4i 8 ON THE PLACE OF FISH IN 



HlGDEN, POLYCHRONICON (BABINGTON). Vol. II. 



' Chronicles and Memorials of Great Britain and 

 Ireland' 



(\$th Century). 

 CHAPTER XLI. 

 NOTE. Beda y libro primo. 



Fysches whiche be callede dolphynes be taken 

 there (Britain) oftetymes, and porpas and other great 

 fish, excepte diverse kyndes of schelle fisches, as 

 muscles, in whom margarites be founde of every 

 coloure, as redde of a purpulle coloure, and of the 

 coloure of a jacinte, but most specially white mar- 

 garites. 



Also there be schelle fisches habundantly with 

 whom a nowble redde coloure is made and diede. 

 The beautuous reddenesse of whom may not appaire 

 in eny tyme thro the heete of the sonne, neither 

 thro the injury of reyne (rain) ; but ever the more hit 

 (it) is werede, and in age, hit is the moore feire in 

 coloure. 



WHAT LONDONERS USED TO HAVE. 



The Thames From ' Harrison on the Noble River Thames ' in 

 in 1593- I593) as published by the ' New Shakspere's Society.' 



(London : 1877.) 



Speaking of the Thames, he says : It is the 

 longest of the three famous rivers of this isle, so it 

 is nothing inferior unto them in abundance of all kinds 

 of fish, whereof it is hard to say which of the three 

 have either most plenty or greatest variety, if the 



