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pains upon the procreation and fattening thereof. The fhorcs 

 of the Hellefpont were mainly fruitful therein. &quot; ORA HEL- 

 LESPONTIA CJETERIS osTREosioR oRis.&quot; We read alfo of the 

 &quot; OSTRIFERI FAUCES AsiDi.&quot; But above all, were they famed 

 that were raifed in the LACUS LUCRINUS, of which HORATIUS 

 fpeaketh as &quot; LUCRINA CONCHYLIA,&quot; and which he did ufc to 

 wafh down with his Lefbian wine. 



&quot; CAPACIORES, AFFER HUC, PUER, SCYPHOS, 

 ET CHI A VINA, AUT LESBIA.&quot; 



To which lake were they brought and fed from Brundufium, 

 alfo in great repute therefor ; as, alfo, from Baias, where were 

 planted the firft Oyflcr-beds by one Scrgius, as Pliny tcllcth, 

 &quot;SERGIUS GRATA, PRIMUS, OSTREARIA IN BAJANO LOCAVIT.&quot; 

 To Italy, alfo, were moft excellent ones fetched from Rutupia, 

 in England, in the time of Juvenal, 



&quot; RUTIPINOVE EDITA FUNDO 

 OSTREA &quot; 



It is related by Gemiftus Viaticus, the Cosmographcr, of 

 one JEHORAX, King of Mefopotamia, that he was wont to 

 divine by them, and that, DUM VENERIT JUDICARE, he did ufc 

 to confult a vaticinating cock, before entering upon any work 

 of great import, and, alfo, a divining box of living oyfters ; and 

 that he would regulate himfelf according to the manner that 

 they did feverally gape unto him. 



In the antient time, in England, were they alfo in great 

 liking and ilore ; whereof it is faid &quot; LES GENTZ DU ROYAUMB 



