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The new _Wine_ is _Campolet_, p. 153. Henderson does not mention it;
Halliwell has ‘_Campletes_. A kind of wine, mentioned in a curious list
in MS. Rawl. C. 86.’ [See the list in the Notes to Russell, above,
p. 86.] I suppose it to be the wine from ‘_Campole_. The name of a
certaine white grape, which hath very white kernels.’ Cotgrave.
Of new _Fish_ W. de Worde names the _Salens_ (p. 166, l. 8), _Cottell_
and _Tench_ (p. 167). Torrentyne he makes _sele turrentyne_ (p. 166,
l. 8 from bottom) seemingly, but has _turrentyne salte_ as a fish
salted, at p. 168, l. 7.
_Cottell_, p. 168, l. 14, the cuttlefish. Of these, _Sepiæ vel
Lolligines calamariæ_, Muffet says, they are called also ‘sleewes’ for
their shape, and ‘scribes’ for their incky humour wherewith they are
replenished, and are commended by Galen for great nourishers; their
skins be as smooth as any womans, but their flesh is brawny as any
ploughmans; therefore I fear me Galen rather commended them upon
hear-say then upon any just cause or true experience.
For the _Salens_ I can only suggest thunny. Aldrovandi, _de Piscibus_,
treating of the synonyms of the Salmon, p. 482, says, “Græcam salmonis
nomenclaturam non inuenio, neq{ue} est quod id miretur curiosus lector,
cum in Oceano tantu{m} flumi{n}ibusq{ue} in eum se exonerantibus
reperiatur, ad quæ veteres Græci nunquam penetr{a}runt. Qui voluerit,
_Salangem_ appellare poterit. Σαλάχξ enim boni, id est, delicati piscis
nomen legitur apud Hesychium, nec præterea qui sit, explicatur: aut a
migrandi natura κατανάδρομος, vel δρόμας fluviatilis dicatur, nam
Aristoteles in mari dromades vocat Thunnos aliosq{ue} gregales, qui
aliunde in Pontum excurrunt, et vix vno loco conquiescunt; aut nomen
fingatur a saltu, & ἄλμων dicitur. Non placet tamen, salmonis nomen a
saltu deduci, aut etiam á sale, licet saliendi natura ei optimè quadret
saleq{ue} aut muria inueturaria etiam soleat. Non enim latine sed a
Germanis Belgisuè Rheni accolis, aut Gallis Aquitanicis accepta vox
est.” See also p. 318, ‘Scardula, et Iucohia ex Pigis, et Plota,
Sale{n}a.’ _Gesner, de Piscibus_, p. 273. Can _salens_ be the Greek
‘σωλην, a shell-fish, perhaps like the razor-fish. Epich.
p. 22.’--Liddell and Scott--? I presume not. ‘_Solen._ The flesh is
sweet; they may be eaten fryed or boiled.’ 1661, R. Lovell, _Hist. of
Animals_, p. 240. ‘_Solen_: A genus of bivalve mollusks, having a long
slender shell; razor-fish.’ Webster’s Dict.
_Sele turrentyne_, p. 166, l. 8 from bottom. Seemingly a variety of
seal, or of eel or sole if _sele_ is a misprint. But I cannot suggest
any fish for it.
_Rochets_, p. 167, l. 5. _Rubelliones._ _Rochets_ (or rather Rougets,
because they are so red) differ from Gurnards and Curs, in that they are
redder by a great deal, and also lesser; they are of the like flesh and
goodness, yet better fryed with onions, butter, and vinegar, then
sodden. Muffett, p. 166.
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