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         M. P. (Martin Parker), d. 1656?
      
       
         
           1635
        
      
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             A description of a strange (and miraculous) fish cast upon the sands in the meads, in the hundred of Worwell, in the county Palatine of Chester, (or Chesshiere. The certainty whereof is here related concerning the said most monstrous fish. To the tune of Bragandary.
             M. P. (Martin Parker), d. 1656?
          
           1 sheet ([2] p.) : ill.
           
             For Thomas Lambert, at the signe of the Hors-shoo in Smithfield,
             Printed at London :
             [1635?]
          
           
             Signed: M. P., i.e. Martin Parker.
             A ballad.
             In two parts.
             Suggested publication date from STC.
             Verse - "Of many maruels in my time".
             Also erroneously listed as Wing D1143.
             Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           Monsters -- England -- Early works to 1800.
        
      
    
     
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           A
           description
           of
           a
           strange
           (
           and
           miraculous
           )
           Fish
           ,
           cast
           upon
           the
           sands
           in
           the
           meads
           ,
           in
           the
           Hundred
           of
           Worwell
           ,
           in
           the
           County
           Palatine
           of
           Chester
           ,
           (
           or
           Chesshiere
           .
           The
           certainty
           whereof
           is
           here
           related
           concerning
           the
           said
           most
           monstrous
           Fish.
           
        
         
           
             To
             the
             tune
             of
             Bragandary
             .
          
           
             
          
           
             
               OF
               many
               maruels
               in
               my
               time
            
             
               I'us
               heretofore
               ,
            
             
               But
               here
               's
               a
               stranger
               now
               in
               prime
            
             
               that
               's
               lately
               come
               on
               shore
               ,
            
             
               Inuites
               my
               pen
               to
               specifie
            
             
               What
               some
               (
               I
               doubt
               )
               will
               think
               a
               lie
               .
            
             
               
                 O
                 rare
                 beyond
                 compare
                 ,
                 in
                 England
                 nere
                 the
                 like
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               It
               is
               a
               fish
               ,
               a
               monstrous
               fish
               ,
            
             
               a
               fish
               that
               many
               dreads
               ,
            
             
               But
               now
               it
               is
               as
               we
               would
               wish
               ,
            
             
               cast
               vp
               o'
               th
               sands
               i'
               th
               meads
               ,
            
             
               In
               Chesshire
               ;
               and
               t
               is
               certaine
               true
               ,
            
             
               Describ'd
               by
               those
               who
               did
               it
               view
               .
            
             
               
                 O
                 rare
                 beyond
                 compare
                 ,
                 in
                 England
                 nere
                 the
                 like
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Full
               twenty
               one
               yards
               and
               one
               foot
            
             
               this
               fish
               extend
               in
               length
               ,
            
             
               With
               all
               things
               correspondent
               too
               't
               ,
            
             
               for
               amplitude
               and
               strength
               :
            
             
               Good
               people
               what
               I
               shall
               report
               ,
            
             
               Doe
               not
               account
               a
               fained
               sport
               .
            
             
               
                 O
                 rare
                 beyond
                 compare
                 ,
                 in
                 England
                 nere
                 the
                 like
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               It
               is
               almost
               fiue
               yards
               in
               height
               ,
            
             
               which
               is
               a
               wondrous
               thing
               ,
            
             
               O
               mark
               what
               maruels
               to
               our
               sight
            
             
               our
               Potent
               Lord
               can
               bring
               .
            
             
               These
               secrets
               Neptune
               closely
               kéeps
            
             
               Within
               the
               bosome
               of
               the
               déeps
               .
            
             
               
                 O
                 rare
                 beyond
                 compare
                 ,
                 in
                 England
                 nere
                 the
                 like
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               His
               lower
               jaw-bone's
               fiue
               yards
               long
               ,
            
             
               the
               vpper
               thrice
               so
               much
               ,
            
             
               Twelue
               yoak
               of
               oxen
               stout
               and
               strong
               ,
            
             
               (
               the
               weight
               of
               it
               is
               such
               )
            
             
               Could
               not
               ones
               stir
               it
               out
               o'
               th
               sands
            
             
               Thus
               works
               the
               All-creating
               hands
               .
            
             
               
                 O
                 rare
                 beyond
                 compare
                 ,
                 in
                 England
                 nere
                 the
                 like
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Some
               haue
               a
               project
               now
               in
               hand
               ,
            
             
               (
               which
               is
               a
               tedious
               taske
               )
            
             
               When
               the
               Sea
               turnes
               ,
               to
               bring
               to
               Land
            
             
               the
               same
               with
               empty
               cask
               :
            
             
               But
               how
               I
               cannot
               well
               conceiue
               ,
            
             
               To
               each
               mans
               judgement
               that
               I
               leaue
               .
            
             
               
                 O
                 rare
                 beyond
                 compare
                 ,
                 in
                 England
                 nere
                 the
                 like
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               The
               lower
               jaw-bone
               nam'd
               of
               late
               ▪
            
             
               had
               téeth
               in
               't
               thirty
               foure
               ,
            
             
               Whereof
               some
               of
               them
               are
               in
               weight
            
             
               two
               pounds
               ,
               or
               rather
               more
               :
            
             
               There
               ,
               were
               no
               teeth
               i'
               th
               vpper
               jaw
               ,
            
             
               But
               holes
               ,
               which
               many
               people
               saw
               ,
            
             
               
                 O
                 rare
                 beyond
                 compare
                 ,
                 in
                 England
                 nere
                 the
                 like
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             second
             part
             ,
          
           
             To
             the
             same
             tune
             .
          
           
             
          
           
             
          
           
             
               HIs
               Pistle
               is
               in
               length
               foure
               yards
               ,
            
             
               big
               as
               a
               man
               i'
               th
               wast
               ,
            
             
               This
               monster
               he
               who
               well
               regards
               ,
            
             
               from
               th'
               first
               vnto
               the
               last
               ,
            
             
               By
               euery
               part
               may
               motiues
               find
               ,
            
             
               To
               wonder
               at
               this
               wondrous
               kind
               .
            
             
               
                 O
                 rare
                 beyond
                 compare
                 ,
                 in
                 England
                 nere
                 the
                 like
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               His
               Cods
               are
               like
               two
               hogsheads
               great
               ,
            
             
               this
               séemeth
               past
               beléefe
               ,
            
             
               But
               men
               of
               credit
               can
               relate
            
             
               what
               I
               describe
               in
               briefe
               :
            
             
               Then
               let
               's
               with
               charity
               confesse
            
             
               Gods
               works
               are
               more
               then
               man
               can
               guesse
               .
            
             
               
                 O
                 rare
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
          
           
             
               The
               tongue
               on
               't
               is
               so
               mighty
               large
               ,
            
             
               I
               will
               it
               not
               expresse
               ,
            
             
               Lest
               I
               your
               credit
               ouer-charge
               ,
            
             
               but
               you
               may
               easlly
               guesse
               ,
            
             
               That
               sith
               his
               shape
               so
               far
               excels
               ,
            
             
               The
               tongue
               doth
               answer
               all
               parts
               else
               .
            
             
               
                 O
                 rare
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
          
           
             
               A
               man
               on
               horseback
               as
               t
               is
               try'd
            
             
               may
               stand
               within
               his
               mouth
               ,
            
             
               Let
               none
               that
               hears
               it
               this
               deride
               ,
            
             
               for
               t
               is
               confirm'd
               for
               truth
               :
            
             
               By
               those
               who
               dare
               auouch
               the
               same
               ,
            
             
               Then
               let
               the
               Writer
               beare
               no
               blame
               .
            
             
               
                 O
                 rare
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
          
           
             
               His
               nerues
               or
               sinewes
               like
               Bulls
               pissles
               ,
            
             
               for
               riding
               rods
               some
               vse
               :
            
             
               Of
               Spermaceti
               there
               's
               some
               vessels
               :
            
             
               if
               this
               be
               the
               worst
               newes
               ,
            
             
               That
               of
               this
               monster
               we
               shall
               heare
               ,
            
             
               All
               will
               be
               well
               I
               doe
               not
               feare
               .
            
             
               
                 O
                 rare
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
          
           
             
               Already
               sixtéene
               tuns
               of
               Oyle
            
             
               is
               from
               this
               fish
               extracted
            
             
               And
               yet
               continually
               they
               〈◊〉
            
             
               no
               season
               is
               protracted
               :
            
             
               It
               cannot
               be
               imagin'd
               how
               much
            
             
               'T
               will
               yéeld
               ,
               the
               vastnesse
               on
               't
               is
               such
               .
            
             
               
                 O
                 rare
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
          
           
             
               When
               he
               vpon
               the
               sands
               was
               cast
            
             
               aliue
               ,
               which
               was
               awhile
               :
            
             
               He
               yell'd
               so
               loud
               ,
               that
               many
               (
               agast
               )
            
             
               heard
               him
               aboue
               sixe
               mile
               :
            
             
               T
               is
               said
               the
               Female
               fish
               likewise
            
             
               Was
               heard
               to
               mourne
               with
               horrid
               cryes
               :
            
             
               
                 O
                 rare
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
          
           
             
               The
               Mariners
               of
               Chester
               say
            
             
               a
               Herring-hag
               t
               is
               nam'd
               :
            
             
               What
               ere
               it
               be
               ,
               for
               certaine
               they
            
             
               that
               are
               for
               knowledge
               fam'd
               ,
            
             
               Affirme
               ,
               the
               like
               in
               ages
               past
            
             
               Vpon
               our
               Coast
               was
               neuer
               cast
               .
            
             
               
                 O
                 rare
                 beyond
                 compare
                 ,
                 in
                 England
                 nere
                 the
                 like
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               M.
               P.
               
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           
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             at
             London
             for
          
           Thomas
           Lambert
           ,
           
             at
             the
             sign
             of
             the
             Hors-shoo
             in
             Smithfield
             .
          
        
         
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           is
           a
           Book
           to
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           such
           as
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