2fi The ninth Booke of ' 



one of them about with both his aroies, fuch knockers they were, kiiobbe3 Rnocte^ I^e ^ 

 clubsj and withall 30 footlong. The concavities within them J and hollo\^ veflielsdike great ba- 

 fbns, would hold four or five gallons apeece : and his teeth were anfwerable in proportioh to the 

 bignes of his bodie.Thc reft wasfaved for a wonder to be feenj and waighed 700 pound weight* 

 Thisauthoe of mineTr^^/^^affirmcth, that Cuttelsalfo and G alamaries have been caft upon 

 that iliore/ull as bigge. Indeed in our fea there be Galamaries takenof five cubits 'Jong, and 

 Cuttels of twaine, in length : and thcfe live nor above two years. 



CMamm^ reportethjthat himfelfe faw inPropontis another kind of fiih, carrying as it were 

 a fhip of his ownejand making faile with it like to lome galley : and al"hell -fifh it was,fa{hioned 

 with a keele like to a barge or barkcjwith a poupe embowed and turned up : yea and armed as it 

 wereintheproe withathree-forkedpike.Withinvi'hich lay hidden (as he faith) another living H 

 - , creature called Nauplius/efemblingaGuttk-filh* andfornootherreafon in theworld^butto 

 make (port and play with it forcompanie. Now the manner of this paftime and failing was in 

 two forts: for if it were a calmefcaand the winds downe^ the Naupliusafore-faid that went as.a 

 paflenger in this fheil, would put downe his feet into the water like ores^and row therewith 5 but 

 if a gale of wind were aloftjhc would ftrctch the fame alength and make them ferve inftcad olan 

 helmetofteerewithall;andthenthe Goquill orfhell-fifh would fpread anddifplay it (elfe like 

 failes, to gather wind : fo as the one oi them tooke aplcafure to carrieyin manner of the veflell ; 

 the other liad his delight to labour as a mariner^ and to dire<fil withalllike to a pilot . Thus ihefe 

 two fifhes (otherwife fenflefle and blockifh) take their pleafurc togither^ unleile peradventurc is 

 fallout unhappily (for certain it is that fuch a fight as this prefagcih no good to lailer&) that men I 

 niarre their fport> andeither part them afunder^ or force them to finke under water. 



The Lobfters (being of that kind which wanteth bloud) have a tender and brittle cruft to co- 

 ver and defend them.For five moneths they lie hidden.The Grabs likewife_,who at the fame time 

 keepc clofe and fecret : and both of them in the beginning of every fpring caft their old coats or 

 fiiells as fnakes do their skins,and take them that be new and frefli. All others of this kind fwiin 

 within the water: but theLobftersflote aloft, and creepe as it were upon the water. So long as 

 theyarefecureof anyfeareanddaunger, they godiredllyftreightjlettingdowne their horns at 

 length along their fideSj which naturally by ihemfelvcs have a round point or bob at the end : 

 but if they be in any fearCjUp goe thole homes ftraight, and then they creepe by*i and go fide- 

 % Jong. With thefe homes they of tentimes maintaine battaile one with another.Of all creatures, K 

 this onely hath a tender and lliort kind of flefh, which in the feething will not hang tcgithetjUn- 

 lefte it be fodden alive in fcaldi ng water, and then it will be ftiffe and callous as brawne, 



Cha¥. XXXI. 



of ScA-crabs^Vr chins of the fe.i^ Afidgr^t Vrcbms called 

 JEchinometrx, ' 



AS for the Lobfters, they love rockesandftonie places: but Crabs delight in foft anddcli* 

 cate places,! n Winter, they feeke afterthewarme orfun-llsinefhore :but whenfummer is 

 come,they retire into thecoole and deepe holes in the fhade . All the fort of them take ^ 

 harme and pa ire by winter : in autumne and fpringjthey battle and waxe fat ; and efpecially when 

 the moon is at the full i becaufe that planet is comfortable in the night timejand with her warmc 

 light mitigateth the cold of the night. Of thefe Grab-fifties, there be many kinds itowitjLob- 

 \ • ^ fterSjGreyvifhesofthefeajGrabsof Barbaric called MajaSjGrampelsjGrits or PungierSjGrabs 

 . » z^*. of Heraclea J yellow river Creyfiihes, and divers others of more bale account. As for the Lob- 

 -y^^ '- V^^J 'ftcrs they differ from the reft in taile. In Phoenicia, there is^a kind of Grabs called Hipptse, ot 

 ratherHippeis(thatistofay3HorfesOrHorfemen)whicharefofwiftjthatitisimpoiribleto over- 

 take them. Grabs live long: eight cIms or feet they have apeecc,all crooked and hooked : the fc* 

 male hath the fore-clM do*uble, the male but fingle. Moreover,two of their legs or arms are for* 

 kedand toothed like pincers.The upper part of thefe fore clawes doth ftir: the nether part moo* M 

 veth not. The right legge in them all is bigger than the left. When they come in skulls all togi- 

 ther(as fomtimes they doe)they are not able to paiTe one by another the ftreights of the feaPon- 

 tus about Gonftantinople, whereupon they are forced to returnebacke and fetch a compafle 

 about, and the beaten way with their tracks may be fecne.ThcIeaft of all thefe kind of Crabs, is 



called 



