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A cometotheknowledg of, feeing we have found fo many different forts in men, of whom wehave 
* fome noticeand intelligence ? To fay nothing of Taprobane, and other Iflands lying within the 
Ocean, whereof fo many fabulous reports are delivered: certes, there isno man but hee muft 
needs confefle and agree to this,that it was not pofiible in this hyftorie of Nature to compuife al 
forts of creatures which the earth and aire doe yeeld, Howbeir,thofe that are bred in the Ocean, 
as huge and vaft as it issmay bee comprehended under a certaine number :a woonderfull matcer 
that we thould be better acquainted with thofe, confidering how Nature hath plunged and hid- 
den them in the deepe gulfes ofthemainefea! . -. LEY: (Lodi ba 
To begin then with the greateft:montfters and beafts chatthis unruly element of the water 
doth breed: we find therin the fea-Trees, Whirlepooles,preater VWhales,Priftes, Tritons [¢.fea 
B  Trumperters] Nereides{/.Meremaids} Elephants, fea Men and Women, Wheeles,fea Tuns or 
~ Pipes,‘ Rams,and fmaller Whales accompanying the bigger. Befides,other * Rams tharrefem- ae 
ble the ordinarie fhape of fithes ; Dolphins,and the fea Calves or Seales, whereof the Poét Ho- yr oy & ; 
mer writeth fo much, Furthermore,the fea Tortoifes, which ferve for ’roiot, wantonnefle, and of batterie, _ 
excefle:the Bevirs,which are fo much in requeft among * Phyficians. As forthe Orters,albeie <2ledin Lari 
akind of Bevers they are,yet becaule I never heard thac they came into the fale water, Imake 10 24nd yet have 
greatreckoning of them ; for my purpofe is to rehearfe thofe onely which inhabit or haunt the fome prover 
fea: moreover,the fea Dogs : the Curriors,Pofts,or Lacquies of thefea :the hortied fifhes: the foo re one 
_Swordfith or Emperour of the fea,andtheSawfith. Over and befides, thofe which live indiffe- 3 zuxurie,bap. 
rently in the fea,the land, and theriver,to“it,the water Horfes andthe Crocodiles: others again 19 aie 
C thar ordinarily keepe in the fea,and yet come up intothe rivers, but never land, to wit, the Tu- wes devil. 5 
nies,as well the growne Thunnies,as the yotinger fort,’ Thunnides or Pelamides. The Siluri,the firft by the hhel 
blacke Coracini,and Perches, As touching thofe that never came forth of the fea,the ° Sturge- fat sai 
on,the Guilthead,the Kod,the Acarne, Aphya, Alopecias,the Yeels,and’Araneus. The bellow- buildings ei- 
ing fith Box, Batis; Banchus,* Barrachus,andBelone, with all che kind of thofe which wee call ‘er Hee 
Needle fithes, and alfo Balanus. The fea Raven Corvus, and ’ Cytharus ; all the forts of the cordate mal 
Chrombi: the C arpe;Chalcis,and ‘°Cobio: Callarias ofthe Codskind,butthatitisleffe; Co- orels adorned 
lias,whether it be Parianus[of Parium the Colonie Jor Sexitanus,fo called of acitie in Granado & ge 
or Batica,a fifh *refembling Lizards: of which and of the young Tunie Pelamis (both bred in marquctage. | 
Mceotis)being chopped and cut into peecesand fofalted,are made thofe Quadrants or Squate- se foe of 
D rands,called Cyoia, For this youmuft underftand,that the Tunie is called Pelamis,*when after ie sea 
40 daies he returneth out of Pontus or the Evxinefea into Moeotis:wheras the faid {mall Pela. Caftorcum, 
mis taketh the name of Cordyla,when itgoeth firft forth of the faid great lough or lake Moeo- Some take 
_ tis,and entreth into the fea beforenamed. Moreover, in the faid meer Moeotis be thefe fifhes be- Mitters.and - 
fides, towit, Cantharus, Callionyius, otherwife named Vranofcopus,and Cinedi,which bee piper for” 
the onely fithes that be all over yellow; Cnide,which we in Latia call Vetica,éthe Nettle: all the 5 Fie en 
forts of Crabs,the gaping fmall Cockles and Muskles, whether they bee the rough Chame-tra- 7A kind of 
chaz,the {mooth Chaime-leoi,or the Chamz- pelorides: which be of diverskinds diftin& one paces 
from another,both in forme of roundnefle,and varietie of colours: as alfothe Cockles named nerd the Here- 
Chamz-glycymerides which be bigger than the former Pelorides, together with thofe that the Hae eee 
E Greekescall Colyciaor Corophya. Moreover, {andrie forts of other fhell fith,and among them » 4 kindof 
thofé thatengender and beare pearles,and thereof be called Mother: pearls, The wilkes alfo. and Tucbor. 
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winckles which refemblefhell-tnailes:of which kind are the Pentadaétyles;Melicembales, and « “Cousee™ 
the prickly Echinophorz,whofe theis ferve to found or wind withall. Over & befides thefefhell emus, as Da~ 
hthes,are thofe winckles of around forme,the fhels whereof are much ufed tolade up oyle, Eur. “hpiw re2- 
thermore,the fea Cucumber and Cynopus,the fea Craififh Cammarus, Cynofdexia, andthe * Dataeee 
fea Dragon. As forthat whichis named Dracunculus, fome are of opinion, Thar ir differeth readeth itcon- _ 
_ fromthe forefaid Draco ;andlike itis to he Chough-fith Gracculus: fharpe prickesithath in {45204 
the gils,and thofe pointing toward the taile : likeas thefea{corpion, which thereby woundeth place out of 
and hurteththofe that would feeme to take itup intheirhands. Thereisbefides the Erythinus, “7 
Ff the ftay-(hip Echeneis,and the fea Vichin. The black Elephantsalfo,which be the blacke kind of | 
the Lizards, having foure feer,andthofe cloven and two-forked; befides two arms with two joints 
apeccesandeach of them armed withia little forked cley, and clofing in manner of teeth, Then 
have youthe fifh called Faber or Zens,that is,the Goldfith or Doree. All the forts.of Glaucifcus, 
- the Glanis, the Gonger or Conger,the Hearing or Pilchard Gerries,Galeos, and *Garus, Alfo * bat fame 
~- take rorthe 
the Pikerell. 
1So called of 
