The Compleat ^Angler 



And 'tis considerable that the hen, which, because she also takes 

 any cock, expects it not, who is sure the chickens be her own, hath 

 by a moral impression her care and affection to her own brood more 

 than doubled, even to such a height that our Saviour, in expressing 

 his love to Jerusalem (Matt. 23. 37), quotes her for an example of 

 tender affection ; as his Father had done Job for a pattern of patience. 



And to parallel this cock, there be divers fishes that cast their 

 spawn on flags or stones, and then leave it uncovered and exposed 

 to become a prey and be devoured by vermin, or other fishes ; but 

 other fishes (as namely the barbel) take such care for the preserva- 

 tion of their seed, that unlike to the cock or the cuckoo, they 

 mutually labour, both the spawner and the melter, to cover the 

 spawn with sand, or watch it, or hide it in some secret place, 

 unfrequented by vermin or any fish but themselves. 



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