Part 53 (1/2)

Cap. lxiiij.

[Sidenote: Nereids.]

++Nereydes be monsters of {th}e see, all rowghe of body / & whan any of them dyeth, tha{n} the other wepe. of this is spoke{n} in balena, the .xiiij. chapter.

[Sidenote: Orchun. Is Balene's deadly enemy.]

-- ++Orchu{n} is a monster of {th}e se / whose lykenes can nat lightely be shewed / & he is mortal e{n}nemye to {th}e balene, & tereth asonder the bely of the balene / & the balene is so boystous {tha}t he can nat turne hym to defende him, and {tha}t costeth him his lyfe / for as sone as he feleth hi{m} selfe wou{n}ded, than he si{n}keth doune to the botom of the water agayne / & the Orchu{n} throweth at him w{i}t{h} stones / & thus balena endith his lyfe.

Cap. lxvi.

[Sidenote: Pearl-Oyster.]

++Ostren is an oyster that openeth his sh.e.l.l to receyue {th}e dewe & swete ayre. In {th}e oyster groweth naturall orient perles that oftentymes laye on the see stronde, & be but lytell regarded, as Isidorus saith.

Cap. lxvij.

[Sidenote: Pagrus.]

++Pagrus is a fisshe that hath so harde tethe {tha}t he byteth {th}e oyster sh.e.l.les in peces, & eteth out the fisshe of the{m}.

[Sidenote: Sea-Peac.o.c.k.]

Nota. Pauus maris is the Pec.o.c.ke of the Se, & is lyke the pec.o.c.ke of the londe, bothe his backe, necke, & hede / & the

[Sidenote: Percus.]

nether body is fisshe Nota. Percus is of diuers colours, & swift in ro{n}nynge in {th}e water, & hathe sharpe finnes, & is a

[Sidenote: Pecten: winks.]

holsome mete for seke people. Pecten is a fisshe that is in sandy grou{n}de, & wha{n} he is meued or stered, he wynketh.

Cap. lxx.

[Sidenote: Pinna. How he catches small fishes.]

++Pinna is a fisshe {tha}t layeth alwaye in the mudde, and hathe alway a lodisma{n}, & some name it a lytel hoge, & it hathe a rou{n}de body, & it is in a sh.e.l.l lyke a muscle; it layth in the mone as it were dede, gapyng open / and than the smale fisshes come into his shel, weni{n}g of him to take their repaste / but whan he feleth {tha}t his sh.e.l.l is almoste ful / than he closeth his mouthe, & taketh them & eteth them / & parteth

[Sidenote: _Plaice._]

them amo{n}ge his felowes. The playce is well knowen fisshe, for he is brode & blake on the one syde, and whyte on the other.

Cap. lxvij.