289 Of a Thrush.
A Thrush being caught with birdlime of a fou∣ler, did torment hir selfe, saying: The pangs of death gréeue me not so muche, as that my owne things are my destruction: for men say, that birdlime is made of Thrushes doung.
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A Thrush being caught with birdlime of a fou∣ler, did torment hir selfe, saying: The pangs of death gréeue me not so muche, as that my owne things are my destruction: for men say, that birdlime is made of Thrushes doung.
MOR. Then are men most gréeued, when their owne doings do slay them.