teeth in the fleshe. And these kind of dogges are 

 fearce and eager by nature. 



The thirde are deadly, for they flye upon a 

 man, without utteraunce of voyce, snatch at him, 

 and catch him by the throate, and most cruelly 

 byte out colloppes of fleashe. Feare these kind 

 of Curres, (if thou be wise and circumspect about 

 thine old safetie) for they be stoute and stubberne 

 dogges, and set upon a man at a sudden unwares. 

 By these signes and tokens, by these notes and 

 argumentes, our men discerne the cowardly curre 

 from the couragious dogge, the bolde from the feare- 

 full, the butcherly from the gentle and tractable. 

 Moreover they conjecture that a whelpe of an yll 

 kinde is not worthe the keeping and that no dogge 

 can serve the sundry uses of men so aptly and so 

 conveniently as this sort of whom we have so largely 

 written already. For if any be disposed to drawe the 

 above named services into a table, what man more 

 clearely, and with more vehemency of voyce giveth 

 warning eyther of a wastefull beast, or of a spoiling 

 theefe then this ? who by his barcking (as good as 

 a burning beacon) foreshoweth hassards at hand ? 

 what maner of beast stronger ? what servant to his 

 master more loving? what companion more trustie ? 

 what watchman more vigilant ? what revenger 

 more constant ? what messinger more speedie ? 

 what water bearer more painfull ? finaily what pack 

 horse more patient ? . . . Johannes Caius. 



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