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THE HISTORIE OF NATVRE, 
WRITTEN BY CG. PLINIVS 
SECVNDVS. 
g The “Proeme.- 
C& Medicines takenfrom living creatures of the Sea, 
B| Aving fo far proceeded in the difcour{e of Natures historie that Iam now arrived 
f\\ at the verse heigth of her forces and come into a world of Examples, 1 cannot chufe 
|| bat én the firft place comfider the power of her operations, and the infinttnelfe of her : 
S| fecrets, which offer themfelves before our eyes in the Sea: for inno part elfeof this 
: univerfall Frame,ts it pofiblete obferve the ltke majeffie of Nature : info much as 
SS! we need not feeke any farther, nay we ought not to make more {earch into her divi- 
pitie,confidering there cannot be found any thing equall or like unto this one Element wherin fhe hath 
Jormounted and gone beyond her owne felfe in a wonderfull number of re{pects. For first and foremoft, 
_ Isthere any thing more violent than the Sea; and namely, when it is troubled with bluftring winds, 
whirlepuffs ferms,and tempests? Or wherein hath rhe wit of man bcen more employed ( feeke out all 
parts ofthe whole world) than in feconding the waves and billows of the Sea,by faile and ore? Finally, 
D isthere ought more admirable, than the inénarrable force of thereciprocall tides of the Sea, ebbing 
and flowing asit doth, whereby it keepeth acirrent al{o, as tt were the flreame of fome great river? 
Cuap, 1 
2& Of the fifh Echeneis,and her wonderfull propertie. Of the Crampesfifh Torpedo; 
and the Sea-bare, The wonders of the Red fea. 
He currantof the Seais great, the tidemuch, the winds vehement and forci- 
| ble; and more than that, ores and failes withall to helpe forward the reft, are 
A G)| mightie and powerfull: andyet there is one little fillie fih, named Echeneis, 
ZA y|| thatchecketh, fcorneth,and arrefteth them all: letthe winds blow as muchas 
: they will, rage the ftorms and tempefts what they can, yet this little fifth com- 
SS maundeth theirfurie,reftraineth their puiflance, and maugre all their force as 
great as it is, compelleth fhips to ftand ftill: A thing, which no cables be they never fo big and 
