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p6 The tench Boote of 



bcaviCifo thickCj and deafe an element as it is)yct their care is farre better than ours. Mpreovcr 

 albeit the voice of all them that fpeake above ground doe afcend upward ftill from t hem;yec hear 

 they when they talke : yea.and if a man chaunce to fpeake of them, fome hold, that they under- 

 .ftand their fpeech, and thereupon doe flie from them. Aman,whoatfirjftlacketh his hearing, 

 wantethalfotheufeof his toiigiie: neither arc there any deafe borne, but the fame likewife bee 

 dumbc. A man would not thinke,neither is it likely, that the Oifters in the fea doe heare : and yet 

 Upon any noife and found ^their manner is to finke downe to the bottome. And therefore when as 

 menxloe fifh for tfaem in the feajthey are as filcnt as they may be. 



Chap. lxx. 



^ A difimrfe^That fijhes both heare ^ind alfi fmelU I 



"Klies verily have no eares,ne yet any holeis to ferve for hearing : and yet plaine it is,that the v 

 doe heare. Which we may daily fee in certaine fiih-ponds and fiewcs where fillies bee kept: 

 for when thofe that have the charge of them make a noife with clapping of their hands: as 

 wild as they bee otherwifc, they fliall have them come by great flockes to take their meat that is 

 throwneinto them : and this are they wonted to doe daily. And that which moreis,in Cdfars fii"h- 

 pooles a man may fee whole skuls of fillies to repaire at their call : jnea^and fome will fever them- 

 felvesfrom the reif of their companie.and come alone to hand,when they be named. Hereupon 

 it isjthat the Mullet, fea-Pike, Stockfilli, and Chronius,are thought to heare befl of all others, 

 and therefore live very ebbe among the llielves and fhallowes. That fifhes have the fence of fm el' 

 lingjit is manifeft. For they are not all taken,nor yet delighted with one kind of bait : and this is 

 obferved,thatbeforetheybitethey willfinelltoit. Some alio there bee that lie in holes under 

 rockes : and no fooner hath the fifher befmeared and annointed the mouth and fides of thefaid 

 rockcs in the very entrance to their holes^but he fhall fee them comefoorth (as it were) to avoid 

 the fent of their owne carionXet them lie in the very deepe,yet will they refort to cataine odors 

 and fmels, namely, to the Cuttill burnt and the PoIype,which for that purpofe they ufe to put 

 intotheirnefts.And verily they cannot abide diefiiiell of thefinkeandpumpeofalhip; neither 

 will they come neere unto it: but above all things, they may not away with the bloudof fifh. 

 The Pourcuttell hardly or not at all can be pulled trom the rockes/o faff cleaveth he : howbeit, 

 conie neere unto him with the hearbe Marjarum or Saverie^he will prefently leape from the rock 

 and away/or to avoid the fent thereof. Purples alfo bee caught by the meanes of fome {linking K 

 bait. And for other creatures, who doubteth but they have a pcrfed llneiling ? Serpents are cha- 

 fed away with the fmell and perfume of the Harts hornejbut above alljwith the odour of Styrax. 

 And Pifinires are killed with the very fume of Origan,Quicke lime or Brimffone. Gnats love all 

 foure things,and willingly will thither : but to any fweet meats they come not neare. 



Chap. lxxi. 



^ That the fence offieling is common to all living creatures, ♦ 



THere is not a living creature throughout the world,but bath the fence of feeling,although ^ 

 it have none els.For even oiffers and the earth- wormes,if a man touch them,doe evident- 

 ly feele.1 would thinke alfo that there is none but tafteth as well as feeIeth.For whatfliouid 

 the reafon els bcjthat fome defure to tail this, and others that ? And verily hereiH is leene above 

 alljthe Angular workmanfhip of Nature,in the frame of their bodies^and the members thereof. 

 Some yeeiliall have to feize upon their prey with cheir teeth 5 others fnatch it with their tallons 

 and clawes. Some pecke and pluck it with their hooked bils; others pudder into their food with 

 their broad nebs. Some with the fharpe point of their beakes worke holes into their meat j 

 others lie fucking at it : fome licke , others lup in : to conclude, fome chew 5 others fwallow and 

 devour whole as it is. And as touching their feet, thereisnolefrevarietieintheufe thereof: in jyf 

 fnatching and carrying away ; in tearing and plucking a peeces ; in holding faff,and in crulhing 

 their prey. Some yee fliall have to hangby their fcet^ and others never hnfcraping and fcrat- 

 ching the earth. 



Chap. 



