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 May 1, 2024.
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Cap. lxxviij.
RVbus is a fisshe of the grekes se & of the sees of ytaly / they be roū¦de lyke a ringe & haue many rede spot¦tes / & is full of sharpe finnes & pinnis / he is slow in swīmynge because he is so brode / he gothe be the groūde & way¦teth there his praye / & suche fisshes as he can gete he burieth in the sandes & it is a very swete fisshe. Gya••he be fis¦shes that be roūde / somtyme they be in length & brede two cubites / & it hath a longe tayle / theron be sharpe pīnes / & it is slowe in swīmynge.
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