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fmall Fifli to nibble at it, and by that means draws 

 them near her by little and little, till coming withm 

 her reach, fhe leaps upon them and devours them : 

 hence (he is called the 5e^->^«^/f»'. 



The Bermit isaFilhthat wlien fhe grows old will 

 feek out a dead Fini'siliell, fit for her purpofe and 

 there dwell lecluded from all company, Itudying no- 

 thing more than how to defend herfelf againftthe 

 iniuriesofWind and Weather. 



The S^r^Hs is a FiOi fo lafcivious, (as DH-Bartas 

 exprefleth it rarely well; that when he cannot hnd 

 change of Mates enough in the Sea, he will get afhore 

 and Cuckold a Goat. 



Goes courting ShcGoats on thegraffy Shore, 

 Horning their Husbands that had Horns before. 



Whereas it is reported that the Mullet is To chaft, that 

 when fhe is deprived of her Mate, fhe will follow him 

 to the fhore and dye. , c r }^ r,i 



Ther..p.^.. or Cramrfih '^ ^^^^.^^ ^? ^''^"'^"^ 

 and poyfonous a nature, that all other Fifh that conie 

 within her reach are immediately ftupificd and with- 

 out motion, fo that they eafilv become her prev-nay, 

 fhe will (b fuddenly convey her Poy Ion up the Rod and 

 Line of the Angler, when fhe feels her ielf entangled, 

 that his Hands and Arms immediately lofing their 



ftren2th,become nummed and lenfelefs. 



The 5r.%;;^r^ hath as rare and ftrangeawayof 



defending her felf fromthe Anglers fubtilty, as any 



Fini whatever, if we may credit the relation of I)«- 



Bartoiy whofe words are thefe : 



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