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Tlie ninth Boolce of 



ChA-P* XXII* 



^ The minner of taking them in the lah Bemcm, 



T Here is a lake inltalic called Benacusj within thetcrritoricofVcronaj through which the 

 river Mincius runneth. At the ifluc whcrof every yeare about the moneth of Odober^whca 

 the Autumnc ftarre Ardlurus arifcth, whereby (as it evidently appearech) the lake is trou- 

 bled as it were with a Winter Itorme and tcmpeft 5 amanfliall iee rolling among the waves a 

 wonderful] number of thefe yeels wound and entangled one within another : infomuchjas in the 

 lcapeweclcs& wcerenetsdevifedforthe nonce to catch them in this river,there be found fome- 

 time^a thoufand of them wrapped together in one great ball. 



Chap, xxiiik 

 ^ of the Lamprey^ 



THeLamprcyfpawncthatalltiiiicsof the yeare, whereas all other Fiflies arc delivered of 

 their young at one certaine feafon or other.The egs or fpawnegrow to a great palie excee- 

 ding foonejf they chance to flip out of the water to the drie iandjthe common Ibrt is of 

 opinion^ that they engender with Serpents. The male or milter of thiskind, i^riHotlec^Wzth 

 Myrus.And herein is the difference : that the Ipawner properly called Mursenajisof fundrieco- 

 loursjandipottedjandwithailbutweakc: buttheMylteror theMyrusisof one hue, and withall | 

 very rtrongjhaving teeth (landing without his mouth.hi the North parts of France all the Lam- 

 preis have m their right jaw feven rpotSjreferabling the feven ftarres about theNorth pole^called 

 Charlemames waine. They bee of a yellow colourjand glitter like gold, fo long as the Lamprcis 

 be alive : but with their life they vanifh away and be no more fecnjafter they be dead. Vedins Pol- 

 //i7,3 gentleman ofRome by cailing,and one of the great favorites and follov^;ersof K^ugufius 

 C^f/rfT^-jdcviled experiments of crueltie by the means of this creature.Forliecauled certain flaves 

 condemned to diCjto be put into the ilewes where thefe Lampreies or Mursenes were keptjtobe 

 eaten and devoured of them : not for that there were not wild beafts |now upon the land foe 

 this feat, but becaufe he tooke pleafure to behold a man, tome and pluckt in pceces all at once : 

 which plealant fight he could not fee by any other beafls upon the land. It is faidjthat if they taft 

 vinegre of all things^they become enraged and mad.They have a very thin & tender skin: con- 

 trariwifc yceles have as thicke and tough : and Verrm writeth,Th3t boies under leventeen years 

 of age^were wont to be fwinged and whipped with yeeles skinsjand therfore they were freed from 

 all other mul<Sl and puniftimem. 



Chap, xxi lil. 

 of fiat and tread fIJjeSo 



F flat and broad fifhesjthere is another fbrtjwhich in lieu of a chine or backe bonehave a 

 griftle. As the Ray or Skait, the Puffin like unto it, the Maids or Thornebacke, and the £ 

 CrampefilTi .-moreoversthofc which the Grcekes havetearmed by the names of their fea 

 ''^^•^^'^'^^oWjtheir Dog-fillijtheir ^gle and Frog of the fea. In thisranke are to bee raunged the Squali 

 > ' - alfb,albeit they are not fb flat and broad .All this kind in generall,^/'//?^?//^ hath called in Greeks 

 SelachCjand he was the fitft that gave them that name : wee in Latine cannot diflinguiili therrij 

 unleflewecallthemallCartilaginea^thatistofayjGriftlyfil'h. Butallthefort of them that de- 

 voiir flefh are fuch : and their manner is to feed lying backward,like as wee obferved in the Dol- 

 phins.And whereas other fifhes caft fpawn, which refemble knots of egs; thefe griftly fillies on- 

 ly^as alfo thofe great ones which we call CetCjf.Whalcs^bring forth their young alive .'and yetl 

 muft except the onekind of them which they call Ranas/iihe lea Frogs* 



Chap. X3£V. M 



^ of Echenejsj[ijhe flay-fliip,] 

 g y ' ^X^Hercisavery littlefiflijkeepingordinarilyabQUtrockesnamedEchen that 

 ■ ^ if it fctde and fticke to the Kccle of a fl)ip undei water^ it goeth the flower by that roeancs s 



whereupon 



