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 11, 2024.
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Cap. lxxxiiij.
[illustration]
SPinatis is a lytell fisshe set roūde about with sharpe pinnes so that none other fisshes may byte hym. Squatin{us} is a fisshe in ye se of fiue cu∣bites longe: his tayle is a fote brode & he hideth him in the slimy mudde of ye se & marreth al other fisshes that come nigh him it hath so sharpe a skīne that in som places they shaue wode with it & bone also / on his skine is blacke short here. The nature hathe made him so harde that he can nat almoste be per¦sed with nouther yron nor stele.
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[illustration]
SQlaris is a fishe so named becau¦se it is gladly be the londes syde in the son̄e / he hathe a great hede a wyde mouth & a blake skine & slipper as an ele / it waxeth gret & is gode to be eten. Solea is the sole that is a swete fisshe and holsom for seke people.
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