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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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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 June 4, 2024.

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Cap. v.
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ASpidochelō / as Phisiolog{us} saith it is a mōstrous thinge in the see it is a gret whale fisshe & hath an ouer growē rowgh skīne / & he is moste par¦te wt his bake on hye aboue the water in suche maner that some shypmen yt se hym wene that it is a lytell ylande / & whan they come be it they cast their ankers vpō him / & go out of theyr ship¦pes & make a fyre vpon hym to dresse theyr metys / & as sone as he feleth the hete of the fyre / than̄e he swȳmeth fro the place & drowneth them & draweth the shippe to the grownde / And his {pro}∣per nature is whan he hath yonges yt he openeth his mouthe wyde open / &

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out of it fleeth a swete ayre / to ye which the fisshes resorte & thā he eteth them. ¶Aurata is a fisshe in the see yt hathe a hede shinynge lyke golde.

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