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how fhe hath cunningly deluded them, they fall infianc- 

 ly on her Companion who hath been before-hand with 

 them, and revenge themfelves on him by depriving him 

 of his life i which verilies the proverb: Never Wolf j>e# 

 ever faro hU Sire. 



Their Whelps are able to ingender at twelve months 

 end, at which age they part with their Dam, that is, 

 when thofe Teeth are grown which they caft the firft 

 half year, and being grown, they never (hed them a- 

 gain : and here fee their gratitude , ( though bloody 

 cruel creatures} after they have preyed for themfelves, 

 if they chance to meet their Dam or Sire ( for Jurher^ 

 vile doth not believe the aforefaid ftory ) they will 

 fawn upou them and lick them, rejoycing at the fight 

 of them. >; V) / 



The Dog will never bring any of his Prey to his 

 whelps till he hath filled his own belly i whereas the 

 Bitch will not eat a bit till (he hath ferved them rirft : 

 they go nine weeks with whelp, and fometimes a little 

 longer, and grow fait but once a year. As to number 

 of whelps , they have more or lefs as Dogs have •-, for 

 doubtlefs both the IFolf^nd the Fox are but a kind of 

 wild Maftiffs and wild Curs. 



They prey upon all kind of things, and will feed 

 on Carrion, Vermin, &c. They will kill a Cow or a 

 Bullock ■■) and as for a Sheep, Goat, or good Porket, 

 they will roundly carry him oif in their Mouths, not 

 touching ground with it, and will run fo hi\ away, 

 notwithltanding the load, that they are hardly to be 

 flopped but by MalVilfs or Horfe-men. There is no 

 Bealt which runneth fafter than the JVolf^ and holdeth 

 wonderfully alfo. When he is hunted with Hounds, 

 he flieth not far before them » and unlefs he be courfed 

 with Grey-hounds or MaliilTs, he keepeth the Covert 

 like the Bear^ or Boar^ and efpecially the beaten ways 

 therein. Night is the ufual time of his preying , 



though 



