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Tales -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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"A. C. mery talys." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A13354.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 19, 2024.
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A Certayn artificer in london there was whyche was sore 〈…〉〈…〉 coulde not well dysgest his meat to whom a physicyon 〈…〉〈…〉 hym councell & sayd that he must vse to ete metis ye belig 〈…〉〈…〉 gestyō & smal byrdys as sparowes swalowes & spe••yally that byr 〈…〉〈…〉 called a wagtayle whose flessh is meruelouse lyght of dygestyon 〈…〉〈…〉 byrd is euer mouyng & styryng The sekeman her••nge ye phelicion say so answered hym & seyd / Syr yf that be the cause yt hose byrdes be lyght of dygestyon. Than I know a mete moch lyghter of dygestyon than other sparow swallow or wagtaile & that is my wyue•• to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 for it is neuer in rest but euer meuyng and sterryng.
¶ By this tale ye may lerne a good generall rule of physyke.
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