The ninth Booke of 



Cha?, xlih, ^ 

 ^OftheScolo^ettdreSythefeaFexcs^mdtkGlms^ 



THefeScoIopcndresofthe feajare like tothofe longcarewigsof the land, which theycalt 

 Centipcdcsjor many-fcct.The mancr of this fifli is thiS;,\vhen fhe hath fwaliowed an hook, 

 to caft up all her guts withiojuntill (he hath difcharged her felfe of the faid hookejand then 

 fhe fuppeth them in againcBut the Tea Foxes in the like danger have this catt with thcmsname- 

 ly to gather in and let it goe downe into the throat more and more ftill of the linCjUntill he eome 

 to the weakeft part thcreofjwhich he may cafily fret and gnaw afunder . The Glanis is more flic 

 and warie than they both : for his properiie is to bite at the backe of the hooke^ and not to goblc 

 k up wholcjbut nibble away all the baitj and leave the hooke bare. H 



Chap, xliiii.' 

 ^ Of the Ram-fjh, 



THis fifh is a very ftrong thcefe at fea, and makes foule workc where he commeth : for one 

 while he Iquatteth cloTe under the ibadc of bigge fliips that ride at anker in Che bayjwhere 

 he lieth in ambu(h to wait when any man for his pleafure would fwim and bath himfcltcj 

 that fo he might furprile them : otherwhiles he putteth out his nofe above the water , to fpie any 

 finall fifher boats eommingj & then he fwimmeth ciofc to themyoverturncth and finketh them. 



Chap. xlv. 1 



^ of thofe that hive a third or middle mture^ and dri neither li'Vmg creatures 

 norystPknts: alfoofthefeal^ttU'fjhesymdS^UKges, 



I Verily for my part am of opinion ^ that thofe which properly are neither beafls nor plants^buc 

 of a third nature betwecne or compounded of both(che fea-NcrcIes Imeanc, and Sponges) 

 have yet a kind of fenfe with them. As for thofe Nettles, there be of them that in the mght 

 raungc too and fro^ and likewife chaunge their colour. Leaves they carrisof a fiefliie fub- 

 fiance, and of flefh they feed. Their qualitie is to raiie an itching fmart, like for all the \yorld to 

 the weed on the landfo calIed.His mannerisjwhen he Vvould prey3to,gaiher in his bodie as dole, 

 fircight^and fliffe, as pofTibly may be. He fpieth not fo foone a ^ily litdefilli fwimming before K 

 him^butheefprcadcthand difplaieth thofe leavesof his like wings; with them he clalpech the 

 poore fifhj andfo devoureth it. At other times_> he lieth as if he had no life at all in him, fuffering 

 himfelfe to be tofled and caf^ too and fro among the weeds, with the waves of the fea : and looks 

 what fifhfpever he touchcth as he is thus fioting, hee fetteth a fmart itch upon tliem, and whiles 

 they fcraich and rub themfelves againfl the rocks for this itch ^ he fetteth upon them and eatetli 

 them. In the night feafon, he laicth for fea Vrchins and Scalops. When he feeleth ones hand to 

 touch himjhe chaungeth coloutjand draweth himfelfe in clofe togither on a heap: and no fbo-> 

 nertouchethheonejbuttheplacewillitchjftingjand be readie tobIifier:make notgood haf^ 

 to catch him quickly ^he is hidden out of hand and gone. It is thought verily, that his mouth ly- ^ 

 €th in his root, and that hee voideth his excrements at a fmall pipe or iffue above, where thofe h 

 tefhic leaves arc. ' f/.r ^.'.mw v-m>. v: r. ; .?i:j;:nv,:/: 



Of Spunges, we find three forts : the fitflthickc, exceeding hard, and roughs ^nd this is cal- 

 led Tragos : a fecondjnot all fo thick,and fomewhat fofter ^ and thatis named Manon : the third 

 is fine and yet compact, wherewith they make fpongesto clcanfeand fcourcwithalL and this is 

 tcarmed Achilleum. They grow all upon rocks : and arc fed with wilkestM: fbell-fifh, ^ith nakedi 

 fifh and mud* That they are not fenllefre,appeareihhercby,forthat^hen they feele that one 

 would piuckethem awayjthcy draw in and retire backe hard,fo as with greater dif ficuliie they arc: 

 pulled from the rocke.Thelikedoethey when they be beaten upon widi waves. That they live 

 upon fomc foodjit is manifeflby the little coquill and mufclc fhells that be found within them. 

 And fome fay,that about Torone they contiiuie ftill alive after they be plucked from the rocks : H 

 and that of the roots which are left bchindjihey grow againe, Moreover^ upon thofe rocks froiii 

 whence they bepuilcdjthere is to be feen as it were fome blood flicking ; and efpecially in thofe 

 of ASFricke, which breed among the Syrtes. The Mana?, which otherwife be the leaf^, become 

 very great and mofl foftwithall^ about Lycia, But they be more delicate; which ars nourifhed in 



