Class VL SHELLS. 7 £ 



1 unto the belly of a rude mafic or lumpe, which 



* in time commeth to the fhape and form of a 

 ' bird : when it is perfectly formed, the fhell 

 c gapeth open, and the firil thing that appeareth 

 ' is the forefaid lace or firing $ next come the legs 



* of the bird hanging out, and as it growtth 



* greater it openeth the fhell by degrees, till at 

 4 length it is all come forth, and hangeth onely by 



* the bill: in fhort fpace after it commeth to full 

 « maturitie, and falleth into the fea, where it ga- 

 c thereth feathers, and groweth to fowle bigger 

 i than a Mallard and lefTer than a Goofe, having 



* blacke legs and bill or beake, and feathers blacke 



* and white, fpotted in fuch manner as is our Mag- 

 4 P/>, called in fome places a Pie-Annet, which 



* the people of Lancajhire call by no other name 



* than a tree Goofe : which place aforefaid, and 



* all thofe parts adjoyning, do fo much abound 



* therewith, that one of the beft is bought for three 

 c pence. For the truth hereof, if any doubt, may 

 c it pleafe them to repaire unto me, and I mail 



* fatisfie them by the teftimonie of good witnefTes>* 

 Vide Herbal, p. 1587, 1588. 



This genus is called by Linn<eus % Lepas, a name 

 that is given by the antients to the Patella, Shells 

 of this clafs are called by Ariftotle^ B&Xccvoi *, from 

 the refemblance fome of them bear to acorns. 

 We have feen before, in the account of the fupper 



* Hifl* An. lib, V. r. 1 5. 



of 



