4 Cl^e %nttoMctmx, 



Another thing, though againft Nature, yet for the 

 ftrangenefs of it 1 cannot choofe but relate, and that 

 is of a certain F.iver near Harwood in Bcdfordjioirey 

 ■which 111 the year of our Loid 1399, (alii tie before 

 the Civil Wars between the Houfesof Tork^^nd Lan- 

 caster burlt iorthj ofafuddcn ftood ftil), and divi- 

 ded it felf alunder,fo that men might pafs three miles 

 togccher or foot down the midft of the Chjpnel, 

 leaving the Waters like a Wail behind them, f^^eed 

 in his Defcript. i)^<^/<?r^. 



I fhall conclude with two of the ftrangefl Rivers 

 that ever were heard of. Thefirfl is a River called 

 EleHJlna^ which is fo merrily difpofed, (if you will 

 believe a man of no lefs Authority than y^rifiot I e)th^t 

 it will dance to a fiddle, bubling at the noife of Mu- 

 lick, and will grow very muddy ^ but as foon as the 

 JMuflck ceafeth, it reafeth its motion, returning to its 

 fc imer calmnefs and clearneis The other is as won- 

 derful, cind fif you will believe Jo/fp/^^/.f that learned 

 Jew) it is n River in Jnd^a^ which runs very fwiftly 

 all the fix days of the Week, but refteth on the Se- 

 venth, which is the Jewifli Sabbath. 



And now a w«rd or two concerning Fjfh : Pliny 

 faith, That NatU! 's great and wonderful power is 

 aioredcmonftrated in the Sea than on the Land : and 

 this may appear by thofe numerous and various Crea- 

 tures which inhabit in and about that Element^ which 

 "Will appear more at large,ifvou will read their Hifto- 

 ly written either h-^ Kohdclcttm^ Gcfiier^ JohnftontM, or 

 ^Idrovandm. The number and the various fliapes of 

 thife Fillies are not more Urange, than their dillerent 

 Natuies, Inclinations and A-ftions. Give me leave to 

 Ipeak a iittle hereof. 



There is a Fifh cal^d the Cntth-flflj^ which will 

 caftalong Gut out of her Throat, with which (he an- 

 gles: For lyini; obfcurejy in the Mud, fhe permits 



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