Animal Lore in English Literature

Ælian allusions ancients animal lore Arber Aristotle Aristotle H.A. barnacle Bartholomew Glanvil basilisk beast bees belief Ben Jonson Berkeley birds of paradise breath called Chaucer cocatris cock cock's egg cockatrice colour creatures crocodile D'Arcy Thompson death describes dolphin doth dragon eagle elephant Encyclopædia Britannica English literature Faerie Queene fire fish Greek hatched hath Herodotus Hexaem horn hydrus hyena ichneumon idea Isidore Jonson kill King later Latin legend Love's Martyr Lyly McKerrow medieval mentioned Migne monster Nashe natural history naturalists Neckam nest onocentaur Oppian panther Parlement of Foules passage pelican phoenix Physiologus Pliny Pliny's poem poison probably quotes refers reptile salamander says scolopendra scorpion sea hare Septuagint serpent Shakespeare sixteenth century snake Solinus speaks Spec Spenser statement story tail thirteenth century thou toad tongue translation tree geese unicorn venomous Vinc Vincent of Beauvais viper whale wings word writers XVII young