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Show The defcription of England. The defeription of England. ares pet featt 3 fhould ruftique, doubted Gbether thefe lobfars be ft 02 not; and in the end concludeth them to groty of the purgation of the water as doth the frog, and thefe alfo not to be eaten, for that thep be ffrong and periebardof digeftion. 1But hereof let othcr deters mine farther, 4 might bere fpeabeof fundzie other fithes no as for perch ( adelicate fith) it profpereth cucrte fo te mi eToe in pa pelinering and alfo -trhere, Fmeane fo well inponds astiners, in motes andpittes , as Joo bnoty bp erperience, as baue benebrought to mp know Z son of though thefrbottoms be but claic. Sore would Do they as bowie them fet to notiet ‘soi Dut, iwrite of our frelh At , tf anie more twers needful; re,which come tomind. Wefines the fatmons therefo mber fale therefore Z Will now turne over buta fuch of the are not tobe taken from the niddelt of Septe iwater asare taken bpon our coafts . As our foules ful tothe midoett of Pouember,modare berie plenti fo therefore haue thetr feafons, fo liketwile baue all our not are ffore pong their as , inour greateft rivers fortsof fea fifh: hbereby it commeth to pate that tue , mmer ivtu onto Apr id be touched fromm hone,o3 at the leattwwife verte fein of them are tobe ro geod: ke cheuin,pi le,potot, bell,grai trout,bar the haue hadatalltimes . Menertheleffe, the feas that tnute eon, (melt, perch, mean, thzimpes, creaifes,lany ronour coatks, are of all other mot plentifull: fo aes; and (uch lite, ttbote preferuation ts proufded as by reafon oftheir depth thepavea great fuccour, fox bp berie fharpelawwes, not oneli¢ tn our riuers, foour low tho2es minifter great plentie of fod bnta but alfa in plathes 0; lakes and ponds , trbich offer: tbe fith that come thereto, 19 place being boid 02 baranddo owners, the to p2ofit {mall toife would bring ren,cither thzough tant of fod for thenr,0: the falles pers ible of ance mainten al continu by barme mud) of filthieriuers;tbfcy naturallie annoie them, Jn fons,faho tooulo {pend theft bole times bpon their December therefore and Januarie wwe commoniie bankes,not coueting to labour iwith their bands, 02 abound inberring and red fif},as rocjet, and guts follow anie godtrade. DF all thefe there are none amd then taken alfo bpon our coats ; but fith mp hole balure in olp time fothetr fiocetnefle twas not and herring : and the tive moneths infuing with the fame, asalfo thonbacke and reigh of all {ots ; all fbhich ave themot biuall, and.theretsith our com: put bis riuet and fat onto the buier , for the better mon fort are belt of all refrethen, ‘otterance of bis tvareand can not make bint apap Fo2 mine otone part J am gveatlie acquainted atthat prefent, belaieth the fante againe into the neither with the feafons, n02 pet with the Lith it (elfes proper place and falving bp the wound, be reftoreth bin to the pawd there tenches ave, tho neuer ceafe 3° and therefore if J (ould take bpon meto deferibe 02 fpeake of either of them abfolutelic, 3 fhould enter tofucke and licke bis gueeucd place, till thep baue res prtfe moze than J am able to perfoxme, and go it ftoren him to bealth,and made btm readieto come a band toitha greater matter than J can well being Haine to the fall ,taben bis turne thall come about. 3 about .3t (hall {affice therefore ta declare thatforts might bere make repart bol the pike, carpe, and of fithes % haue mot offen fene, to the end J map fore other of our riuer fithes are fold by inches of not altogither pafle oner this chapter without the res cleane fith, from the cies 02 gilles to the crotch of the herfall of fomnething , although the tole fummeof tailes, butitisnecdleffe: allo botw the pike as he a fier the Atymonger bath opened his foe and lato that tic) J haue to faiebe tiothing indeed, if the performarice of a full difcourte bereof be ante thing amb latt of all to a luce; alto thata fatmonis the firt peare a grauellin, aro commontie fo big as an hers Df filhes therefore as ¥% find fiue forts, the fat, fhe fourth a falmon; butthis is in like fot brmecet favie. A might finallic tell pou, bot that in fennic rf ues fides if pou cut a turffe, and laie it twith the graile Dotwneiwards, bpon fhe earth, tn fuch ft as fhewater map tonch it asit palleth by, pou thall ourfea fi},asa maninmaner vfterlie bnacquain, that 3 may line and haue leafure once againe to per: ulethis treatife, and fo make bpa perfec peece of foorke,of that abich as pou noty {ee ts berie Nenders Ke attempted and begun, Offauage beafts and vermines. the round', the long, thelegged and thellen : fo the flat are Divided into the {meth , fcaled and tailed. Mfthe firkk are the platce, the but, the turbut, birt, flokeo2 fea flounder, dowweie,bab, ac. Df the fecond Fiat ts. the folesjtc. Df the thirdour caits,maidens, bing: fons, flath and' thombacke, thereof the greater be for the mio part either opted and carried into other countries'; o2 foodert, otwfed je eaten here at home, haute hand of celes,it would fremea twonder;and pet 50 ttbilett the leffor be fried 03 buttered; fone after they (tis beleeued twit 0 lefle aturance of fone, than be takervas proutfion not tobe kept long for feare of thatan barle hatre Lain tra pale futlof thelike water Will in Chart tine irre and beconte a luing crea: putrifacion . Under theronnd kinds are conimons Bound fils liecontprebended tamps, an dglie fith to fight, and ture.Wut (ith (he certeintic of thefe things ts rather pet berie delicat in eating , if tt be kindlie Dreffed: Proned bp fein than the certeintic ofthent knowne the tehiting (an old waiter orfernite2 in the court)the vnto manic, Vet it pale at his time . Peuerthe» rocbet,fea breame,pitle, bake; fea trotot, qurnard, loife thisis generatlic obferued in the maintenance bandocke, co,herring,pilcbard, {pat, and {ach tke. of frie fo well in rivers as in ponds, thatin the time And thefe are thep thereof Zhaue bet Knowwlenge, of {patwne we vfe fo throw in faggots made of wil and becommidntic to be bad ti their times ppori our Vow and fallow card now and then of buthes fo; want Go coats. Under this kind alfo are all the great fh Of Che other, bereby rch (patune as falleth into the conteined,as the feale , the dolyhin, the porpoife, the Come ts preformed and kept from the pite, pered, cele and other Hh, of adie) thecarpe allo will feed vpor Wis otonie, and thereby binder the for and increaty of oper KIND, Some vole in cucric Aft 02 frauenth Pelee to Laie their great ponds oxic for all the fun wiee Hime, to the end they may gather graffe , and a Civ oart foy the Hy to fwd Upon; andafteriwards Mare therm twith bydeders, after the water be let of ew againe into them: Rnallie , then thep baue (hatoned, thep Draw out the breeders , leauing not abour foure op fe bebind cucnin the greateft ponds, bp ineance Wheveof the ret Da profper the better:and Sts obferuation is mot feo w Carpe and breaure ; felnes in mot (ecret maner , andoft bp likencife of colour twith the tones among bbichthep lie,peceiue curn the tkilfull takers of thent , except thev vfe great diligence, Carolus Stephanus. in hisumatfon ruftique, dLions tue haue had berie manie in the no2 parts the maine by the great deluge o2flmdof oab: but nith the countric Mith them fo: bis pleafure and pas flime in bunting,3 can in no wile beleue, Of fores we baue fome but no great ftoze , and Fores alfo badgers in our fandie ¢ light grounds., &bere aangerg, {wnds, firses, bzome , and plentie of fheubs are fo fhaotwd them in, then thep' befrom thett boorowes, and thereto tuarrens of conies at hand fo fed dpon atWill. Dtheriwffein clate,which tuecall the cledgie o mould,lwe filoom beare of anie,btcanfe the moitture and toughneffe of the toile ts fuch, as totil not {utter them to daty and mabethetbozretves pepe. Cers tes ifJ map freelie fate that F thinke, 4 fuppofe that fhele two kinds (FJ meane fores and badgers) ate ras ther poefernedby gentlemen fo hunt aid baue paflime intthall at thetc otone pleafures, than others {wife fuffered toliue, as not able to be deffroien bi. parts of the Flan,Jfo2 wberas toe that binell onthis that ercept it hanbene to beare thus twith the retrea- inthis bebalfe : pet cannot the Scofs do the likein tions of their fupertors tn this bebalfe, if could not otherivile have bene chofetr, but that thep ould Gor ofthe Linen, mapfafelis boatt of our fecuritic of like orfpofition tontinuallie connerfant among them to the general hinperanceoftheir bufbann baue bene btterlie oeftroied by manie peares a gone. 4 might bere intreat largelie of offer bermine, as the polcat,the mintuer,the twealell tote, fulinart, aBeuers. fquivrill,fitcyet, and fachlike , tbich) Cardan tnclas Men,and no finall damage onto the inbabiters of thofe quarters . She haypie and fortunate tantof 60 deth onverthe tun20 asuffela : allo ofthe ofter yand thefe beatfs in Gnglannts dniverfallie afcribed to itkewife of the bener , abole hinder feetamp taile or on fh Finallie, of the legged hind we baue not manienel Leaged lypuscallente Cnalith thelobiar, craftthorcreuis, and thecrab. As foy the little crafithes thep are not taken inthefea, but plentifullie in our freth rivers in banks,and onderftones, tere the kepe then Since this time alfo tue read not that anie wolfe hath bene feene bere that bath bene bred within the bounds and limits of ourcounttie ; hotwbett there haue beene dinerfe brought ouer from beyond the cante of their great numbers. Jfo2 fuch ts the fcanti> RD * reat © A traucll in fafetie, our herds tie of them bere in England, in compartfon of the and fo fox the moff part abzoad inthe 5° plentie thatistebe fenein other countries, andfo ficld toithout ante heroman 02 keeper. Dhisis ceefelie fpokenof the fouthiand fouthiwett « eavnettlie are the inbabitants bent to ret them ont, SUbtie point within thetc kingdont,fith thep bane congers,eles.garefith, and {uch otherof that forme. *°"5 °Y ther bane ¥fane ante mox of this fort than the Po- A 4 aces ZH is none of the leatt blet Ad] tings therewith God bath ine » nued this gland , that tt ts botn of noifomebeats , as lt Ey ons, beares, tigers, patdes, @wolfes , ¢ fuch like, bp means F-{ thereof our comttrimen map Steruons wolfesandcruell fores , befine fome other thirlepole, bale, and thattbeuer is round of bovte beit neuer fo great anv huge. Dt the long fort are left to be heard of ‘within Wales amd Cnglann, ted With theft dfuerfitie of kinds ; pet & much bauc long after, other twile the generation of thofe ¢ofher Jpeldedtodm, boping bereafter to ate fomethat o likecreatures could not baue extended into our 3 mope,ar1d modeo2derlie of them,if it hall pleafe Gon lands. F'02,that ante man would of fet purpofe replies ftom a facke to apicherell,froma pickerell to a pike, 40 bardlie required. ring,the fecond a falmonpeale,the third apug, and foure peares, none of thofe noifome creatures tocre dubnotwne tn Wome (although Mutianus ag Plinie of Scotlaw,and thote with mathes of no leffcforce than thep of SPauritanta tueve fometimes reporten noteth lib. 32, cap. 6. preferre the Cpzicene before them ) and thefe tue haue in like maner of ofuerfe to be;but bow and tben thep were deftroied as pet ¥ quantities , ad no lefle bartetic alfo of our mufkles Do not read. Thep bad in like fort no lofle plentie of and cockles, Gitte baue in like fo2t 110 {mall fto2e of wild and cruell buls, which the pzinces and theit nogreat thelkes, fcalops and peretvinkles , and each 20 bilitte i the fregall time of theland pfd bunt, ana of them brought favre into the land from the feacoalk follot foz the triall of their manhood, and by purfute tnthetr fenerallfeafons. And albeit ouroffters are either on horfebacke o2 fot inarmo;; nottwithttana, Generallte forborne in the foure bot moneths of the ing that manie times they were Dangeronfie affat, ied by them, 1But both thefe fauagecreturesare nop peare,that is to faie,Maie,June,Julie,and Augutl, Ghid)are boid of the letter 1% : pet in fone places not beard of , 02 at the leat toile the later {carfelie thep be continuallie eaten,there thep be keptin pits knotwnin the fouth parts. Hotvbett this J gather by as J baue bnotwne by experience, And thus much of their being bere, that onc Zland was notcut from conger.3n Angutt and September, toith haddocke gethrecetueth dinero names , as froma frie to a Gilthed,from a gilthen toa pod,from a pod toa facke, means thereof within the compaffe and terme of feas for gredineffe of gaine,and te make monte on, smindis onelie to touch either all fuch as are biuallic gotten, 02 fo mante of them onelie as Jean twell rer 10 lie by the gafing and gaping of our people bpon them, tho couet off to fee them: being ftrange beafts bearfe bpon certeine knowwlenge, 3 thinke it geod at in thefr efesjanb ftloome knotonc(as J haue faio)in this time to forbeare the further intreatie of them.as Cngland. touching the thellie fo2t, we haue plentic ofoffters, nd Ware we fed on plaice, miore pretudictall to thetr neighbours that divell in 20 nard. Zn Febmariea frowts , turbut, mutkles, ec. Am Apaill and Wate, the fame water >= than the pike and cele, btch conv {with makrell,and cockles.3n June and Julie , with fuch th 02 frie and {patone as thep montie nevonte map get and come by . Meucethelefle, the pike is frend onto the tench,as to bis lead) ¢{urgeon . 3Fo2 Cc burted at Wlolfpit in Cambziogethire , anv that *"** the politike gouernementof king Cogar,tuys to the Unfent the ahole countrie might ance be clenfed and Cleavelic rin of thein,tharged the coriquercd WHlelihs Met(aho were then peftercd twith thefe raucnous Steatures aboue meafure) fo patc him a pearelie trfa buteot wolfes tkinnes:, to be gathered toithin the LAND . He appointed them theretoa certeine tuumber Of three bundzed ; with free libertie fotheir peirice to buntpurfue ther over all quarters of the vealmes aS our dyoniclesaw report . Dome there be thidy ritebofy Luvwall pririce of Wales paid peareli¢ tobing Cogar this tribute of thre hundzed Waolfes, thofe carcafes being bjonght into Lboegres, tuete lie are fuypofed to be fil}. Certes the tatle of this beatt islike bnto a thin thetftone,as the bodie bnto amonfterons rat: the beaft alfo it felfe is ef fuch force in the teeth,that it will guaty an Hole though a thicke planke,o2 there thosougha oubble billet tn anight; it loueth allo the Milleff rivers : ¢ itis ginen to them by nature , to go bp flockes bnto the mans at band,there they gather Ticks aheretwith to builo their neffs, therein their bodieslic dzie aboue the water ,although thep fo proutde mott commontie, that thetr tailes may bang within the fame. Ht ts. al fo reported that their fafd tailes are a delicate difh, and their tones of Inch medieinable force, that (as Verto- : |