. Natural history in Shakespeare's time; being extracts illustrative of the subject as he knew it. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Natural history. OSTRICH.] NATURAL HISTORY. • 223 sun, and heateth the eggs that be hid, and breedeth birds therein, and bringeth them forth; and when the shell is broken, and birds come out, then first the mother gathereth and nourisheth them,—and the bird that she despised in the egg, she knoweth when it is come out of the egg. Also the Ostrich hateth the horse by kind, and is so contrary to the horse, that he may not see the horse without fear. And if an horse
. Natural history in Shakespeare's time; being extracts illustrative of the subject as he knew it. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Natural history. OSTRICH.] NATURAL HISTORY. • 223 sun, and heateth the eggs that be hid, and breedeth birds therein, and bringeth them forth; and when the shell is broken, and birds come out, then first the mother gathereth and nourisheth them,—and the bird that she despised in the egg, she knoweth when it is come out of the egg. Also the Ostrich hateth the horse by kind, and is so contrary to the horse, that he may not see the horse without fear. And if an horse come against him, he raiseth up his wings as it were against his enemy, and compelleth the horse to flee with beating of his wings. Bartholomew {Berthekt), bk. xii. § Cloven hoofs they have like red deer, and with them they fight, for good they be to catch up stones withal, and with their legs they whirl them back as they run away against those that chase them. But the veriest fools they be of all others ;—for as high as the rest of their body is, yet if they thrust their head and neck once into any shrub or bush, and get it hidden, they think then they are safe enough, and that no man seeth them. Holland's Pliny, bk. x. ch. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Seager, H. W. (Herbert West), b. 1848. London, E. Stock
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