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         Robinson, Mr.
      
       
         
           1677
        
      
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             Strange news from Ireland, or, A true and perfect relation of a famous fish taken at Kingsale the manner of its taking, and description of its horrible shapes / as it was certified in a letter from one Mr. Robinson, living in Kingsale, (an eye-witness) to Mr. John Davie a relation of his, living in Westminster.
             Robinson, Mr.
             Davie, John.
          
           8 p.
           
             Printed for C.N.,
             London :
             1677.
          
           
             "With allowance. Ro. L'Estrange."
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           STRANGE
           NEWS
           FROM
           IRELAND
           :
           OR
           ,
           A
           true
           and
           perfect
           RELATION
           Of
           a
           Famous
           FISH
           Taken
           at
           KINGSALE
           .
        
         
           The
           manner
           of
           its
           taking
           ,
           and
           description
           of
           its
           horrible
           Shapes
           ;
           as
           it
           was
           certified
           in
           a
           Letter
           from
           one
           Mr.
           Robinson
           ,
           living
           in
           Kingsale
           ,
           (
           an
           Eye-witness
           )
           to
           Mr.
           
             John
             Davis
          
           a
           Relation
           of
           his
           ,
           living
           in
           Westminster
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   With
                   Allowance
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Ro.
                     L'Estrange
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           London
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             C.
             N.
          
           1677.
           
        
         
         
         
         
      
    
     
       
         
         
           STRANGE
           NEWS
           FROM
           IRELAND
           :
           OR
           ,
           A
           true
           and
           perfect
           Relation
           Of
           a
           famous
           FISH
           Taken
           at
           KINGSALE
           .
        
         
           ON
           the
           26th
           of
           July
           last
           ,
           one
           
             Thomas
             Davis
          
           and
           
             Andrew
             Simpson
          
           being
           at
           Four
           a
           Clock
           in
           the
           Morning
           about
           their
           honest
           
           vocation
           of
           Fishing
           ,
           in
           which
           they
           laboured
           an
           hour
           to
           no
           purpose
           ;
           but
           at
           length
           they
           perceived
           afar
           off
           somewhat
           move
           in
           the
           water
           ,
           of
           an
           unusual
           shape
           and
           bigness
           ;
           upon
           which
           they
           made
           unto
           it
           ,
           but
           as
           soon
           as
           it
           saw
           them
           it
           dived
           down
           into
           the
           water
           :
           so
           that
           after
           a
           tedious
           and
           vain
           search
           ,
           they
           returned
           back
           to
           the
           Town
           and
           informed
           one
           Mr.
           Rocke
           ,
           a
           responsible
           Inhabitant
           there
           ,
           of
           what
           they
           had
           seen
           ;
           who
           with
           Three
           of
           his
           Servants
           came
           forth
           with
           Muskets
           charged
           ,
           one
           standing
           on
           the
           shore
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           two
           in
           the
           Boat
           with
           the
           Fisher-men
           ,
           with
           whom
           also
           was
           Mr.
           Rocke
           .
           They
           
           had
           not
           long
           rowed
           about
           the
           River
           ,
           but
           they
           again
           perceived
           its
           head
           popping
           up
           and
           down
           ,
           at
           which
           they
           discharged
           their
           Pieces
           ,
           but
           to
           little
           effect
           :
           For
           it
           dived
           again
           out
           of
           their
           view
           ,
           and
           did
           not
           appear
           in
           an
           hours
           time
           after
           ;
           but
           upon
           its
           rising
           again
           they
           shot
           it
           into
           the
           back
           ;
           whereupon
           it
           made
           with
           all
           possible
           speed
           towards
           land
           ,
           where
           (
           though
           with
           great
           difficulty
           )
           it
           was
           taken
           .
        
         
           The
           description
           of
           its
           parts
           is
           as
           follows
           .
        
         
         
           On
           the
           head
           of
           this
           wonderful
           Creature
           (
           which
           can
           be
           no
           nearer
           resembled
           to
           any
           thing
           ,
           than
           the
           head
           of
           a
           man
           )
           was
           long
           black
           Hair
           :
           its
           Face
           had
           the
           exact
           shape
           of
           a
           Lion
           ;
           so
           terrible
           and
           grim
           ,
           that
           it
           struck
           terrour
           on
           all
           that
           beheld
           it
           .
           It
           had
           two
           fore-feet
           like
           those
           of
           a
           Bull
           ,
           cloven
           ;
           it
           s
           hinder
           feet
           being
           like
           unto
           an
           Eagles
           Talons
           ,
           with
           very
           long
           and
           sharp
           Nails
           ;
           so
           that
           where
           Nature
           commonly
           orders
           Fins
           ,
           there
           were
           perfect
           Feet
           of
           other
           Creatures
           of
           a
           clean
           contrary
           Element
           .
           His
           mouth
           was
           guarded
           with
           three
           long
           sharp
           Horns
           ,
           with
           which
           when
           he
           
           was
           on
           Land
           he
           so
           dangerously
           wounded
           one
           of
           the
           foresaid
           Mr.
           
           Rock's
           servants
           in
           the
           thigh
           ,
           that
           he
           remains
           very
           ill
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           his
           Recovery
           is
           much
           doubted
           by
           all
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           Advice
           and
           Assistance
           of
           the
           most
           skilful
           Chirurgeons
           in
           those
           parts
           .
           On
           its
           Back
           was
           the
           perfect
           resemblance
           of
           an
           Hour-glass
           ,
           and
           the
           appearance
           (
           as
           some
           fancied
           )
           of
           a
           Spade
           and
           Deaths
           head
           ,
           to
           the
           amazement
           of
           all
           its
           Spectators
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           in
           length
           Twelve
           Foot
           ,
           and
           Five
           in
           bredth
           .
        
         
           On
           each
           side
           its
           Brest
           are
           two
           Paps
           ,
           like
           unto
           those
           of
           women
           .
        
         
         
           It
           s
           Belly
           is
           smooth
           ,
           being
           bespeckled
           with
           spots
           of
           divers
           colours
           .
        
         
           When
           this
           Letter
           came
           away
           it
           was
           not
           quite
           dead
           ,
           though
           it
           had
           been
           much
           wounded
           ;
           but
           is
           with
           much
           ado
           brought
           into
           the
           aforesaid
           Town
           of
           Kinsale
           ,
           where
           it
           now
           remains
           the
           Wonderment
           of
           all
           its
           numerous
           beholders
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
  

