A TREATISE 



his hole ; while? the doggcs that followed him haflily , and 

 were ignorant of ths danger , would breake their necks downc 

 the rt-ckes. 



It is faid, that in Thracii, the Count rey-people fo know whe- 

 ther the rivers that are frozen in the winter, will beare them or 

 no, by marking whether the foxes venture boldly over them, or 

 retire a r ter they have layed their eares to theyce, to lifien 

 whether or no they can heare the noyie of the water running 

 under it: from whence you may imagine they collect, that if 

 they heare the current of the rtreame , the yce mud needs 

 be thinne; and conlequently dangerous to truft their weight 

 unto it. 



And to kufie my felfe no longer with their fubtilties , I will 

 conc'ude with a famous rale of one ofthefe crafty animals $ that 

 having killed a goofe on the other fide of the river, and being 

 defirous to fwim over with it, to carry it tohis dcnne, before he 

 would attempt it ( left his prey might prove too heavy for him 

 to fwim withal I , and fo he might loie it) he fir/I weighed the 

 soofe with a piece of wcod t and then tryed to carry that over 

 The river , whiles he left his goofe behind in a fafe p/aee ; which 

 when he perceived he was able to do with eafe , he then came 

 backe aaine.and ventured over with his heavy bird. 



TheyVay it w the nature of the lacatray to hide it felfe , and 

 imitate the voyce of fuch beafts, as it ufeth to prey upon ; which 

 maketh them come to him as to one of their own fellows ; and 

 then he fei/eth upon them and devoueth them. 



The laccall.that hath a fubti'e fent, hunteth after beads ; and 

 In the chafe, by his barking guideth the lyon, (whofe nofeis not 

 fb good)till they overtake what they hunt} wh?c'i peradvent ure 

 would be too ftrong for the Taccall ; but the Lyon killeth the 

 quarry, and having firft fed himlelfe, Icaveththelaccall his 

 riiare : and fo between them both , by the ones dexterity , ard 

 by the others ftrength^they get meate for nouri&ment of them 



both. 



Like ftories are recorded o r fome hfhCs. And every day we 

 fee the invention of kafts to fa\ e themfelves from catching : 

 as hares , when the ; / are hunted , feekc alvvaie* to confound the 

 /cm ; fometimcsby taking hedges, othenv!:i!es waters ; fome- 

 times running among fheepe and other bealfe of Wronger fent ; 



