The tenth Boolce of 



fcarejandfrecdofthcmothedycarcfhehadofheryoungoncsjthenwillfe get mm the kt- Q 

 row of fome land Jie along on her backc, catch a clot of earth up with her feet, and therewith 

 hide her wholebodie^ arid fo favc both herfelfe and her couyey ^ to cohcludCj Partridges (by 

 report) live fixtceneyccrcs* ; 



Chap, xxxiiii. 

 ^Of Hotife-dovest 



NExtafterPartridgeSjthe nature of Doves would be confidered^fincc: that they have iti % 

 manncrthelamc qualities in that refpedrhowbeit, they bee pafling; chafl;^ and neither 

 male nor female chaungetheir make, but kecpc togither one true unto the others Jhey m 

 live (I fay) as coupled by the bond of marriage : never play tliey falfc one by the othctj but keep 

 home ftilljand never vifit the holes of others. They abandon not their owne nefts , unlcieithey 

 be in ftatc of finglc life or widdowhead by thedeath of their fellow.The females are veriettieeke 

 and patient: they will endure and abide their cmperious males, notwithftandingotherwhiles 

 they be very chutlifh unto them, offering them wrong and hard meafurc 5 fo jealous be they of 

 the hennesjand fufpicious,though without any caufeand occafion given : for palBng chaft and 

 continent by nature they are. Then fhall ye heare the cocks gruinble in the throat, quarrell and 

 complaine,andalltoratethe hens: then (hall ye fee them peckc and job at them cruelly with 

 theirbeakesjandyetfooneafterjbywayoffatisfac^tion and to make amends againc for their 

 curft ufage,they willfall to billing and kilTing them lovingly, they will make court unto them and 

 woo them kindly ,they will turne round about many times togither by wayof^flatterie, and as it I 

 were by praiers feeke unto them for their love. As well the male as the female be carefull of their 

 young pigeons, and love them alike : nay ye Ihall have the cocke oftentimes to rebuke, yea c\)jk- 

 flife the hen^if fhe keepe not the neft well jor having been abroad,for comming no fooner home 

 againe to her young* And yet, kind they be to them, when they are about to build,lay,andfit. A 

 man fhall fee how readie they be, to heipe, to comfort and miniflcr unto them in this cafe . So 

 fooneasthe egges be hatched,yee fhall fee them at the very firft,lpit into the mouthes of the 

 young PigeonsTalt brackifli earthjwhich they have gathered in their throat, thereby to prepare " 

 their appetite to meat, and to feafon their ftomacks againft the time that they fhould eat.Doves 

 and Turtles have this propertie,in their drinking not to hold up their bills between- whiles, and 

 draw their necks backe,but to take a large draught at once, as horfes and kine doe. K 



^ of Stockdoves^ 



Some authors we havc,who affirms that Stockdoves live ordinarily chJrtic yeeres,and fomc 

 untillthey befortieyeeres old. In which time,ihey find no infirmitie nordifcommoditie at 

 all but only this. That their clawes be overgrowne, which is a figneof their age ; howbeif 

 they may be pared without daunger. They have all of them one and the fame manner of tune in 

 their finging ; and commonly they make three refts in their fong , befides the fa-burden in the 

 end,which is a kind of grone. All winter they be filent : in fpringjthey are lowd enough , and the 

 woods refound with them , 'Higidim is of opinion, that if a man call unto a Stockdove within- 

 houfe as fhe is fitting upon her egs,flie will leave her neft, and come at the call . They doe lay ^f- 

 ter midfummeriThelc doves and Turtles live eight yeeres. 



Chap, Xxxvii 

 ^ ofSfamwesi 



COntrariwifejthc Sparrow is butfhort lived, howbcit as Icachcrous as the bcfl . The cocke 

 Sparrow (by report)Iiveth butoneyeare:thereafbn whymenfb thinke,is,becaufeinthe ^ 

 fpring, there is not one of them found With a blacke bill, and yet in fummer bqforc, it be- 

 gan to be blacke.The Hens live fbmewhat longer. But to come againe to Doves, it is generally 

 held, that they have a certainefcnfe and feeling of glorie : and a man would verily thinke, that 

 Jhey have aknowledge of their gay feathers, and how they are chaungeably coloured as a man 



^ looketb 



