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++Ahuna is a mo{n}ster of the see very glorisshe, as Albert{us} saith /
what it eteth it tourneth to greas in his body / it hathe no mawe but a
bely / & that he filleth so full that he speweth it out agayne / & that
can he do so lyghtely / for hehath no necke / whan he is in peryl of
dethe be other fisshes / than he onfacyoneth himselfe as rou{n}de as a
bowle, w{i}t{h}drawynge his hede into his bely / wha{n} he hathe then
hounger / He dothe ete a parte of himselfe rather than {th}e other
fisshes sholde ete him hole and all.
Cap. xiii.
[Sidenote: _Borbotha._]
++Borbotha be fisshes very slepery, somewhat lyke an ele / haui{n}ge
wyde mouthes & great hedes / it is a swete mete / and whan it is xij.
yere olde, than it waxeth bigge of body.
[Sidenote: _Butt_, or _Flounder_ (Russell, l. 735, and note 2).]
Nota / Botte that is a flounder of the fresshe water / & they swi{m}me
on the flatte of their body, & they haue finnes rou{n}de about theyr
body & w{i}t{h} a sothern wynde they waxe fatte /
[Sidenote: _Bream_ (Russell, l. 745, 578).]
& they have rede spottis. Bre{n}na is a breme, & it is a fisshe of the
riuer / & whan he seeth the pyke that wyll take hym / than he sinketh to
the botom of {th}e wat{er} & maketh it so trobelous that the pyke can
nat se hym.
Cap. xiiii.
[Sidenote: _Balena._ (The woodcut is a big Merman. See note,
p. 123, here. ? Whale. Russell, l. 582.) Are seen most in winter;
breed in summer. In rough weather Balena puts her young in her
mouth.]
++Balena is a great beste in the see, and bloweth moche water from him,
as if it were a clowde / the shippes be in great dau{n}ger of him
somtyme / & they be sene moste towardes winter / for in the somer they
be hidden in swete brod places of the wat{er} where it casteth her
yo{n}ges, & suffereth so grete payne {tha}t tha{n} he fleteth aboue the
water as one desiringe helpe / his mouth is in the face, & therefore he
casteth the more water / she bringeth her yonges forthe lyke other
bestis on erthe, & it slepeth / in te{m}pestius weder she hydeth her
yo{n}ges in her mouthe / and wha{n} it is past she voydeth them out
agayne / & they growe x. yere.
Cap. xvi.
[Sidenote: _Crevice_ (Sea and Fresh Water Crayfish). (Russell,
l. 602, l. 618.) How they engender, and hybernate. How the
Crayfish manages to eat Oysters.]
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