Early English meals and manners : with some forewords on education in early England / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall.

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1868. [Reprinted 1894, 1904]
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    clothe ete a parte of himselfe rather than Uiq other fisshes sholde ete him hole and all. Cap. xiii. BOrbotha be fisshes very slcpcry, somewhat lyke an ele / hauwge wyde inouthes & great hedes / it is a swete mete / and whan it is xij. yere olde, than it waxeth bigge of body, Nota / Botte that is a flounder of the fresshe water / & they swmme on the flatte of their body, & they haue finnes rouwde about theyr body & wiih a sothern wynde they waxe fatte / & they have rede spottis. Bre/?na is a breme, & it is a fisshe of the riuer / & whan he seeth the pyke that wyll take.hym / than he sinketh to the botom of if/m wat<?r & maketh it so trobelous that the pyke can nat se hym. Cap. xiiii. BAlena is a grerit beste in the see, and bloweth moche water from him, as if it were a clowde / the shippes be in great dauiiger of him somtyme / & they be sene moste towardes winter / for in the somer they be hidden in swete brod places of the wati?/* where it casteth her yo;?ges, & suffereth so grete payne thai tha« he fleteth aboue the water as one desiringe helpe / his mouth is in the face, & therefore he casteth the more water / she bringeth her yonges forthe lyke other bestis on erthe, & it slepeth / in tewpestius weder she hydeth her yo/iges in her niouthe / and wha?^ it is past she voydeth them out agayne / & they growe x. yere. Cap. xvi. CAncer the creuyce is a Fishe of //ie see that is closed in a harde shelle, hauyng many fete and clawes / and euer it crepeth bacward / & the he hathe two py/ines on his bely, & tht she hathe none / whan he wyll engender, he cliwmeth on her bake, and she turneth her syde towardes him, & so they fulfyll their workes. In maye they chaunge their cotes, & in winter they hyde the;« fine moncthes dnringe / wha?? the creues hath dro«ken milke it may leue lowge w/t//out water, when he is olde, he hathe ij. stones in his hed with rede spottes that haue great vertue / for if they be layde in drynke / they withdryue the payne frome the herte. the creuyce eteth the Oysters, & gcteth them be policye / for whan the oyster gapeth, he throweth lytell stones in him, and so getelh his fishe out, for it bydeth than open. The Operacion. ^ The Asshes of hym is godc to make white tethe / & to kepe the motes out of the clothes / it w?t//dryueth byles, h eats a bit of himself. Borbotha. Butt, or Flounder (Russell, 1. 735, and note 2). Bream (Russell, 1. 745, 578). Balena. (The woodcut is a big Merman. See note, p. 123. here. ’Whale. Russell, I. 582.) Are seen most in winte('; breed in summer. In rough weather Balena puts her young in her mouth. Crevice (Sea and Fresh Water Crayfish). (Russell, 1. 602, 1. 018.) IIow they engender. and hybernate. IIow the Crayfisl manages to eat Oysters.