Tbe tenth Booke of 



ballaifethemfelvesvvithftones in their feetjandfand in their t^^ thacthey flie more fteadie G 

 and endure the wind.When they be halfe way over^down chey fling thofe Hones : but when they 

 are come to the continentjthe fand alfo they difgorge out of their craw* 



C crneUm "N^cfos.viho died in the daies oit^ugtiHm crfar Eniperour, in that chapter where 

 he wrote,That a little before his time men began to feed and cram Blackbirds and Thruilies in 

 coupes/aith moreoverjhat in hisdaies Stoikes wereholdcn for a better difh at thebourd than 

 Cranes. And yetfce^howin our age noW;,no man v?ill touch a Storkeif it bee fet before him up- 

 on the bourd : but every one is readie to reach unto the Crane^ and no difh is in more requeli. 

 From whence thefe Storkes fliould comcj or whether they goe againe^ is not yet knowne. No 

 doubt/rom larre remote countries they vifite us^aod in the fame manner as the Cranes do: on- 

 ly this IS the difference, that the Cranes are our guefts in Winter, and the Storkes in Summer. H 

 When they bee minded to depart outof our coafts, they afTciDble all together in one certainc 

 place appointed : there is not one left out nor ablent of their ownekind, luilclleitbce fome thas 

 are not at liberiic^but captive or in bondage.Thus(as if it had beenpubhfhed before by procla- 

 mation}theyrile allin one entire companie^and away they flie. Andalbeitwellknowneitmighi 

 be afore^that they were upon their remove and departure^yet was there never any man (watched 

 he never Co well) that could perceive them in their flight : neither doe wee at any timcCcQ when 

 they are commino to us, before wee know that they bee alrcadie come. The reafon is, beeaufc 

 they doc the one andthe other alwaies by night.And notvvithftandirig that they flie too and fro 

 from place toplacCjand make bun one flight of it, yet are they fuppofed never to have arrived 

 at aTiycoaftbutin thenigbt.ThereisapIaceintheopenplainesand champion conn trey of A- I 

 fi3,callcd Pithonos-Come : where (by report) they aifemble all together^ and being met, keepe 

 a jangling one with another : but in the end,looke which of them lagged behind and eamc tar- 

 die, him I hey teare inbeeccs,and then they depart.This alfo hathbeen noted,that after the Ides 

 of Auguft they be notlighdyfceneihere. 



Some affirmeconftantly,thac Storkes have no tongues, But fo highly regarded they are for 

 flaying ofSerpents, that in Theiialie it is accounted a capitall crime to kill a Storke, and by law 

 hsispunifhcdasaFelion inthecafeof manflaughteti. \: :nn^ 



After the fame manner i-^ ild Geefe and Swans dofort together,whenihcy be paflengers from 

 countrey to countrey; but all theie are feene when they flie. f hey make way forcibly in a pointed 

 fquadron, like as itwere thef^emme of afoif^ atrea,aj:mcd with a fharpe beakehead (forby this K 

 meancs they breake and cut the aire better,ihan if they drave it before with a ffreight,even, and 

 fquare f roat.^ And thus wedge- wife by little and little they fpread broader and broader behind, 

 and beare a great. length beiides with them:by which meanes alfo they gather more wind to 

 heave them up and fet them forward. In this thcirflight they ref^ their heads upon the formers 

 and ever as any one that leadeth the way is wcarie with bearing his head, hee retireth behind to 

 cafe himfelfe upon him that flicth next before.Storkes keepe oneneflitili from yearctoyeare, 

 and never chaunge; and of this kind nature they are,d^atthe:young will keepe and feed theirpa- 

 rencs when they 5c old,as they themfeives wercby them nourifhedin the beginning. 



Some fay thatthe Swans fing lamentably a little before their deathjbut untruly ,I.fuppofe : for 

 experience in many hath fhewed thecontrarie.Ho wbeit,thcfe foules ufe to eat and devour one ^ 

 another, . - - 



But fincc wee arc cntred into th is difcourfe of thofcfoulcs that make voiages by whole flocks 

 over fca and land to fee ffraunge countries^ I cannot put off to fpeake of lefler birds alfo, which 

 arc of the like nature. For thofe beforenamcd may feeme in fome fort to bee induced to fuch 

 greattravell, fobigtheyareof bodie, and fo flrong withail. As touching Quaiks therefore^ 

 they alwaies come before the Cranescfepart. A little bifdit is, and vjhiles fhe i^ among us here, 

 mounteth not aloft in the aire, biit rather flieth below necre the ground. The manner of their , 

 fljingis like the former,in troupes : biit.not without ifomedaunger of the faikrs when they ap- 

 proch ncer to land.Foc of tentimes ihey lettlein great ntimbcr upon -their fiiiles, and there perch j 

 whicfaihey doe evennorc in the nighx, and with their pdilc beare downc barkes and- fiuall vef- M 

 felsjand finally finkc them. Thefe Quailes have theirict gifls,to wic,ordinarie reffingand bai- 

 ting places. When; the Southwind blowcth, theyncverflie:forwhy? it isamoifl,heavie,and 

 clog^ewindjaiidxkit they know well yndugh. And yet they willingly chufe a gale whenfoevcr 

 thej? flie, by reafon that dieir bodies axe too weightie (in eomparifon of their wings) ,tp beare 



