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Show Thedefcription ofScotland. bitants tutne cerfeine fame hotles emaresamong Heate fodjandonlic meate for the nobiliftenottiththem, thereintth thep grote in the end to befo fame ffandling that it beberic full of finetus ard qrifiies, liar, that afterivard thep go with them to and fro, thereat forte Delicatfeders do often take offentc. and firrallte homeinto thei matters pards , bere Zn tines pattallothep twere bred in many places of thep be faken and fone byoken to their bands. he the Calidons butnow thep be all confuancd by the Wwolues are mof fierce and noifome to the beards gluttonie ofthe mbabitants, (0 that notte of thei andflocks tnallparts of Scotland, fauing tn one are left, butontiein Comerland, pareellof Angus; called Glennoys dale, there thefe DMnthe eal Kode of Denteith lieth Stratherne, beafisda no maruer of burt brito the omefticall € borbereth alto bpon Fife. Through the vallies like: toife ofthis region runneth the water of Ern, that 10 cattell, but prete onlie dponthe tutto. Fores do much milcheefe generallic in all reads, falleth into Lap. This is moreoucriworthic to be noe but cheflic in the mounteines , there thep be berie ted,that not foure miles from the confluence of Crit bardlie hunted,botubeit art bath neutfed 4 meaneto anb Lap, there is a ffonteof {mall quantitie, ad pet prcuenttheit malice, and to pzeferue their pultrie, of ateat twonder,for in that place foeuer it be laid, Certes there is aloft no honfe that doth not for it Mill not be remtouedfrom thence by manualprac certeine dates chertth bp a pongfor,which the Scots tife,art,o2 engine, ¢ yet one man mapfo fone moue po calla odde, and then billing the fame, thep itas an bundzed. On the other fide of Lap beyond mincethe fleth thereof amongfuch meat , as thep Angusand Cotyzaplieth Stermond, aregion plengive bnto their foules and other littie beftials,and by tifullie induced both with grafle ant comne. Pot farce from Stermondis Athole,therein are manie noble 20 this micanes fo many foules and cattell as cate hers of are preferuen from danger of the for, almoft bp allies and riuters full of fi}, as pikes, lamperns, tive moneths after, fo that they mav tuander tht: @c.Dhe toilethere alfo is fo bountiful, that it peeloeth ther they twill, for the fores as tt twere twinding 0 cone inmaner Without anp tillage, There is lites fniclling the fet) of thett fellotues pet in ther crops Wife thereitia totone called And, Hhole feldsare fo willin no wife meddle with them, but efehety , and plentious,that (ifthep be tvell tien and dieffen) they bnop fucha one, although if were among an bu {will pelo great ffoze of barlie without anp folving dzeth of offer. Hffed. Wolnbrit,as thisis in that part of the regt ' Sn Scotlandalto are dogs of matuclous conditton offen verified,fo in other therets a contrarions onsfo2 beside the common nature and bniuerfall por Difpolition tobefound in the earth, tric) turnett hbeatfone into gud.and perfect rie, the like therof 30 pertiesof dogsof all other countries,there are thee forts inith bs; hhidhare notfeeneelfe-fbereit anic Bbheare tobenot far from Inke,ein the countries quarter of the tuo2ld. he firft ts an hound of great thereabouts. fivifinetfe, bardineffe, and frength, fierce ander Wick of Wuchqnbane and Wocne lieth wWofkges elippon all fwilac bratts, and eger againt thaues fuel and Gareoth , verp plentiful fotles both fos that offer their maifters any biolence. The feconts gralle and come. An Gareoth allo is an pill called aracho2 hound berie erquifite in follotving the fot, Doundore, thatis to-faie, the golvew mowiteiues (tbhich fue call nzatwing) tobetber tt be of mano fox the thepe that fed thereon ave. pellotw, and thett beat, pea he twill purfue anp manerof foule, and teeth of the fame hetv, refembling burnithed gold. find out thatfoeuer fit) is caft op, 02 lurketh among heirfielh moreoucris ted as it were tingedwith of {melling tere faficon,and (0 is thet toll much atter the fame ma: 40 the rocks, by that ercellent fenfe {ot is no greater than hier, Theres furthermore in thefame region; at beape of ffones lieng togither in maner of a croton Hhich veeld a found thervoneof them is firicken as ff it were abell, Some are of the opittion, that one {doll fempleo2 other fod heretcfore in that place, Mhilethe Scotith nation was advicten to the tor thfpping of fucls.adanp other regions are in Scot land, as IBadalbane, Strabzaun,and Bad;enoth, With diuers finall territories and flavins, hotwbcit With bets indued. The third that of raches,in colour for the moff part red, with blacke (pots, 02 elfe blacke anb full of red marks. Hhete are fo (hilfull that they will purtue a theefe, or theefe ole gmds tmott pecife mancr , ad fir Ding fhe trefpatier,witir great alfurance thep will make taife ppon him.D2 ifitbe fo that be baue te kent the water fobis fafegard, he Mzinketh not to pla follots bin,and enteing andiduing at the fame thep are not fo notabie as thofe fhich Wwehaucalrea' 50 testhere thepartie Went in and out , beneuct cea dietouched; and therefore: J) thinke. it but follie to feth torangetilihe auc nofed bis footing, ¢ become deale.any farther twith thent, ' to the placetherein the theefe ts fhrotvded. Zhe dogs of this kindare called Heuthhounds. Certes this re Ofthe reat plentic ofhares,réd deer} -, Aud other wilde beafts in Scotland, ofthe ftrange properties offin- rin nnecc. arte Scotydogs, andof 90 or thidiy the nature of + ri } wineine Lhe eight Chapter. not ott 'Autiig made thes {peciatt Defcription: of the realuteiof 2 d, nowivill:Stoucy ' CVD: iia 2 LOY OL Datlie had in erperience bponthe bozders of Eng land and Scotland,bere pillage is god purchate tty Difterentlicon both foes. Mere ts alatw alfo among the boxderers in timeof peace, that tro denied entrance o2 fate of a Reuthhound' in purfuit made 60 affer'fellons and ffolen geds, {hall be olor as a ofan: wilinca port ipould {deme meere incredible , ercept tt were Srotlan cearne'the fuchthingsas:con fameingeneralls -Firt of alt therfore iu the fields ann inila places of the country thereis great plenticaf bares, rep Deeroythlloly Dére,roes,toild hoxties, twolues ann fores:hele boxfies are not gotten butby great Mightanppolicesfovintbe intr fenton te inbar Céllatic brite the theft,o2 taken fo2 the felfe thee. Offoules, furh (Fmeatte) as line bypxie, Here falcons, arefunnefe forts in Scotland, as eagles, gothaukes, fparrowbaukes , morlions,, and (ocd like but of twater foules thetets fo great ftoze, fat the. repost. thereof may ferme to exceed all credit. abete are other nds of birosalfo in this rountrit, fence, as thedike of bidhis notabere elfe to be booic that! capetcaits:92 toilptozile aceater itt and . rauen and lining oneltebythe vindsmtance sian the pinectries; © Qe batre drt like mage cocks anvhens, thenbich abstetning Sent leaurs of om but the come,bofrenbpdrnonght ttfe, its, ih he ScotsDacommoncalPT The defcription.ofScotlarid. Meletinorareterienelitatcineating, Thethird fort knotnetty reabilictiyercon t8 fittinety, fovneizer i¢-reddith blacke oftcolourpimiquantitic conparas athichefimiebumine ble tothephefant; andiw ee velicioustn tafteano fano2 attyeitable,our emuttrie;men cal them tila cocks ann.thetr chiefefuffonantcetsby wheats. *, Befioe thele;ive hau alfo another fonic in. Pera move ftrange and bricouth than all thefeafore, mer tioned, calleda guftard , fulltefogreatasia finan; has ante thing pet four in their. belliesother thait! ofthe fundrie kinds of‘muskles ‘and fibthere tobefeene, and ofthe max. 0.3 but ireolonciof feathers anwntall of leylittle.nifte- paue bene tondedintheir: abfence by: mans hand (abich lie commontieon the hare earth) thepfozfatte thofe nefis, andlaic in other places, Allother our foules areconmion to.bs and other nations... Sar Mmonis move plentifnllin Scotland tharimanie other regfomof the twozld , amd bicanfe the nature of thisfifhis frange,3 twill fet atone fo much as Zow knolw hereof at this prefenttinte as follotvett. The fanron in haruetk time commeth bp into the fmallriners, there the water is moft Hallow, and there the maleand femalerubbing their tombe one againtt another, thep thed thetr fpatune, hich forty fwith thep conertwit) fand and grauelt andfe depart alway:From henceforth thep are gant and fender, and in appearancefo leanethat thepappeare nought elfebut thin and bone , and therefore tvorthilte faio tobegrotuneontof vfeandfeafon. Bt tsfatn alfo that if they tonch anie of ther full felloyes, During the timeof this theirleanntffe , the fame foe txbich thep touched twill liketwife becomeleane,trherebp it commeth to paffe, that a famon ts off feene to be faton the one five of the chineand leancon the other. Wut to proceed,the aforefaid fpatoite end milt being bidden in the fand (as pou baue beard) in the nert ring doth peeld great number oflittle frie, but fo neh andtender for along time, that till hep come to be fo great as a mansfinger (if pow cate) anie 98 cocklesin Scailand, andof pearlesgotten, ydathe farnexos, the-vncouthand.firange«; ting fronia partringe, hotnbettthefcbirasatenot 19 oD . erie common, nettherto beifeenetallplaces, finch alfoistheirqualttic,that if thop'perecinetheir egs ta | 20) _ ture ofthe-herbe Citiluss coma tsroirra12 sionlie calledHadders: Lheninth Chapter. A y He Creitretieth thatI thew "zx cockles,uberof toe hane mar j nie and fundzie binds among c\/2 bs :of thefe alfo fome are Pee 2, fmall,and pet ifthey be eatert QD ¢ frefh,are nottotthout a natu a 4yrall delicacie intalt,Others are greater and not unlike in forme and quantitie to thole that haue the purples and albeit that thep are Httotlic vote therof pet ts thetic meatand fubfance tight pleafantinthe eating. There are of another fort tdich are longer amd greater thaneither of thefe, called Worle mufkles,to be had in Dee and Done; and in thefe are the pearles ingendered. Cortes they 30 loucto be refivent in the Depeft ane cleareit waters that are boid of mud andfilth , and fuchis their eft mation among the veintiett kindsoffab,that thep iwere not brivanthilic called of old time, widotwes luifes. Thett fhelles alto ts as it twere izought even from the beric tops , and thereto full of {pots, theres in (as tirpeloof gaine) thev farte crecd all other. Cardanepes Thefe earlie inthe mozning,in thegentlecleare;anv' airy this; calmeaire, lif bp their Dyer Mhelles and mouthesa lib7.deSab.': littleabouethe tater , and there recefue of the fing "irre. of them) pou fhall perceine them to melt, and their 40 and pleafant breath 02 deiv of heanen, ¢afterivards according to the meafure and quantitie ofthts vital {ubffance to Diffolue and fade cuen as if Were gellic, force recctited,thepfirft conceiuc, them Moell, and fi 0748 ple lato forth againt the fun. From henceforth nallie produc the pearte. thep go to the fea, where twithin the {pace of 20 bairs Theyare fo fenfible and quickeof heaving, that thep gow toa maruclicus greatnefle, anothenrealthough port flanding on the baie o2 Banke about turning againe totward the place of their generation,thep fhetva notable {pectacle not oniwozthic to thent, do fpcake neuer(0 foftlie , 02 throtw neuer 1 methagaint him, be goeth (0 neere bnto the five of fhelles togither, for othertwife thep toonld open aD (maila ffone info the twater, pet thep twill neferte beconfineren. pou, ad fettle againe to the bottome , without re Certes in Scotland there are manie linnes 03 turnefop that time. Doubtletle thep bane as it were poles, ibid) being in fome places among the rocks derie {hallow abour, are pet decpe beneath,with the so Anaturall carefulnetfe of their otune commoditie, as not tgnozant, bot greatcftimation we moztall fall of the water, and thereto the famon not able to men make ofthe fame amongft bs,anbd therefore fo pearfe through the cyanell,cither for fwiftnelfe of the fone asthe fifbermen dw catch them, thep bind their courte, 02 depth ofthe vefcent of (uch tater as con the rocke 02 dam,if 3 map fo call it,as he map, and there abuentureth toleape our and bp ints the lin, tf beleape well at the firfl he obteineth bis befire, if Not, be afflateth the fecond o2 third time, till be returne notp bnto bis countric: a great filh able to fhedtheir pearles of purpose, for hich thep know themfelues tobe purfuen, Their maner of appzebers fion is this,firft foure 02 flue perfons go into the rt ner togither,bp onto the fyoulders,anbthete and in acompatle one by another twith poles tn thefr hands fwim againft the freame, that before was a litle ¢thereby thep reft moze fuerlie, ith they fir them in the grounbd,anbd fate twith one hmbpon themsthen cafling their cies botwne to the bottome of the tar ter, they cfpie uyere they lie by their tyining anb as aflay often to leape,and cannotget onet,ba bole clerencffe, and with their to¢s take them bp(fo2 the themfelues and become incafellen : others that bappeapth ofthe tater twill not (offer them to tape for Pen to fall bpon Drie Land,a thing often feene,are ta bod, and mauare bis refiftane , carted twit the bio: lent courfeof the tater into the maine ocean, Such ken by the people (that watch) their times) in calbrons of hot tater, thich they fet bponthe thalloto # tric plots with fire bnder them,in hope tacatdh the Gatteft, ¢ fuch as by reafon oftheft weightdo oftnet thoxt. Certes the tal of thefe is reputed to be mof delicate, ann therfore their price is commtontie Steater than of the ref. Zt is inhibited in Scotlanv totake anv famonfrom the 8 of September, tntill et sof Roucmber, Finallie there is no man that . them) + giue them to fucth as ttanb nert them, Ehe peris that are fo gotten tn Scotland,are not of (mall balue, they are erie ortent # bright, light abrourid, and fometimes of the quantitte of the nailé of oneslittle finger, as 3 hane bad and feng bp mine otone erperience. Almoft (uc) another mua' hile found on the coaft of Spaine, the thels ubereof are gathered bp fudas go in pilgrimage to fant James, and brought into Scotland, but thep are without BY. |