Editing Roc (mythology) (section)

===Michael Drayton===
Through the 16th century the existence of the roc could be accepted by Europeans. In 1604, [[Michael Drayton]] envisaged the rocs being taken aboard [[Noah's Ark|the Ark]]:

<blockquote><poem>All feathered things yet ever knowne to men,
From the huge Rucke, unto the little Wren;
From Forrest, Fields, from Rivers and from Pons,
All that have webs, or cloven-footed ones;
To the Grand Arke, together friendly came,
Whose severall species were too long to name.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The works of Michael Drayton|last=Drayton|first=Michael|publisher=Blackwell|year=1961|volume=3|location=Oxford|pages=338}}</ref></poem></blockquote>