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to speake some wordes, but with a voice like a Goat, 

 and without all reason. 



" The famous learned man George Fabricius, shewed me 

 this shape of a monstrous beast that is fit to be joyned 

 to the story of Satyres. There was, (saide he,) in the 

 territory of the Bishop of Salceburgh, in a forrest called 

 Fannesbergh, a certaine foure-footed beast, of a yellowish 

 carnation colour, but so wilde that he would never be 

 drawne to looke upon any man, hiding himselfe in the 

 darkest places, and beeing watched diligently, would not 

 be provoked to come forth so much as to eate his meate 

 so that in a very short time it was famished. The 

 hinder legs were much unlike the former, and also much 

 longer. It was taken about the year of the Lord, one 

 thousand five hundred, thirty, whose image being here so 

 lively described, may save us further labour in discours- 

 ing of his maine and different parts and proportion." 



THE SPHYNX. 



" The SPHYNGA or Sphinx, is of the kind of Apes, but 

 his breast up to his necke, pilde and smooth without hayre : 



