fertile ſoyle, caught holde, and bitte ſtreyght: ſaying. The great loue I beare you (quoth hee) dear brethren myne, for that I haue been bredde, fedde, and brought vp in this Lake, euen to crooked age, maketh me truly to pittie yee, and ſure I am and will be ready to doe yee any good I can. Therefore in my opinion (and yee will be ruled by mee) you ſhall doe beſt to gette you hence, and tarye not their comming, for they wyll ſpare none: all is fiſhe that commeth to nette with them. And bicauſe I am practifed in the worlde (as he that goeth in euery place) I can tel you there are a thouſand places fairer than this, better, and a cleerer water, and were marueylouſlye more for your profite and healthes: and if ye be contented, I wyll tell you where and how. All at once yeelded to him, and greatly commended him, (O fooliſhe fiſhies to beleeue ſuch a beaſt) prayinge him to diſpatche the matter wyth as much celeritie as might be. He willed then ſome of them to get vnder his pinions, and to hold fail with their billes by the fethers of his tayle, and ſo to trayne them on, hee diued ſo farre vnder water that they might conueniently faſten themſelues in order to flie with the Fowle. And when they were mounted on his backe he tooke his flyht fayre and ſoftlye to the toppe of one of thoſe high mountaynes,
