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the natural fly cannot be seen, or rest upon them. The 

 first is the dun-fly, in March : the body is made of dun 

 wool ; the wings of the partridge's feathers. The second is 

 another dun-fly : the body of black wool, and the wings 

 made of the black drake's feathers, and of the feathers 

 under his tail. The third is the stone-fly, in April : the 

 body is made of black wool ; made yellow under the wings 

 and under the tail, and so made with wings of the drake. 

 The fourth is the ruddy fly, in the beginning of May : the 

 body made of red wool, wrapt about with black silk ; and 

 the feathers are the wings of the drake ; with the feathers 

 of a red capon also, which hangs dangling on his sides next 

 to the tail. The fifth is the yellow or greenish fly, in May 

 likewise : the body made of yellow wool, and the wings 

 made of the red cock's hackle or tail. The sixth is the 

 black fly, in May also : the body made of black wool, and 

 lapped about with the herlc of a peacock's tail ; the wings 

 arc made of the wings of a brown capon, with his blue 

 feathers in his head. The seventh is the sad yellow fly, in 

 June : the body is made of black wool, with a yellow list on 

 either side, and the wings taken off the wings of a buzzard, 

 bound with black braked hemp. The eighth is the Moorish 

 fly : made with the body of duskish wool, and the wings 

 made of the blackish mail of the drake. The ninth is the 

 tawny fly, good until the middle of June : the body made 

 of tawny wool; the wings made contrary, one against the 

 other, made of the whitish mail of the wild drake. The 

 tenth is the wasp-fly, in July : the body made of black wool, 

 lapped about with yellow silk ; the wings made of the 

 feathers of the drake or of the buzzard. The eleventh is 

 the shell-fly, good in mid-July : the body made of greenish 



