Night-birds

Of night Bird[illegible passage]. · Book 3, encoded section 168 · Text transcription · marked gaps

Original source (English)

THe Madge howlet, the Owl, the Bittern, the Bat, and all other night B [illegible passage] rds, crosse any enterprise or advancement of affayres: but take away feare and terrours. Onely the Bat is good to women with childe, for she layes not Egs as other Byrds do, but little ones, and beares milk where with she nourisheth her young, if these byrds are seen in a dream to enter a house to dwell there, it signifies that his house shall be desolate and forsaken of the inhabitants: he which goeth by sea or land, and sees in his dream any of these birds, he shall fall into a great tempest, or the hands of théeves.

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Night-birds · Dream section, heading 351; source lines 1369–1373 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

To dream of any kind of night-birds, as the owl, bittern and bat, is ominous, and those who have such dreams should undertake no business on the day following. He that travels by sea or land, and sees in his dream any of these birds, will fall into a great tempest or into the hands of thieves.