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. lxxxviij.

Osyna is a gret byrd lyke a swā¦ne & he bydeth aboute ryuers & vyuers because of the fisshe / & he hath a longe byll / and he hath frome ye thro¦te downe to the brest a gret wyde skȳ / ne where as he putteth moche fysshe wherfore he is aboute greate waters gladly / fore he wolde sone destroye a smale vyuer or water. ¶Ossifragus is a great birde that is sibbe to ye egle & those yōges that the egle casteth out of his neste the Ossifragus bryngeth dhem vp with her yonges

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