Wp/enm/Fisse

A fi&#383;se biþ a bee&#383;t þat liveþ in þe watere. It hath fynnes bot no leggys. Yt haccheþ from an lityl ei þat is softe and muſcilaginous, þat fele kyndes fiſshes spawnen forth in gret abondaunce. It like&thorn; to fleten in þe watir, and may ben etun by oþer fi&#383;ses. Fiſses arn of wnder diuers kindys, and swimen in alle þe ocens iknowen to mankynne, and eek in flumes and ſtremys and othre watres. A man þat caccheþ fi&#383;ses ouften is a fi&#383;sere.

Dyvers ſtrindes of fixes arn, al so foleweþ:

• Cartylaginouſe fiſse, þe whych biloukeþ scharkys, and rayes, and ſkaatys

• Leem finnyd fiſch, þe whych biloukeþ þe muche del of fiſses, so biſne laxys, and heringes, and haddokes, and hakys, and codling, and whityng, and manifold oþre

• Lobe finnyd fiſch, þe whych biloukeþ þe fyſse þat was er held as al ded, þat is in Leden Cœlacanth yclept

Scale fiſche (þat for sothe naren fyſses), þe whych biloukeþ lopſtres, and crabbys, and shrimpis, and whelkes, and coccles