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That I may vse the wordea of the Poet Gratius. This dogge exceedeth 



all other in cruell conditions, his leering and fleering lookes, his steame 

 and sauage vissage, maketh him in sight fearefnl and terrible, he is violent 

 in fighting, & ■wheresoeuer he setteth his tenterhooke teeth, he taketh 

 such sure & fast holde, that a man may sooner teare and rende him in 

 sunder, then lose him and seperate his chappes. He passeth not for the 

 Wolfe, the Beare, the Lyon, nor the BuUe and may northerly (as I think,) 

 be companpio with Alexanders dogge which came out of India. Bat of 

 these, thus much, and thus farre may seeme sufficient. 



A starte to outlandishe Dogges in this conclusion, 

 not impertinent to the Authors purpose. 



VSe and custome hath intertaiued other dogges of an outlandishe 

 kinde, but a fewe and the same beyng of a pretty bygnesse, I 

 meane Iseland, dogges curled & rough al oner, which by reason of the 

 lenght of their heare make showe neither of face nor of body. And yet 

 these curres, forsoothe, because they are so straunge are greatly set 

 by, esteemed, taken vp, and made of many times in the roome of the 

 Spaniell gentle or comforter. The natures of men is so moued, nay rather 

 marryed to nouelties without all reason, wyt, iudgement or per- 

 seueraunce. Epuf/,iv aXkorpiav, Taso^fnv trvyyiviis. 



Outlandishe toyes we take with delight 

 Things of our owne nation we haue in despight. 



Which fault remaineth not in vs concerning dogges only, but for 

 artificers also. And why ? it is to manyfest that wee disdayue and con- 

 tempne our owne workmen, be they neuer so skilfull, be they neuer so 

 cunmng, be they neuer so excellent. A beggerly beast brought out of 

 barbarous borders, fro' the vttermost countryes Northward, &c., we 

 stare at, we gase at, we muse, we maruaUe at, like an asse of Cuma- 

 num, like Thales with the brasen shancks, like the man in the Moone. 



