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Page 44 - But what our eyes have seen and our hands have touched we shall declare. There is a small island in Lancashire called the ' Pile of Foulders,' wherein are found the broken pieces of old and bruised ships, some whereof have been cast thither by...
Page 70 - Bird in every Shell that I opened, as well the least as the biggest, I found so curiously and compleatly formed, that there appeared nothing wanting as to internal parts, for making up a perfect Seafowl : every little part appearing so distinctly that the whole looked like a large Bird seen through a concave or diminishing glass, colour and feature being everywhere so clear and neat.
Page 44 - ... lace or string ; next come the legs of the bird hanging out, and as it groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come forth, and hangeth only by the bill : in short space after, it cometh to full maturitie, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to a fowle bigger than a mallard and lesser than a goose...
Page 44 - ... finely woven, as it were, together, of a whitish colour, one end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oysters and mussels are ; the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude mass or lump, which in time cometh to...
Page 154 - ... their egges, so that some men have taken upon them to write, that they sit upon trees in Scotland that hang over the water, and such egges as fall from them downe into the water become young geese, and swim there out of the water ; but those that fall upon the land burst...
Page 44 - When it is perfectly formed, the shell 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 greater, it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come forth, and hangeth only by the bill. In short space after it cometh to full maturity, and falleth into the sea...
Page 70 - Shells, that had formerly cover'd it, were worn or rubb'd off. Only on the parts that lay next the ground, there still hung multitudes of little Shells; having within them little Birds, perfectly shap'd, supposed to be Barnacles.
Page 37 - In th1 icy isles, those goslings hatch'd of trees ; Whose fruitful leaves, falling into the water, Are turn'd, they say, to living fowls soon after. So, rotten sides of broken ships do change To barnacles. O transformation strange ! 'Twas first a green tree ; then, a gallant hull ; Lately a mushroom ; now, a flying gull.
Page 43 - Barnacles; in the North of England, brant Geese ; and in Lancashire, tree Geese : but the other that do fall upon the land perish and come to nothing. Thus much by the writings of others, and also from the mouthes of people of those parts, which may very well accord with truth.
Page 19 - And there groweth a manner of Fruit, as though it were Gourds. And when they be ripe, Men cut them in two, and Men find within a little Beast in Flesh and Bone and Blood, as though it were a little Lamb without Wool. And Men eat both the Fruit and the Beast. And that is a great Marvel.