 | Natural history - 1867 - 520 pages
...thing in form like a lace of silke, finely woven as it were together ; one end whereof is fastened to the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oisters and uniskles are ; the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude masse or lump, which in time cometh... | |
 | David Freedberg - Science - 2003 - 528 pages
...wherein is contemed a thing in forme like a lace of silke finely woven . . . one ende whereof is fastned unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of Oisters and Muskles are; the other ende is made fast unto the belly of a rude masse or lumpe, which in time commeth to the shape and forme... | |
 | English periodicals - 1843 - 522 pages
...wherein is contained a thing in form like a lace of silke, finely woven as it were together, of я whitish colour, one end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oysters and muskles ; the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude mass, or Iftmpe, which in... | |
 | Agnes Arber - Botanical literature - 1970 - 330 pages
...lace of silke finely woven, as it were togither, of a whitish colour ; one ende whereof is fastned unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of Oisters and Muskles are ; the other ende is made fast unto the belly of a rude masse or lumpe, which in time commeth to the shape and forme... | |
 | Charles Earle Raven - Natural history - 1947 - 400 pages
.... . . wherein is conteined a thing in forme like a lace of silke . . . one ende whereof is fastned unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of Oisters and Muskles are; the other ende is made fast unto the belly of a rude masse or lumpe which in time commeth to the shape and forme... | |
 | Eliza Cook - 1852 - 432 pages
...in form like a lace of silk finely woven, as it were, together, of a whitish colour ; one end wcreof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oistcrs and mussels are ; the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude mass or lump, which,... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1884 - 682 pages
...thing in form like a lace of silke, finely woven as it were together; one end whereof is fastened into the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oisters and mueklea are ; tbe other end ia made fast unto the belly of a rude masse or lump, which in time Cometh... | |
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Muskles are; the other end is made fast into the belly of a rude masse or lumpe, which in time commeth to the shape and form of a bird: when it is perfectly formed, the shell gapeth open, and the first thing that appeareth is the foresaid lace or string;... 
