382 ATREATISE 



fomeoftheloweftinhismouth, to fupport him, andfavehim 



the labour of fivimming, vyhiJes he lyeth at his eafe, foaking and 



cooling himielfe in the River. By which meanes it commeth to 



paffe, that the Fleas finding no part of him free from water, 



do creepe up to the bough to refcue themfelves from drowning : 



ancifo, when he is cooled enough, hegoeth away and leaveth 



then- 1 icre.In all which finding a benefit and fatisfa&ion.vvhen- 



foever the like occafion bringeth thofe fpecies, from his memo- 



ry into his fantafy. he betaketh himfelfe to the famecourfe, 



and tUferein finding his remedy , at length it groweth familiar 



to him. 



In the like manner, ThaleshisMule.,thatwasheavilyloaden 

 with Salt, happening to tumble, and to fall in a River me was 

 going over, the Salt melted by the water foaking into the 

 i acks, and io me was eafed of her burden ; which fuccefTe made 

 her, whensoever me came to a river , and was troubled with 

 her loading , fhee would lie downe in the water ; and could 

 not be reclaymed from it, till they charged lacks of wooll 

 upon her backe, which growing heavier by their imbibing 

 of water , weaned her from her former crafty habit. By which 

 itisapparent,thatit was memory and not judgement , which 

 made her for a while behave her felfe fo fubtilly. 

 $ t For the Foxes driving the Badger from his earth , you will 



An cxplica- not thinke it needful! to allow him a forecaftand defigne in pif- 

 tion of twoo- fing init rbutas it is naturall for him, toreftinaplacethathe 

 thcrinvcncions m eeteth with fit for that purpofe j fo it is for him to piffe in it, 

 f Foxt-j. jf t |j e j|^ ra j (e fa m w [ 1 i; es j-, e j s there; which in all likelyhood it 

 will, if he flay any time there, and give a relaxation to all his 

 parts by fleep. 



And when he pifleth in his taile , and OiaJceth it in the Dogs 

 eyes,, it -is evident that frare^not craft caufeth this effect for it 

 avayleth him little, and therefore is not likely to proceed from 

 judgement. And of the other ,it is a natural! effect in all beafts 

 (when it is violent ) to contract their tailes betweene their legs,, 

 and to make their urine come from them, ( by compreffing the 

 . Ipirits in their heart } which mould fupport their outward parrs, 

 and ftrengthen their fplmfter mufcle ) which their being fnap 

 ped at and ieifed upon by the Dogs > maketh from their bufshy 

 ( fit to retaine it) and then JightingiatheDogseyes^ 



