America: Being the Latest, and Most Accurate Description of the Nevv VVorld / Containing the Original of the Inhabitants, and the Remarkable Voyages Thither. The Conquest of the Vast Empires of Mexico and Peru, and Other Large Provinces and Territories, with the Several European Plantations in Those Parts. Also Their Cities, Fortresses, Towns, Temples, Mountains, and Rivers. Their Habits, Customs, Manners, and Religions. Their Plants, Beasts, Birds, and Serpents. With an Appendix, Containing, Besides Several Other Considerable Additions, a Brief Survey of What Hath Been Discover'd of the Unknown South-land and the Arctick Region.

by John Ogilby

Cole, Haddock, Hage, the Thornback, and the Scate,

Whose slimy outside makes him seld in date,

The stately Bass, old Neptune’s fleeting Post,

That Tides it out and in from Sea to Coast.

Consorting Herrings, and the bonny Shad,

Big-belly’d Alewives, Mackrills richly clad

With Rainbow colours, Frostfish and the Smelt,

As good as ever Lady Gustus felt.

The spotted Lamprons, Eels, the Lamperies,

That seek fresh Water-Brooks with Argus Eyes,