Un-dish-cover the fish, or dishcover the riddle!

[akavertigo]

"God quickened in the sea, and in the rivers,
So many fishes of so many features,
That in the waters we may see all creatures,
Even all that on the earth are to be found,
As if the world were in deep waters drown'd.
Seas have- as well as skies- Sun, Moon, and Stars;

As well as air- Swallows, Rooks, and Stares;
As well as earth- Vines, Roses, Nettles, Melons,
Pinks, Gilliflowers, Mushrooms, and many millions
Of other plants- more rare and strange than these,
As very fishes, living in the seas;
As also Rams, Calfs, Horses, Hares, and Hogs,
Wolves, Lions, Urchins, Elephants, and Dogs;
Yea, Men and Maids, and- which I most admire-
The mitred Bishop and the cowled Friar;
Of which, examples, but a few years since,
Were shewn the Norway and Polonian prince."

-Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas (1544-1590)