I was using a historical web site the other day when I came across the following piece of information,after typing in "monster" in the search bar:
"You shall receive herewith "the portraiture of a monster lately taken in such parts of the seas as may appear unto you by the subscription of the same".It was brought to me by " a gentleman, one of the strangers soldiers here that came out of Flaunders, (i.e. Flanders) ,who affirmeth it to be true," For its strangeness, I send it you, to use as you think good." June 16 1546
Source - Letters and Papers, Foreign & Domestic ,Henry VIII Vol 21 Part 1 Jan-Aug 1546,Originally published by His Majesty`s Stationary Office 1908
I hope to track down the image of the "portraiture" if it still exists
Dr Devo
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