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 April 30, 2024.
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Cap. xcvi.
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TIgruis is a see best that brīgeth forth her yōges ī ye wat & nat vp¦pō the wat / & somtyme thei go out of ye water whan a north wȳde bloweth / & than they be halfe blynde wt the lefte iye / & they folowe the shippes to se cu / riousnes of thē & theyr sayles / whā it is .iij. or .iiij. yere olde thā it waxeth so fatte yt it dyeth almost for fatnes. Soli¦n{us} sayth. In Ethiope be tigruis of ye∣lowe colour that haue .ij. pappys han¦ginge at theyr breste and therof theyr yonges dothe sucke
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HEere endyth the wonder¦fulle shape & nature yt our sauyor cryste Ihesu hath created in bestys / serpētys on ye erth / fowles in ye ayre and fisshes & monsters in the water & see / to the behoue of vs mankinde his simple leuȳge creatures that he hath created of nought vnto his owne simi¦litude and lykenes / wherfore we shall pray to our lady saȳt mary and to all the glorious cōpany of heuen for gra∣ce that they wyll praye for vs vnto al¦mighty god yt we so may deserue hys gyftes of grace that he of his benygne goodnes graunt vs after this transito¦ry lyfe / ye lyfe and ioyes euerlastinge. Amen
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