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but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour ; wherein is contained a 

 thing in forme like a lace of silkc finely wouen as it were together, of a 

 whitish colour, one end whereof is fastened vnto the inside of the shell, 

 eucn as the fish of Oistcrs and Huskies are : the other end is made 

 fast vnto the belly of a rude masse or lumpe, which in time commeth to 

 the shape and forme of a Bird : when it is perfectly formed the shell 

 gapeth open, and the first thing that appeareth is the foresaid lace or 

 string ; next come the legs of the bird hanging out, and as it groweth 

 greater it openeth the shell by degrees, til at length it is all come 

 forth, and hangeth onely by the bill : in short space after it commeth 

 to full maturitie, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, 

 and groweth to a fowle bigger than a Mallard, and lesser than a 

 Goose, hauing blacke legs and bill or beake, and feathers blacke and 

 white, spotted in such manner as is our Magpie, called in some places 

 a Pie-Annet, which the people of Lancashire call by no other name 

 than a tree Goose : which place aforesaid, and all those parts adjoyn- 

 ing do so much abound therewith, that one of the best is bought for 

 three pence. For the truth hereof, if any doubt, may it please them to 

 repaire vnto me, and I shall satisfie them by the testimonie of good 

 witnesses. 



Moreover, it should seeme that there is another sort hereof; the 

 History of which is true, and of mine owne knowledge; for trauelling 

 vpon the shore of our English coast betweene Douer and Rumney, I 

 found the trunke of an old rotten tree, which (with some helpe that I 

 procured by Fishermen's wiues that were there attending their 

 husbands' returne from the sea) we drew out of the water vpon dry 

 land ; vpon this rotten tree I found growing many thousands of long 

 crimson bladders, in shape like vnto puddings newly filled, before they 

 be sodden, which were very cleere and shining ; at the nether end 

 whereof did grow a shell fish, fashioned somewhat like a small Muskle, 

 but much whiter, resembling a shell fish that groweth vpon the rockes 

 about Garnsey and Garsey, called a Lympit : many of these shells I 

 brought with me to London, which after I had opened I found in them 

 lining things without forme or shape ; in others which were neerer 

 come to ripenesse I found lining things that were very naked, in shape 

 like a Bird : in others, the Birds couered with soft downe, the shell 

 halfe open, and the Bird ready to fall out, which no doubt were the 

 Fowles called Barnacles. I dare not absolutely auouch euery circum- 

 stance of the first part of this history, concerning the tree that beareth 

 those buds aforesaid, but will leaue it to a further consideration ; how- 

 beit, that which I haue scene with mine eies, and handled with mine 



