WHALE.] 



NATURAL HISTORY. 



scape without peril, for he throweth so much water out of' 

 his mouth upon the ship, that he overturneth it sometime or- 

 drowneth it. And also he is so huge in quantity that when, 

 he is taken, all the country is the better for the taking. 

 Also he loveth his whelps with a wonder love, and leadeth. 

 them about in the sea long time. And if it happeth that his 

 whelps be let with heaps of gravel and by default of water, he 

 taketh much water in his mouth, and throweth upon them, 

 and delivereth them in that wise out of peril. And he setteth 



them alway between himself and the sun on the more sicher 

 [safe] side. And when strong tempest ariseth, while his 

 whelps be tender and young, he swalloweth them up into 

 his own womb ; and when the tempest is gone and fair 

 weather come, then he casteth them up whole and sound. 

 Also against the Whale fighteth a fish of serpent's kind, 

 and is venomous, as a crocodile ; and then other fish come 

 to the Whale's tail, and if the Whale be overcome, the 

 other fish die. And if the venomous fish may not over- 

 come the Whale, then he throweth out of his jaws into the 

 water a fumous smell most stinking ; and the Whale 



