Plinies Natur^Il Hiftorie. i0 



A whereupon it was fo called : apd for that caufe alfo it hath but a bad name in matters of JovCa fof 

 enchanting as it were both men and womenjand bereaving them of their heat & affection that 

 f?ay : as alfo in law cafes, for delay of iflues and judiciall trials. But both thele imputations and 

 flaundersjit recompenfeth againe with one good vertue and commendable qualitie that it hath t 

 For in women great with child, if it be applied outwardly jit ftaieth the dangerous fluxe of the 

 wombe, and holdeth the child unto the full time of birth. Howbeit, it is not allowed for meat 

 to bee eaten, thinkcth^thac it hath a number of feet, thefinnes ftandfothicke one 



by another. 



Asfor the fliell-fifliMurex, Mutianu^Tmh it is broader than thePurplc, having a mouth i^ ^V^ 

 neither rough nor round, ne yet with a becke pointed cornered wife,but plaine and even,havii-ig 

 5 a (hell, which on both fides windeth and turneth inward. Thcfe Fifhcs chaunced upon a time 

 to cleave faft unto a fliip, bringing melfengers from Per Under, with commilfion to gueld al! 

 thcnoblcmensfonnesinGnidos, andftaieditalongtime, notwithftanding it was under laik 

 and hadaftrong gale of a fore-wind at the poupe. And hereupon it is, thatthefe (hcll-fifhes 

 for that goodfervice, arc honoured with great reverence in the temple of renm^ among tha 

 Gnidians. 



But to returnc againe unto our Stay-fhip Echeneis, T rebim Niger faith it is a foot lone, and 

 five fingers thickjand that oftentimes it ftaieth a fhip. And moreoverjas hefaith,it hath this ver- 

 tuCjbeing kept in falt,to draw up gold diat is fallen into a pic ot well being never fo deepe, if it be 

 let downejand come to touch it. 



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Chap. xxvi. 



^ The changeable nature of Fip)esi 



THe Cackarels change their colour :for thefe fi(hes being white all Winter time,thcywaxC! G'^-'^l^' 

 blacke when Summer commeth.Likewife,the Mole or Lepo called Phycis,doih alter het d'Si/*^* 

 hue : for howfbever all the yeare befides it be whitCjin the Spri n g it is fpeckled. This is the 

 onely Fifh that buildeth upon thereites andmoflc of the fea, and laieth heregs, or fpawncih in 

 her neft , The fea Swallow flieth : and it refembleth in all points the bird fo called^ The fea Kite 

 doth the fame. 



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Chap, xxvii. 



^ (?/ the f[h called the Lanterne^and the fea Br agon, 



THere is a Fifh commeth ordinarily above the water, called Lucerna, for the refemblance 

 which it hath of a light or lanternc. For it lilleth forth the tongue out of the mouth,which 

 feemeth to flame and burne like fire,and in calme and ftill nights giveth light and fhinetb. 

 There is another Fifh that putteth forth homes above the water in the fea, almoilafoot and a 

 halfelongjwhich thereupon tooke the name Comma. Againe, the fea Dragon ifhe be caught 

 and let goe upon the fandjworkethhimfelfe an hollow trough with his fnout incontinently ,wiEh ^ v ■ 

 E wonderful! celeritie. 



Chap. XXVIII, 

 of bloudkfepjhes, 



SOmc Fifhesthcrebcwhichwantbloud: whereof wee now will fpeakc* Of them are thrcg 

 forts. Firft, thole which bee called Soft : fecondly fuch as be covered with thin cr ufts : and 

 in the laft place,they that arc enclofed within hard (hels. Of the firft fort,which be counted 

 foft,are reckoned the fea Cut or Calamarie,the Cuttle,the Polype, & the re(4 of that fort.Thefc - -.y 

 have their head betweene their feet and the bellic,ahd every one of them have eigbt feet. Asfor 

 F the Cuttill and the Calamaric, have two feet apeece longer than the reft, and the fame rough^ 

 wherewith they convey and reach meat to their mouths : and with thofc they flay themfelves as it 

 were withanchorholdagainft the furging waves; the reft of their feet bee fmall iiehaires^ and 

 ^-vith them they hunt and catch their prey. 



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