i 5 88 Of the Hiflorie of Plants; 





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f The Defcrip 



HAuingtrauelled from the GrafTes growing m the bottome of the fenny wate „ i ..; , 

 andmountainejeuenvntoLibanusitfe lfe ; and alfo the fea,and bo&htf i , "^ 

 are arrmed at the end of our Hiftory j thinking it not impertinent to th* r I r C ' * cc 



fame. rornH with one of the maruels of thi* Ln^u,* £„,. ,„.. ^ r V?. \\^ tb i. con cluficn of rh. 



the World.) 



to let forth according to tdc wortnmefle and raritie thereof,would not onlv renmr^ y * rcof 

 ctiliar volume, but aifo a deeper fearch into the bowels of Nature than mi . m™£!i gC and **" 

 fufter me to wade into,my fufficiencie alfo confidered . leauing the Hiftorv thereof n Tv C wil1 

 vnto fome excellent man,learned in the fecrets of nature,to be both fined and refined in^ en ' 

 fpacc take it as it falleth out,the naked and bare truth, though vnpolE \ l^rc^TT 



Norrhoarts of Scotland and the : TflanH*^;*,™,. ^ll^ r»A-., F • A nere are found in the 



North p 



T^ £ £ -n , a W f tC COl ° Ur CCnding t0 / UfrCtj r Wherdn are containcd «»le lining cr at u Z 

 which Oiells in time of maturity doe open, and out of them grow thofe little liuing things S 



falling into the water do become fowles, which we call Barnacles 4 in the North JiSdh^. 

 Gccte 5 and in Lancarturc tree Gcefe : but the other that do fall vpon the land perifh ludc^Z 

 noth mg. Thus much by the writings of others,and alfo from the mouthes of people of tbofe par » 



which may very well accord with truth. 



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in Lancafhire called the Pile of Foulders, wherein are found the broken pieces ofold and bruifed 

 ftips, fome whereof hauebeeneca ft thither by ftipwracke, and alfo the trunks and bodies with th« 

 branches ofoldand rotten trees.caft vp there likewife ; whereon is found a certaine fpume or froth 

 that in time breedeth vnto certaine fhelis, in fhapc like thofe of the Muskle, but fharper pointed 

 and of a whmfh colour . wherein is contained a thing in forme like a lace of filke finely wouen as 

 it were toge thcr, of a whitifh colour, one end whereof is faftned vnto the infideofthe fhell, euen as 

 thefiOi of Oiftersand Muskles are: the other end is made f aft vnto the belly of a rude maiTe or 

 lumpe, which in timecommeth to the ftjape and forme of a Bird : when it is perfealy formed the 



firft 



roweth 



ngeth onely by the bill : in (hort fpace aftc 

 here it gathereth feathers, and growcth 



lard, and leffer than a G oofe, bailing blacke legs and bill or beake, and feathers blacke and white, 

 fpotted in fuch manner as is our Magpie, called in fome places a Pie- Annct, which the people of 



Lancafhire call bv no other name than a tree Goofe 



joyning do fo much abound therewith.that one of the beft is bought for three pence. For the truth 

 hereof,if any doubt,may it pleafe them to repairc vnto me, and I fhall fatisfie them by the teftimo- 

 nie of good witne lies. . _ 



Moreouer.it fhould feemc that therejs another fort hereof, the Hiftory of which is true, and of 



mine owne knowledge : for trauellingvponthefhoreof our Englifticoaft betwecne D ° u " a j?? 

 Rumney, I found the trunke of an old rotten tree, which (with fome helpe that I procured by H- 

 fhermens wiues that were there attending their husbands returne from the fea) wedrew out of tnc 

 water vpon dry land : vpon this rotten tree I found growing many thoufands of long aim on dj - 

 ders, in fhapc like vnto puddings newly filled, before they be fodden, which were very ciceiejno 

 ^m.-nrr . */♦»,- ~*>*u~,J~a ...i,^u:j „ „ ru«ii atu fifoirmeA fomewhat likealmaii muskic, 



h whiter, refembling a (hell fifh that gr 

 Lympit : many of thefe fhelis I brough 

 them liuing things without forme or fl 



»th vpon the rockes about Garnfey and I Garfey, 

 ithmeto London, which after I had opened I 



foft downe. the 



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eneJfc 

 with 



doubt 



•■"-xunuc, meincu nane open, ana ciicdhu ic<*uy ^ i»« ««■•»> ».« — - --- mfrhi 



called Barnacles. I dare not abfolutely auouch euery circumftance of the nrit part onu 



a further confideranon 



concerning the tree that beareth thofe buds aforefaid,butwillleaueittoafurtfter com ^^ 

 howbeit, that which I hauefeene with mine eies, and handled with mine nanus, iw . . favy 



auouch, and boldly putdowne for verity. Now if any will object tnac i«» *- WJod 



ghtbeoneof thofe before mentioned,which either by thewauesottheleaorioro . tbe 



had beeneouertnrned as many other trees are j or that any trees falling «nro thof 

 Orcbades,wilI of themfelues bearc the like Fowles, by rcafon of thofe U 

 fo probable conjectures, and likely to be true, I may not without prejudice game J4 7 

 to confute. 



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ndeauour 



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fute. i jjners others 



The Barnakle whofe fabulous breed my Author here fets downe, and am 





