[illustration] Cap. xl.
GLadi{us} is a fisshe so named becau∣se he is mouthed after the fascyō of a sworde poynt / and ther fore often tymes he perseth ye shyppes thorough & so causeth them to be drowned. Ari¦stotiles. Gastarios is a fisshe lyke the scorpion / and is but lytell greter than a spyder / & it styngeth many fisshes wt her poyson so that they cā nat endure nowhere / and he styngeth the dolphin on the hede yt it entreth in to ye brayne ¶Isidorus Glaucus is a whyte fissh that is but selden sene except in darke rayne weder / and is nat in season but in the howndes dayes.