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Cap. lvij.
MVsmarin{us} the see mouse gothe out of the water & there she laith her egges in a hole of the erthe & coue∣reth the eges & goth her way & bydeth frome them xxx. dayes and than com¦meth agayne and oncouereth them & than there be yōges & them she ledeth into ye water & they be first al blynde. Muscul{us} is a fisshe yt layth harde shel¦lis and of it the great monster balena receyueth her nature & it is named to be the cocke of balena. Mustela is the see wesyll / she casteth her yonges lyke other bestes / & whā she hath cast them yf she perceiue that they shall be foūde she swaloweth them agayne into her body and than seketh a place wher as they may be surer without daūger / & than she speweth them out agayne.