoughte to wasshe her / and he put her frome her purpose that she most nedis fle to her nest agayn or her make come / and incontinent he was by her and brought mete / and by & by he perceyued that hys wyfe or henne had to hym bene ontrewe but he fay¦ned him as of nothinge knowynge & bode the space of an houre by her and than dyd fle away tyll the next day & come thā agayne w^t a great company of other storkes and there dyd kylle & tear her asond that had leued so in a nowtrye / and broughte her to dethe w^t grete payne.