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not only valiant to defend himfelf, 

 but he is (as you faid) a bold biting 

 fifh,yet he he will not bite at all fea- 

 fons of the yeer; he is very abftemi- 

 ous in Winter; and hath been ob- 

 ferved by fome, not ufually to bite 

 till the Mulberry tree buds, that is to 

 fay, till extreme Frofts be paft for 

 that Spring; for when the Mulberry 

 tree bloffomes, many Gardners ob- 

 fervethei r forward fruit to be paft the 

 danger of Frofts, and fome have 

 made the like obfervation of the 

 Pearches biting. 



Butbite the Pearcb will, and that 

 very boldly, and as one has wittily 

 obferved, if there be t wen tie or for- 

 tie in a hole, they may be at one 

 {landing all catch'd one after ano- 

 ther; theybeing,ashefaies, like the 

 wicked of the world, not afraid, 

 though their fellowes and compa- 

 nions perifh in their iigh 



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