116 Of the Kings fisher.
THe kings fisher is a solitary bird, always li∣uing in the sea, which as is sayd, taketh héede of mens huntings, & therefore buyldeth hir nest
A Schole of wise conceytes wherein as euery conceyte hath wit, so the most haue much mirth : set forth in common places by order of the alphabet / translated out of diuers Greeke and Latine wryters by Thomas Blage ...
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vpon the rocks in the sea, who on a time béeing ready to breede, did make hir nest: As she was gone out to hir pastime, it chaunced the sea to arise (béeing stirred with a boysterous winde) aboue hir nest, which béeing drowned, hir yong ones perished. She at hir returne, séeing what had happened, sayde: Wo is me wretch, which fearing to be betrayed on lande, haue runne to this which is more deceitfull.
MOR. Some men taking héede of their foes, doo vnwittingly happen vppon friends who are much crueller than their enimies.