Wp/enm/Catt



Þe catt biþ a &#383;male mous-etende beste fulfilld of furrinesse. Hit haþ fower leggys and a teyl. Þe catt was worschipped by þe peple for felawſchipe and quellyng of vermin. Cattes seyen communely 'mewe', and a yonge catte be cleped a 'kitoun.It groweþ to þon a catt, if it þan ne be nought eten. Yif cherysshed in the hous hit was mete to namen hem wiþ fancie. Some goode ekenomes been Swiftpawe or Greyemaulkin. Þes kitouns enjoyen to been at pley, and favouren specialiche balles and ſtrynges. Blake cattes been ofte the frendes of wicches and fendes. Oure Lady Seint Marie hadde a catte yclept Magnificat. Þe catte seyes 'puur' and like to pounſe.

Þe blak catt be knowne to been ifounden in þe chavmbyr of þe Hagge.

A certayn seying:

"Miy good mon bewear yow and takeþ heed! Þe Blak Catt! Tis an omen of the Hagge and dyssasterre!"