Cap. ix. [illustration]
ANas the ducke. ye male or malar¦de of the ducke hath a hede and necke grene and a brode bille / the wȳ¦ges of different colours as whyte gre∣ne and blacke. & he hath a whyte ryn∣ge aboute his neck / this byrde can nat lyue well without water / & specially whan they haue eten any drye mere. & whan there be many malardes and but one ducke than they kill the ducke thrugh theyr operacion of nature / for they springe vp vpon the ducke one af¦ter another / & her ionges be so quicke yt as sone as they cōme out of theyr shel¦les that thoughe the dāme were dede they shold helpe thē selfe well ynough
The Operacion.
Plinius. The blode of the malarde is good for to staūche the flixe. The ducke maketh a clere voyce & causeth mā to lay gladdly in the armes & geueth hȳ the sede of nature / & the sewet is of it very good to souple all maner of pay / nes in the bodi of man.