Cap. lxxvij. [illustration]
[illustration]
MEnnonides be byrdes in Egipt & be the watere of Nylus / & they fle vnto the graue of ye phylozophe na / med Mēnon / & whan they haue gone and fleen .ij. dayes aboute that graue than they feght a great batell among them selfe & byte and teare eche other sore / & whan thys is done they retour¦ne agayne vnto Egypt. ¶Meauca is a birde sōwhat grett thā a ducke / it hath a shorte necke & shorte fete. & they be very desyrous vnto stynkynge ca / ryen and to the corses of dede people specially / that be casted vp with ye wa¦ter / and be glad of stormye wedere be¦cause they as than sholde thrugh ye tē / pestyous wed ye soner gete theyr pray of them that sholde be drowned / yet they ete small byrdes