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* The moun- Of the fourth kind is Percm^term^xht fame that "^OrifeUrgi^s^ fafliioncd like to a Geire or Vul- Q 

 taineScorke. tureiithath leaft wings, abodie bigger than the reft: but a very coward, fearefull andof aba- 

 ftard and craven kind/or a raven will beat her^BefideSjfte hath a greedie and hungrie worm al- 

 waies in her gorge and craw^and never is contenCjbut whining and grumbling. Of all ^Egles fhc 

 onely carieth away with her the dead prey3& fcedeth thereupon in the aire : whereas others have 

 nofooner killed, but they prey over them in the place. Thisbaftardbuzzardkiildmakeththac 

 the fiftb5(which is the roiall /Egle)& is called in Greek GftcficsyZs one would fay^true andkindlya 

 as defended from the gentle and right airie of i£gles. This JEgk roialljis of a middle bigne0tri, 

 and of a reddifh colour^a rare bird to bee ieene. There remaineth now the fist and lafi fort^ &t\i 

 ♦Some take ic that is "^Hdiartos.lhis iEgle hath the quickeft and cleareft eie of all others/oariiig & mounting 

 for the ofpray. jjjgjj . ^[^g,^ fl^g fp j^th a fi(b in the lea, downe fhe comes with a power^plungeth into the wa- H 

 ter^and breaking the force thereof with her breaft, quickly (he catcheth up the fifh^and is gone. 

 That -^gle which wee named in the third place^haunteth lakes/ennesjand ftanding waters tot to 

 prey upon watcr-foule ; whojto fhiftftom herjarc driven otherwhile to dive under the water: hut 

 {he prelTeth fo hard upon them,that they be wearied and aftonied in the end, and then fiiee cat* 

 cheth them upland carieth them away, A worthie fport it is to fee the manner of their skuffling j 

 whiles the fiUie river-bird maketh means to gaine the banke fide for refuge, (elpecially il it be wel 

 growne with thicke reeds) andthe^Egle for her part drives her from thence with the clap and 

 Itroke of the wing : whiles^I (ay^as the Egle ftriketh,and therewith plungeth hcr felfe downe into 

 the water jthe poorc f oule that fwimmeth underneath /eeing the (haddow of the ^Egle hovering 

 about the banke fide^rileth up againe in another place/ar ynough off from the iSgle, & where I 

 fhe imagined that fhe rtiould be leaft looked for. Which is the caufe that thefe wild-foule of the 

 waterjcommonly fwim in fiockes,For when they are many togetherjthey are not much troubled 

 and annoied, by reafon that with fluttering their pinnions, with dafliing and flapping the water 

 with their wingSatheydazIe the fight of their enemic. Oftentimes alfo the very Agles, notable 

 to weld the prey that they have leazed upon,are together with it drawne under the water, and fb 

 drowned.Now as touching the Halutrtos^ox the Ofpreyjfhe onely before that her little ones bee 

 feathered, will beat and ftrike them widi her wings,and thereby force them to looke full againi^ 

 the Sunne bcames. Nowjif (bee fee any one of them to winke, or their eies to water at the raies 

 of the Sunne, fhecturnes it wiih the head forward out of the neft,as a baftard and not right, nor 

 none of hers : but bringeth up and cheriilieth that,whole eie will abide the light of the Sunne as K 

 ftielooketh diredly upon him.Moreover,thefe Orfraics or Ofprcies are not thought to be a fe- 

 verall kind of^Egks by themfelves,but to be mungrcls,and cngendred of divers forts. And their 

 young Ofpraies bee counted a kind of Offifragi : from them come the lefTer Geires, they againe 

 breed the greatcr,which engender not at all. Some reckon yet another kind of ^gle,which they 

 call Barbat^;and the Tufcanes,01fifrage. 



B uc of the fix kinds before rehearfedjthe three firfl,and the fift,havc in their neft a flonc found 

 *The precious named *iEctites,which fome call Gagatcs,and it is therein engendred.This ftone is medicinable 

 ftone -iEcticcy. and fingular good for many difeafes : and if it bee put into the fire,it will never a whit confumei 

 Now thjs flone(as they fay)is alfo with child.For if a roan fhake it, he fnall heare another to rat- 

 tle and found withiujas it were in the bellie or wombe of it,But that vcrtue medicinable above- ji 

 faidjis not in thefe flones,if they be not ftollen out of the very neftfrom the airie. Build they doe 

 and make their nefts upon rockes and trees . Three egs commonly they lay : whereof two onely 

 they ufc to hatch: howbeit/ometimcs they have been leene to have three young ones,But light- 

 ly one of them they turne out of the neft, becaule they would not bee troubled with feeding and 

 nourifhingit. And verily. Nature hath well provided, that at fuch a time the old ^gles fnould 

 not be able to purvey fufficient for meat : for otheiwiic,if they fliould reare their birds, they were 

 ynough to deflroy the young breed of deere and wild beafis in a whole countrcy, that there 

 fhould be no venifon nor game at all for gendemen. Moreover,by the fame providence of Na- 

 ture,all that while their tallons or clees hooke and turne inward very much : alfb for very hunger 

 their feathers waxe grey and white,fo as they have good caufe not to abide theiryoung.But when M 

 they have eaft them'ottjthe Olfifrages which are ncere of kin unto them, are readie to take them 

 and bring them up with their owne birds. But the old ^Egles their dammes, not content there- 

 with jperlecute them ftill when they are growne to bee big ones, beating anJjchafing them away 

 farre o0ias their very concurrcntSjand who would entereommunewith thXfi, androb them of 



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