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SHAKESPEARE'S 



[UNICORN. 



foot Jong ; and that horn is so sharp and so strong, that 

 he throweth down all, or thirleth [pierceth] all that he 

 reseth [rageth] on. And this beast fighteth oft with the 

 elephant. And the Unicorn is so strong, that he is not 

 taken with might of hunters ; but a maid is set there as he 

 shall come, and she openeth her lap, and the Unicorn layeth 

 thereon his head, and leaveth all his fierceness, and sleepeth 

 in that wise, and is taken as a beast without weapon, and 

 slain with darts of hunters. The Unicorn froteth [rubs] and 

 fileth his horn against stones, and sharpeth it, and maketh it 



ready to fight in that wise. And his colour is bay. There 

 be many kinds of 'Unicorns, for some be Rhinoceros [<?.^.], 

 and some Monoceron, and dEgloceron. And Monoceron is 

 a wild beast, shaped like to the horse in body, and to 

 the hart in head, and in the feet to the elephant, and in the 

 tail to the boar, and hath heavy lowing, and an horn strut- 

 ting in the middle of the forehead of two cubits long. 

 And in Ind be some one-horned asses, and such an ass is 

 called Monoceros, and is less bold and fierce than other 

 Unicorns. And ALgloceron is a manner of Unicorn, that is 





