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but becaufe he is ho beaft of the Foreft, and whatfo=« 

 ever is Venifon rauft be a beaft of the Foreft i fed non k 

 converfo. On the other fide » Animalia gregalia non 

 funt nociva, as the Wilde Boar j for naturally the Hrft 

 three years he is Animal gregale i and after trufting to 

 his own ftrength, and for the pleafure of man, becom- 

 cth Splivagum, He is then called Sanglicr, becaufe he 

 is Singulam : but he is Venifon, and to be eaten. The 

 Hare is Venifon too, which Martial preferreth before all 

 others* 



Inter ^adfupedes gloria prima Lepof, 



So are the Ked-Deer and FaVovp-Vesr Venifon : ridt 

 Cdo/^Inft. 4. pag. 5 1 6, Give me leave to infert here 

 out of the fame Author two Conclufions in the Law of 

 the Foreft, which follow from hence. Firft, Whatfo" 

 ever Beaft of the Forell is for the food of man, that is 

 Venifon : and therewith agrecth Virgil^ defcribing of a 

 Feaft, 



Implentur Veterit Bacchi pingaifque fgrin£. 



They had their belly full of Old Wine and Fat Veni- 

 fon. So Venifon was the principal Difti of the Fealh 

 Secondly, Whatfoever Bealt is not for the food of 

 man, is not Venifon. Therefore Capriulus^ or the Koe^ 

 being no Beaft of the Foreft, is by the Law of the 

 Foreft no Venifon unlefs Hunted. Nature hath en- 

 dewed the Beaitsofthe Foreft with two qualities, Swift- 

 nefs, and P>ar s and their Fear increafcth their Swift- 

 ncfs. 



Vedihm timor addidit aUf, 



Virt Is any thing tiut beaieth green Leaf, but efpc- 

 cially of great and thick Coverts, and is derived ayiru' 



ditjte. 



