LAPWING. | NATURAL HISTORY. 173 
and great of body, and more stronger of body, than those 
which be yeaned in harvest and in winter. Lambs which 
be conceived in the Northern wind be better than those 
that be conceived in the Southern wind, And Lambs have 
such colour in flesh and in wool, as the father and the 
mother have colour in veins of the tongue. The Lamb 
hoppeth and leapeth tofore the flock, and playeth, and 
dreadeth full sore when he seeth the wolf, and fleeth sud- 
denly away; — but anon he is astonied for dread, and 
stinteth [#.e., stoppeth] suddenly, and dare flee no further ; 
and prayeth to be spared, not with bleating, but with a 
simple cheer, when he is taken of his enemy. Also 
whether he be led to pasture or to death, he grudgeth not, 
nor pranceth not, but is obedient and meek. It is peril to 
leave Lambs alone, for they die soon, if there fall any 
strong thunder ; for the Lamb hath kindly a feeble ‘head. 
Bartholomew (Berthelet), bk. xviii. § 4. 
Lamps have an evil, that is when they be too fat about 
the reins, for if the tallow covereth the reins, then they 
die, and the tallow increaseth in good. pasture; and, there- 
fore, Lambs be put out of the pasture, lest they wax too 
fat. Ibid. § 6. 
Tue rennet of a Lamb is good against all evil medi- 
cines, and against the bites or blows of marine animals, 
and cures all venomous bites. Hortus Sanitatis, bk. ii. § 2. 
Lapwing. 
Measure For Mzasurg, i, 4, 32. 
Tue Lapwing eateth man’s dirt 5 for it is a bird most 
filthy and unclean, and is copped [i.e., crested] on the head, 
and dwelleth always in graves or in ‘dirt, And if a man 
anoint himself with her blood when he goeth to sleep, he 
shall see fiends busy to strangle and snare him; and her 
heart is good to evil-doers, for in their evil-doings they 
use their hearts. When he ageth, so that he may neither 
see nor fly; his birds [#2 young] pull away the feeble 
feathers, and anoint his eyes with juice of herbs, and hide 
him under their wings till his feathers be grown; and so 
he is renewed, and flieth and seeth clearly. 
Bartholomew (Berthelet), bk. xii. § 37. 
