Mew

The cat continued to mew.

The osprey and the sea mew, fly down to catch fish, but the Heron catches them while standing on the banks. The bittern puts its bill into the water and bellows like an ox. The water wagtail wags its tail.

The cats next door mew a lot.

Cats meow. Kittens mew.

A daungerous and detestable place, To which nor fish nor fowle did once approch, But yelling Meawes, with Seagulles hoarse and bace […]

From helm to sea they saw him leap, As arrow from the string, And dive into the water deep, As mew upon the wing.

Ne toung did tell, ne hand these handled not, / But safe I haue them kept in secret mew, / From heauens sight, and powre of all which them pursew.

A horse in a stable that never travels, a hawk in a mew that seldom flies, are both subject to diseases; which, left unto themselves, are most free from any such encumbrances.

More pity that the eagle should be mew’d, While kites and buzzards prey at liberty.

To mew me in a Ship, is to inthrall Mee in a prison, that weare like to fall;