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loathing and sickness of stomach, and breed excremental 

 nourishment. They are convenient for labouring-men and 

 those who have strong stomach. 



Dogfish and hake are near of nature ; not of hard con- Dogfish, 

 coction, but yet scarcely of laudable nourishment, for they Hake - 

 increase crude and waterish humours. 



Codfish, for whiteness of colour, and moderate hardness Codfish, 

 and friability of substance, is commended. It is easily 

 digested, and yieldeth meetly strong nourishment, and not 

 very excremental. Being salted, dried, and so kept, it 

 becomes of harder concoction and worse nourishment. 



Haddock is pleasant to taste, in nature somewhat like Haddock, 

 cod, but it is of lighter concoction, and not of so firm 

 and durable nourishment. 



Mullet is somewhat of a hard substance, yet if taken in Mullet, 

 gravelly and stony shore, is not of hard digestion. It is of 

 pleasant taste, and meetly good nourishment ; but if taken 

 in a muddy place, is not easily digested, is hurtful to the 

 stomach, and breedeth gross and excremental humours. 

 The smaller mullets are the best. 



Bass is, in goodness of juice, inferior to mullet, for it is Bass, 

 of harder concoction, and breedeth a more gross and slimey 

 nourishment. Both mullet and bass are agreeable for them 

 who are of hot temperature and have strong stomachs. 



Salmon is ranked with the best sort of fish ; it is pleasant Salmon, 

 to taste, and not hard of digestion. It maketh good 

 nourishment ; in consistence neither clammy or gross, yet 

 it quickly oppresseth a weak stomach ; wherefore let such as 

 have weak stomach and are infirm so carefully moderate 

 appetite, as that the jucundity of it intice them not to a 

 perilous and nauseative fulness. And it is not good for 

 them that have strong stomachs to eat too much of it, for 

 it soon weakeneth the stomach, subverteth appetite, and that 

 oftentimes with the danger of a deadly surfeit. The belly is 

 to be chosen before any other part, because it is tenderer, 

 and of a more sweet and pleasant taste. The eyes of a 

 salmon are far wholesomer than the eyes of any other fish. 



