the people, and tha{n} eteth the dede bodyes. Nota. Scilla is a monster in the see betwene Italye & Sicill / it is great ennemye vnto ma{n}. It is faced & handed lyke a gentylwoman / but it hath a wyde mouthe & ferfull tethe / & it is belied like a beste, & tayled lyke a dolphin / it hereth gladly singinge. It is in the wat{er} so stronge that it can nat be ouercome / but on {th}e lond it is but weke. Cap. lxxxiij. [Sidenote: Siren. Siren is like an eagle below, sings sweet songs to mariners, and tears them to pieces.] ++Syrene, the mermayde is a dedely beste that bringeth a man gladly to dethe / frome the nauyll vp she is lyke a woman w{i}t{h} a dredfull face / a long slymye here, a grete body, & is lyke the egle i{n} the nether parte / haui{n}ge fete and tale{n}tis to tear asonder suche as she geteth / her tayl is sealed like a fisshe / and she singeth a maner of swete song, and therwith deceyueth many a gode mariner / for wha{n} they here it, they fall on slepe co{m}monly / & than she co{m}meth, and draweth them out of the shippe, and tereth them asonder / they bere their yo{n}ges in their armes, & geue them souke of their papis whiche be very grete, ha{n}ginge at their brestis / but {th}e wyse maryners stoppe their eares whan they se her / for whan she playth on the wat{er}, all they be in fear, & than they cast out an empty to{n}ne to let her play w{i}t{h} it tyll they be past her / this is specifyed of the{m} {tha}t haue sene it. Ther be also in [Sidenote: +Sirens, serpents.+] some places of arabye, serp{n}tis named sirenes, that ronne faster than an horse, & haue wynges to flye. [Cap. lxxxv.] [Sidenote: Solaris.] ++Solaris is a fishe so named because it is gladly be the londes syde in the so{n}ne / he hathe a great hede, a wyde mouth, & a blake skine, & slipper as an ele / it waxeth gret, & is gode [Sidenote: _Sole._] to be eten. Solea is the sole, that is a swete fisshe and holsom for seke people. Cap. lxxxvi. [Sidenote: Solopendria.] ++Solope{n}dria is a fisshe / whan he hathe swalowed i{n} an angle, than he spueth out al his guttes till he be quyt of [Sidenote: Sea-Scorpion.] the hoke / and than he gadereth i{n} all his guttes agayne. The[A] Scorpion of the see is so named because wha{n} he is taken in any mannys handes he pricketh him w{i}t{h} his stinge of his tayle. Plini{us} saith that the dede creuyce that layeth on the drye sonde be the see syde, beco{m}meth scorpyons. [Text note: [A _orig._ Tge]] Cap. lxxxix. [Sidenote: _Sturgeon._ Eats no food, has no mouth, grows fat on east wind. Has no bones in his body.]