fent ttriketh their Notes ( that by this time are grovvne emp- 

 ty of it ) before they come at the place : and then they run 

 amaine in purluit of it , with their heads held up, ( which is 

 their convenientett pofture for running) and all the way, the 

 fent filleth them at that diltance without their needing to fmeli 

 upon the Earth, to fetch it from thence. 



- That Fox which uled to caft himielfe by the advantage 



Adcc'arm- of a bough into his Denne , was fo clofely purlued by the 

 n how Come Dogs the fir (1 time hee ventured upon thisfeate, that he had 

 kks are pa- not .time to goe into his Earth ( his ordinary retreate, when 

 >rmecl by heeis neerer it ) by the eafy and accetfible way ; but on the 

 oxes, which on ^^ ^ tO o e t thither being ftrang in his fantafy, and on 

 the other fide, the precipice which he had often feene, com- 

 ming likewise thither from his memory ; theie two con- 

 curring could not choofe but make him goe warily thi- 

 ther : and info dangerous a leape, it is naturall for him , to 

 helpe himfel.'e by any thing in the way that can advantage 

 him : which happening to bee by catching in his mouth a 

 bough that hung over his Den, ( the onely iuddaine meanes 

 hee had to take hold of any thing ) and from thence ta- 

 king as it were anew rile for a fecondleape, he findethhim- 

 felfe in fecurity : while* the Dogs unacquainted with the 

 place , runne violently on , as in the reft of their chace : 

 and fo are upon the brim of the precipice, before they perceive 

 it ; and then it is too late for them to (top their courfe , and 

 confequently, they break their necks. Which milchiefe tc them 

 the Fox neecleth not have in his defigne ., and accordingly tolle 

 them that way ; but chance begetting this deliverance or him at 

 the firrt,when he was lb hard prefTed,his memory teacheth him to 

 follow, the famecour(e,whenioever the like occafionoccurreth. 

 But how many Foxes do there per,ifh in attempts., which if they 

 fucceeded, would have beene accounted by flight judgers to be 

 notable fubtiiities. ; but mifcarrying are efteerned tumultuary 

 motions without defigne , caufed by that animalls fantaiy and 

 fpirits f when he is in extremity ? I remember how upon a 

 time, when I was hunting one, hee being hard fet, and but 

 a little before the Dogs and the Hunters caught in his mouth 

 the bough of a crooked Afh-tree he runne up a prety way ; 

 flr&ch being in a hedge,he thereby hung down aloog the fide of 



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