%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> The true discripcion of this marueilous straunge / Fishe, whiche was taken on thursday was sennight, the .xvi. day of June, this / present month, in the yeare of our Lord God. M.DLX.ix. / A declaration of the taking of this straunge Fishe, with the length & bredth. &c. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center English Broadside Ballad Archive (EBBA) Director Patricia Fumerton Associate Director Carl G Stahmer ?-? Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 06/15/2021 37071

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S102942 DOoing you to vn= / derstande, that on thursdaye Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 39 The true discripcion of this marueilous straunge / Fishe, whiche was taken on thursday was sennight, the .xvi. day of June, this / present month, in the yeare of our Lord God. M.DLX.ix. / A declaration of the taking of this straunge Fishe, with the length & bredth. &c. The true description of this marvelous strange Fish, which was taken on Thursday was sennight, the xvi day of June, this present month, in the year of our Lord God. MDLXix. A declaration of the taking of this strange Fish, with the length & breadth. etc. Printer Thomas / Colwell ?-?

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DOoing you to un- derstande, that on thursdaye the .xvi. daye of this present month of June, in the yeare of our Lord God .MD.LX.ix. This straunge fishe (whych you see here picttured) was taken betweene Callis, and Dover, by sertayne English Fisshermen, whych were a fyshynge for mackrell. And this straunge & merveylous Fyshe, folowynge after the scooles of Mackrell, came rushinge into the fishermens Netts, and brake and tore their nettes marveilouslie, in such sorte, that at the fyrst they weare muche amased therat: and marveiled what it should bee, that kept suche a sturr with their Netts, for they were verie much harmed by it, with breking and spoyling their Netts. And then they seing, and perceivyng that the Netts wold not serve by reason of the greatnes of this straung Fishe, then they with such instruements, ingins, & thinges that they had: made such shift that they tooke this straung Fishe. And uppon fridaye the morowe after brought it upp to Billynges gate in London, whyche was the .xvii. daye of June, and ther it was seene and vewid of manie which mar- veiled much at the straungnes of it. For here hath never the lyke of it ben seene: and on saterdaye, being the .xviii. daye, sertayne fishe mongers in new Fishstreat, agreeid with them that caught it, for, and in consideracion of the harme, whych they received by spoylinge of ther Netts, and for their paines, to have this straunge fishe. And havinge it, did open it and flaied of the skinn, and saved it hole. And adjudging the meat of it to be good, broyled a peece and tasted of hit, and it looked whit like Veale when it was broiled, and was good & saverie, (though sumwhat straung) in the eating, and then they sold
of it that same saterdaye, to suche as would buy of the same, and they themselves did bake of it, and eate it for daintie: and for the more serteintaintie and opening of the truth, the good men of the Castle and the Kinges head in new Fishstreat, did bui a great deale & bakte of it, and this is moste true. THis straunge Fishe is in length .xvii. foote, and .iii. foote broad, and in compas about the bodie .vi. foote. and proporcioned as you see here by this picture, and is round snowted, short headdid as you see, having .iii. ranckes of teeth on eyther jawe, marvaylous sharpe and very short .ii. eyes growing neare his snout, & as big as a horses eyes, and his hart as big as an Oxes hart, & likewyse his liver and lightes bige as an Oxes, but all the garbidge that was in hys bellie besides, would have gone into a felt hat. Also .ix. finns, & .ii. of the formost bee .iii. quarters of a yeard longe from the body: & a verie big one on the foreparte of his backe, as you see here by this picture, blackish on the backe & a litle whitishe on the belly, a slender tayle, and had but one bone & that was a great rydge bone runninge alonge his backe, from the head unto the tayle, and had great force in his tayle when he was in the water. Also it hath .v. gills of eache side of the head, shoing white as you see. Ther is no proper name for it that I knowe but that sertayne men of Captayne Haukinses, doth call it a Sharke. And it is to bee seene in London, at the red Lyon, in Fletestreete.
Fininis. Quod C.R. Imprynted at London, in Fleetstreate, beneathe the conduit, at the signe of Saint John E- vangelist, by Thomas Colwell.