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some fresh grease, or goose grease, and so let it boyle softly a pretie space in storing 

 it stil. Then take off the same lime, and put it to a weat testorne in water, if it 

 come with the lime, it is good, if not, boyle it longer vntil ye see that proofe. Also 

 in steede of rosom, ye may take white turpentine, for that is better. And this kinde 

 of water lime, will holde both in water and frostie wether. 



The Ospray. 



The Ospray is a bird like a Hawke, nie as bigge as the Tarcell of a goshawke, 

 he liueth by fish, and is a great destroyer of fish : for I haue se'ene him take fish in 

 the middest of a great ponde, they say he hath one foote like a Ducke, and the 

 other like a Hawke, and as he flies nie ouer the water, the fish will come vp vnto 

 him. Howe to take him I know no other way but to watch where he prayes to eate 

 his fish, for he will flie to some tree there aboutes, and there to kill him with the 

 hand gunne, which I have scene in Hampshire. Thus much for the Ospray. 



The tempering of bird-lime, and it will serue 

 also well in water. 



Take a pound of bird lime, cleanse and wash it in running water verie cleane 

 that no knots be left therein. Then beate out the water and drie it againe. Then 

 put thereto tw^o spoonefuls of sharpe vinegar, and so much goose grease as will 

 make it subtill to runne : and put therto halfe a spoonefull of lampe oyle, and 

 a litle Venice Turpentine. Then boyle all these together in an earthen leaden 

 panne, and sturre it alwayes, and let it but bubble and play softly. Then take 

 it off the fire, and so reserue it and vse it at your pleasure, warme it when you 

 will haue the vse thereof 



