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. lvi.
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THe grype is bothe byrde & beste & hathe wynges & feders wt four fete & the hole body lyke the lyon / & the hede the forfete & wynges be lyke the Egle / & they be ēnemyes both to horse & man / for whan they may gete them th•• tere them asond. In sichiē of Asia be right plenteful londes where as no body cōmeth but these grypes / & that londe is full of gold & siluer & precious stones / they be bred in the moūtaynes of I{per}bori / & they of Arismaspi feghteth against them for the precious stones. Albert{us} saith he hath clawes asmoche as ye hornes of an oxe / wherof thei ma¦ke disshes for to drīke of / & they be very riche and costly.
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¶Iohānes manuylde sayth. that the bddy of a great grype is bigger than viij. lyons bodyes in this contre. and they can take an horse with an armed man and bere it away in theyr neste. And of hys quilles made greate ordo¦nances for the bowe
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