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s L l I have touched, W6
the p t Lancashire, cMled
S?nc; In I v^herein are found broken pieces of old
ships, s o n ie w h e r j f have been thrown thither by shipwracke
and also the tr j k s and bodies, with the branches of old and
rotten trees cast up there_ likewise; whereon is found a certain
spume or froth, that in time breedeth unto certaine shells in
wfetfsh cofeur r muskle, but sharper pointed, and o i a
lilkp L n ? wherein is contained a thing in forme like a lace of
^°^^^her, of a whitish colour;
the fish ofeiiAw IS f a s t n j unto the inside of the shell, even as
the hem. I f “ ^skles a re ; the other end is made fast unto
s h L e a L s lape and ffoorrmmee of a bird. When it is perfectly focrommemd, etthhe.t os htehlel
®00ge tKxa. From Gerarde’s Herbal.
gapeth open, and the first thing that appeareth is the foresaid
lace or string;, next come the legs of the bird hanging out, and as
It groweth g j a t j it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it
is all come forth, and hangeth onely by the bill; in short fpace
^ maturitie, and falleth into the sea, where it
gat j e t h feathers, and groweth to a fowle bigger than a mallard
featoer^hl I " " having blacke legs and bill or beake, and
fe Jh e r s blacke and white, spotted m such manner as is our magpie •
^ a pie-annet, which the people of Lancashire
ah f J " "™ ® A tree-goose; which place aforesaid, and
fh l t f f ^feyning, do so much abound therewith, that one of
the best is Ju g h t for threepence. For the truth hereof, if any
fW 1 ^ repaire unto me, and I shall satisfie
them by the testimome of good witnesses^