5^o 



r 



Tlie fourth booke of 



W 



2Clje &re in tjerf ue 10 lifee f tlie ILenttlL 



mn in titttis pad Die life to tatt tl^is pulfe (as tuitncrTetl) m* € 

 len)neuert^eleffe it in fjaroerof conccaion o^ Digcttion, tljaw tlje 

 ilenttlU 



I -i 



i 



OfBirdesfoote. ChaprXxix. 



;^ ?"/?<? defcriftim. 



i^imB fote is (tfte to Arachus, anD to tlje iotlDe tiSetcl) , h\xt 

 far (mallen 3|t W^ Derr Hentier and ftnall ffal&es o; b.:mm 

 cbe0,foft and t0n&er,t^e leaues be fmaU and rounde, faC^to^ 

 tted like to a ftnall feather* %\^t 6otuer0 be ^ellolotl^ and fmaU, 

 groiomit f lofe f ogttlier tjpon ^un?0 o^ ilem0,tlie toljtcb being tuiis 

 tbereo, tt^ere tamatt}) bp in tbeir places fmall croihet) t)u(ks o^ 

 cooBjgrotDtt^ fiiue 0^ fire togtt^er, t^etoljtcl) in ttieir ffandins do 

 H^eto almbtt like tbe clofing fote of a fmalt biro* Wiit^in tbe faio 

 little cr(D&ei) cobs tbe feeoe ts inclofeb^in f all^ion not mucb bnlikc 



SDnrnep teeoe* 



:^ ThefUce. 



tiroes foite grotoetb in certain 6elos, and is liketDife founde 

 tn bigb meDotDes,and in d^ie gralTie toaies and countries* ^bat 

 lubicb grotoetb in meddotoes,and graflie toaies, \s a great deale 

 rmaller,tban tbat tobtcb grotoetb amonglt tbe co^ne. 



IBirdcs foitflotD^etb fVom after tbe monetb of B|une,bntil ^ep^ 

 tember^and Mt^in t^is fpace it deliueretb W teede* 



JDbis toilde berbe is called in Brabant tiogbelboet, tbat iB to 

 fa? in englil^jBtrdes faite,o;r iFoiole frnte^bicaufe bis Wfkts o; 

 cods are like to a birds fcDt, and fo; tbat caufe men map toell call 

 it uuBmi^m, Ornithopodioii , fo;^ it batb none otber Sr^t no? 



ilatine name ( tbat 3I knoto ) except itbe tbat Poly gala of IS^io^ 

 coaides,as it map be called, toberebnto it is bcrie like . 



. ,^ * ^Thettatttre andvertHCf, 



%^% l^crbe in not bfed in medinne , ho^ recetned anie 

 Inates fb; mans bCe » bat it iis a berte goid fcode botb fo^ l^^leS 



and CattelU 



of 



