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plain, that Nature generally fupplycth us with the greateft 
plenty of thofe things, which are the moft ufeful. 
The round SEA-URCHIN or BUTTON-FISH. Echi- 
nus orbicularis. Here are feveral Species hereof. The firft 
I fhall name is the Edible Button-Fijh. Thefe have very 
great Prickles, with Seats or Bafes proportionable, in five 
double Orders. And the (hells are orbicular. See the full 
Defcription in Rondeletius. 
They were anciently eaten raw before Supper, as Oyjlers 
are now, and as much efteemed. 
The ROUND BUTTON-FISH , with ten Orders of 
midling Prickles. Of thefe Prickles it hath five Orders 
of bigger, and five of lefs, all Conical at each end, and 
bounded by ten more. Of this kind , here are fome 
more, others lefs round. Some alfo that are White, and 
others Redifh. 
The ROUND BUTTON-FISH, with the leaft fort of 
Prickles, and difpofed into ten Orders. Of this fort here are 
White, Brown, and Green. Thefe, Mr. Lyfter faith, are found 
in the Englijh-Seas. 
The GREAT OVAL SEA-URCHIN. Echinometra 
Ariftotelis. See the Defcription hereof in Calceolarias 
Mufxum. The greateft, and fo as it were the Mother of 
all the other kinds 5 from whence its Name. This here is 
near * a foot long. Its Figure is not orbicular, but comes 
near an oval or flatifh Heart. 
The MARE-MAIDS-HEAD , or leffcr Oval SEA- 
URCHIN. Echinus Spatagus. This differs from the for- 
mer , only or principally in being much lefs ; feldom 
exceeding the bignefs of a Hens Egg. Thefe are fhells 
rarely found. 
The Sea-Vrchin maketh its progreflive motion with its 
Prickles which it ufeth inftead of Feet, (a) And it is affirm- * 
•liri 7 1 Anim.lib. 4. 
ed, by Moufet, particularly or the Great Oval, that it moveth c 5. 
in a fpiral line. 
The SEA-EAR. Aum marina. It hath its Name from 
its Figure, fomewhat like a Mans ear. The mfide is of a 
Pearl-colour, the outfide brown and ruged with many 
fmall radiated and fpiral wrinkles running acrofs. There 
are feveral Holes on one fide it, through which the Ani- 
mal admits and expels the water at pleafure. Here are three 
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