Pliiiies Natumli FMone. , iSi 



A drunken againcwich the Tyrian "purple, that they might have a fuperfluoiis and double name Alluding ro 

 compounded of both (Tyriamechyftus) correfpondent to their two- fold coft and duplefijper- thcwordAn 

 fluitic.Morcoverjafter they have accomplifhed fully the colour of the Conchylium^theyare not Jlj^^ljj'-'^^i^!^ 

 content untill they have a fecond die in the Tyrian purple lead, it fhould feeme, that thefe dou- kcuntiTc? " 

 ble dies and compounded coioursjcamcfiri^ from thecrrourand repentance of the workemail 

 when his hand miffed : and fo was forced to change and alter that which hee had done before, 

 and utterly miiliked. And hereof forfooth is come now a prcttie cunning and art thereof: & the 

 monftrous fpiritsof ourwaflfuU perfons are grownetowilliand defir£thar3 which was a fault 

 amended firft;and feeing the two-fold way of a double charge and expence troden before them 

 by the diers,have found the meanes to lay colour upon colour, and to ovcrcaft and ftrike a rich 



g diewithaweaker/othatitmightbecalled a more pleafant and delicate colour. Nay it will not 

 ferve their turne to mingle the abovefaidtinduresotfea-fifheSj but theymuft alfo doc the like 

 by the die of land-colours : for when a wooll or cloth hath taken a crimfon or skarlet in graine,it 

 muflbe died again in the Tyrian purplcjto make(I would not cIs)theIighr/cd3andfrefLiLuih€- 

 gallant. 



As touching the Graine,ferving to this tiniSlure^it is red ^and commeth out of Galatia/as wc 

 ftiallfliewin ourftorie of earthly pIants)orclfe about Emerita in i^oftugailsSi that ofali other is 

 ofmoflaccount.But to knit upinone word thefe noble colours,note this,Thatwhen thisGrainfe 

 is but of one yeares age^it maketh but a wcakc tindure ; but after foure years, the fircngth there- 

 of is gone. So that neither young nor old it is of any great vcrcue . Thus I have fiifficiently and 

 Q at large treated of thofe meanes which men and women both/o highly efleemCj and thinlxto 

 make moll for their flate and honourable port, and fetting out ofthemfelves in the beft nianer. 



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ofih^ NaerCy and his guide or kecf>er^ PimioUr: and the fmci- 

 vatjceoj jijbes, 



THe Nacre alfo called Pinna?, isof the,kind of fhell-fifhes.'Itisalwaicsfoundand caughl 

 in muddie piaces.but never without a companion.which they call PinnoterorPinnophy^ 

 lax. And it is no other but a little fhrimpe, or in fome places, thefmalleflicrabbejwhich 

 Yy bcareth the Nacre companie, and vijaiteth upon him for togetforae viduals.The nature of the 

 Nacre is to gape wide, and flieweth unto the little fiilies her feelicbodie, without any eie at alh 

 They come leaping by and byclofcunto her*.and fecingthey have good leave, growfohardie 

 and bold.astoskip intoherHiell and fill it fall. The (lirimpe lyinginlpiall/ecing this good time 

 and.oporcunicie,givcEh token thereof to the Nacre fecretly with a little pinch.bhe hath nofoo- 

 ncr this fignal],but fhee fnuts her mouth, and whatfoevcr was within^cruQieth and killeth it pre- 

 fently: and then (liee devides the bootie with thelircle crab or llirimpCjlier fentinell andcompai 

 nion. I marveli therefore fo inuch the more at them who are of opinion, that fiilies and beafts 

 in the water have no fence. Why,thevcry Crampe-fil'hTarpedJknoweth her owne force & po- 

 wer, and being her felfe not benummedj is able to aitoniili otlie rs. She lieth hidden over head 

 £ and eares within the mud unfeene,readie to catch thofe fillies, which as they (wim over her^bee 

 taken v^ith a nummednefle, as if they were dead.There is no meat in delicate rendernefle, prefer- 

 red before the liver of this fiili. Alfo the filli called the *fea FrogjCand of others jthe fea Fifher) 'Dkhk deM 

 is as craftie everie whit as the other : It puddereth in the mud, and troubleth the water, that it 

 might not bee feenc : and when the little feely fiOies come skipping about herjthenfbe puts out 

 herlittlehornesorBarbilswhichfhechathbearing forth under hereies, and by little and little 

 tilicth and tolleth them fo^nccre, that llie can eafily feaze upon them . In like mannerj the Skate 

 and the Turbot lie fecrct under tlic mud,.p utting out their finnes, which ilirre andcrawlc as if it 

 were fome little wormes^and all to draw them neare,that flie might entrap thcm.Even fo dooth; 

 theRayfiili orThorn-backe. As forthePuffenorFork-fini,heelieihinawaitlikeatheefe in a 

 P Cornctjreadic to ffrike the fiflies that paffe by with a fliarpe rod or pricke that hec hath, which is 

 his weapon .In conclufion^that this filli is very fubtile and craftie,this is a good proofe,That be- 

 ing ofali others moff hcavieand flowjthey are found to have in their bellie theMulletSjwhich of 

 all oihersbe the fwif ceft in fwimming; 



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