The ninth Booke of 



the very failcs of the {hips : and then he fpouteih and callcth forth a mightie deale of watcfjas it G 

 were out of a conduit,ynougii to drowne and finke a fhip.In the Ocean of Gades^betweene Por- 

 tugal! and Andalufiajtherc is a monftrous fifh to be feene like a mightie great treejfi)reading a- 

 broad with fo mightie armesjthat in regard thereof onelyjit is thought verily it never entred into 

 the ftreights or narrow lea there by of Gibraltar.There Ihew ihemfelves otherwhiles fillies made 

 like two great wheeles_, and therupon fo they be called : framed diftindly with fourc armes,repre- 

 fenting as many fpokes :and with their eies they fecine to covet clofe the naves from one fide to 

 the other, wherein the faid fpokes are faftened. 



Chap, v, 



^ of TritenSy^^re'idesyandfe^t'Blefhants^and their form?s^ H 



IN the time that Tiherim was Emperour_,thcrc came unto him an Embaflador from vljfsipcn^ 

 lent of purpofe to make relation jThat upon their fca coaft there was difcovered within a certain 

 hole5a certain fea gobliUjcalledTriton/ounding a Ihelllikc a Trumpet or Cornet ; & that he 

 was in forme and fliape like thofe that are commonly painted for Tritons. And as for the Mere- 

 maids called Nereides^ it is no fabulous tale that goeth of them :for looke how painters draw 

 them jfo they are indeed : only their bodie is rough and skaled all over, even in ihofs parts wher- 

 in they relemble a woman. For fuch a Meremaid was feene and beheld plainely upon the fame 

 coall neere to the fhore : and the inhabitants dwelling neer^hcard it a farre off when it was a dy- 

 ing,to make pitteous mone^crying and chattering very heavily. Moreover^ a lieutenant or go- | 

 vernour under {^uguJimCdfarm Gaulejadvertiled him by his letters, Thatmany of thelcNe- 

 reides or Meremaids were feene caft upon the fandsjand lying dead. I am able to bring forth for 

 mine authors divers knights of RomCjright worfhipfull perfons and of good credite^who tellifie 

 that in the coaft of the Spanilh Ocean neere unto Gades/hey have leene a Mere-man, in every 

 refpectrelemblingamanasperfcdly in all parts of the bodie as might bee. And they report 

 niorcoverjthat in the night leafon he would come out of the fea abourd their fhips: but look up-, 

 on what partfoever he fetledjhe waied the fame downc^and if he refted and continued there any 

 Jongtime^he would linke it cleane.In the daies of Tibet m the Emperour, in a certain Ifland up- 

 on the coaft of the province of Lions^the lea after an eh, left upon the bare fands three hundred 

 fea-monllersand above^at one flotc togcther^of a wonderfullvarictie and bigneflcj differing a- 

 funder. And there were no fewer found upon the coaft of theSantones. And among the reft there 

 were lea- Elephants and Rams, with teeth ftanding outjand homes alfojlike to thole of the land, 

 but that they were white like as the forefaid teeth : over and befides,many Mere maids.T urmim 

 hath reported. That a monfter was driven and caft upon the coaft of Gades, betweeneihe two 

 hindmoft finnes whereof in the taile,were lixteene cubites ; it had 122 teeth,whereof the biggeft 

 were a fpan or nine inches in mealijre,and the leaft halfe a foot. MMnmm among other ftrangc 

 and wonderfull fights that he exhibited to the people of Rome, to doe them pleafure in his 

 dilefliip, iTiewed openly theboncsof thaifea-monfter3beforewhichladieLxi»<2'rtf«?i'i?li(byre- 

 port)was caft to be devoured : which were brought to Rome from Ioppci,a towne in ludasa ; and 

 they caried in length fortie foot : deeper were the ribs than any Indian Elephant is high,and the ^ 

 lidge-bone afoot and halfe thicke. 



Chap. VI. 



'^Of the BaUnes and Orcx» 



THelc monftrous Whales named Balasnas, otherwhiles come into our leas alio . They lay 

 that in the coaft of the Spanifh Ocean by Gades,they are notfeen before midwinter when 

 the daies be fhorteft : for at their fet times they lie clofe in a certaine calme deepe and large 

 crcekCjwhich they chufe to caft their fpawneiujand there delight above all places to breed. The 

 Orcae,other monftrous fifhes, know this full well,and deadly enemies they bee unto the forefaid M 

 Whales. And verily ,if I fhould pourtrait them,lcan refemblc them to nothing els but a migh- 

 tie malic and lumpe of flefli without all falhion, armed with moft terrible, lharpe, and cutting 

 teeth.Welljihefe being ware that the Whales are there,breake into this lecret by-crceke out of 

 the way/ecke them out, and if they meet either with the young ones, or the dammcs that have 



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