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The Old English Physiologus

Note 3 — III The Partridge[3]

Albert S. (Albert Stanburrough) Cook translation

Footnote 3: The partridge (like the cuckoo) broods the eggs of other birds. When they are hatched and grown, they fly off to their true parents. So men may turn from the devil, who has wrongfully gained possession of them, to their heavenly Father, who will receive them as his children.

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