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 4, 2024.

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Cap. lxxvi.
[illustration]

MElancorosus is a litel birde that bryngeth furthe many yonges fore it layeth well .xx. egges & bredeth them out & bringeth thē vp / and whan they flee they folow the dāme / and she leueth nat tyll they can helpe thēselfe. ¶Morfex is a great water birde and it hath a gret bill chagged lyke a sawe & he maketh his nest vpon a tree lowe be the water syde / & he eteth gladly fis¦she & specially elys / and thys byrde is very gredy / where he latteth his dong fall vpon a tre it waxeth drye & baren

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