Part I. 
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Of Shelly. 
plain, that Nature generally fupplyeth us with the greateft 
plenty of thofe things, which are the mod ufeful. 
The round SEA-URCHIN or BUTTON-FISH. Echi¬ 
nus orbicularis. Here are feveral Species hereof. The firft 
I ihall name is the Edible Button-Fijh. Thefc liave very 
great Prickles, with Seats or Bafts proportionable, m hve 
double Orders. And the ihells are orbicular. See the full 
Defcription in Rondeletim. 
They were anciently eaten raw before Supper, as 0 Sites 
are now, and as much efteemed. 
The ROUND BUTTON-FISH, with ten Orders of 
midhng 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 feme 
more, others lefs round. Some alfo that are White, and 
others Redijh. 
The ROUND BUTTON-FISH, with the lead; fort of 
Prickles, and difpofcd into ten Orders. Of this fort here are 
White, Brown, and Green. Thefe, Mr. Lyfter faith, arc found 
in the Englijh-Seas. 
The GREAT OVAL SEA-URCHIN. Echinometra 
Arijtotehs. See the Defcription hereof in Calceolarias 
Mufaum: The greateft, and fo as it were the Mother of 
all the other kinds 5 from whence its Name. This here is 
near I a foot long. Its Figure is not orbicular, but comes 
near an oval or ftatilh Heart. 
' The MARE-MAIDS-HEAD , or lefoer Oval SEA- 
URCHIN. Echinus Spat ague. This differs from the for¬ 
mer , only or principally in being much lefs 5 feldom 
exceeding the bignefs of a Hens Egg. Thefe are Ihells 
rarely found. 
The Sea-Vrchin maketh its progreftive motion witli its 
I nckleswh.chitufcthinfteadof Feet, (a) And it is affirm¬ 
ed, by Moufet, particularly of the Great Oval, that it moveth 
in a Ipiral line. 
The SEA-EAR. Amis 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 
Imali radiated and Ipiral 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 
(a) Arill. H. 
Anim.lib, 4. 
c. 5. 
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