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e colour ; one end whereof is fastened unto the 

 1 inside of the shell, even as the fish of Oisters 

 1 and Huskies are : the other end is made fast 



* unto the belly of a rude masse or lumpe, 



* which in time commeth to the shape and form' 

 ' of a bird: when it is perfectly formed, the 

 ' shell gapeth open, and the first thing that 

 ' appeareth is the foresaid lace or string ; next 

 ' come the legs of the bird hanging out, and as 

 ' it groweth greater it openeth the shell by de- 

 ' grees, till at length it is all come forth, and 

 ' hangeth onely by the bill : in short space after 

 1 it commeth to full maturitie, and falleth into 

 ( the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and grow- 



* eth to fowle bigger than a Mallard and lesser 

 ■ than a Goose, having blacke legs and bill or 



* beake, and feathers blacke and white, spotted 

 ' in such manner as is our Mag-Pie, called in 

 ' some places a Pie-Annet, which the people 

 *■ of Lancashire call by no other name than a 

 £ tree Goose : which place aforesaid, and all 



* those parts adjoining, do so much abound 



* therewith, that one of the best is bought for 



* three-pence. For the truth hereof, if any 

 ' doubt, may it please them to repaire unto me, 



* and I shall satisfie them by the testimonie 

 ' of good witnesses.' Vide Herbal, p. 1587, 

 1588. 



