The noble lyfe a[nd] natures of man of bestes, serpentys, fowles a[nd] fisshes [that] be moste knoweu [sic].

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Title: The noble lyfe a[nd] natures of man of bestes, serpentys, fowles a[nd] fisshes [that] be moste knoweu [sic].
Publication: [Antwerp :: Emprented by me Ioh[a]n of Doesborowe],; [1527?]
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Cap. xiiij.

BAlena is a great beste in the see & bloweth moche water from him as if it were a clowde / the shippes be in great daūger of him somtyme / & they be sene moste towardes winter / for in the somer they be hidden in swete brod places of the wat where it casteth her yōges & suffereth so grete payne y^t thā

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he fleteth aboue the water as one desi¦ringe helpe / his mouth is in the face & therfore he casteth the more water / she bringeth her yonges forthe lyke other be she on erthe & it slepeth / in tēpestins wed she hydeth her yōges in her mou¦the / & whā it is past she voydeth them out agayne / & they growe x. yere.