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Martin

The text says that hunters build a fire at night below a tree where a martin is hiding; the martin is so fascinated by the fire that it stays in the tree in daylight and is caught.

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British Library - Images Online

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British Library, Royal MS 13 B VIII (Topographia Hibernica / Expugnatio Hibernica / Itinerarium Kambriae), folio 10v

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