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ground, when thay dowk violentlie. for thay delyte in this 

 labour, and in sa gret labour, and thay ar sa snell and suift 

 of flicht that be the seymen and marinelis sumtymes, thay 

 ar fund two myles and oft tymes mair frome the craig 

 seiking thair pray. Mairatouer, thay are sa greidie that gif 

 thay sie ony fishe mair diligate neir the craig, the pray 

 quhilke perauentur, thay brocht far aff, with speid thay 

 wap out of thair mouth, and violentlie wil now that pray 

 invade, and quhen thay haue takne it will bring it to thair 

 birdes : Gif thay sie, as oft chances, men tak this fishe 

 fra thair birdes, thay tyre nocht, with speid to flie to the 

 fo wiling agane ; and agane and agane, how oft thay ar 

 spoyled, ay quhill the sone gang to ; that thay can nocht 

 langre sie. finalie of thir cumis zeirlie to the capitane of the 

 castell na smal, bot ane verie large rent ; for nocht only 

 baith to himselfe and to vtheris obteines he sticks, fische, ze, 

 and the fowlis selfes, quhilkes because thay haue a diligate 

 taste, in gret number ar sent to the nerrest tounes to be 

 salde, bot lykwyse of thair fethiris, and fatt quhilkes gyue 

 a gret price, he gathiris mekle money : of thame this is 

 the commone opinione, that by vthiris vses thay serue 

 to, thay ar a present remeid against the gutt, and 

 vtheris dolouris of the bodie. farther sa gret a number is 

 thair of thame that gif in a schip, tymlie in the morning ze 

 passe by the craig, quhill thay zit ar thair, the hail craig 



