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ISodore fayeth that the Harte is right contrarie to the Serpent, 

 and that when he is olde, decrepyte, and ficke, that hee 

 goeth to the dennes and caues of Serpentes, and with his noftrels 

 he puffeth and fbrceth his breath into their holes, in fuche fort, 

 that by vertue and force therof he conftreyneth the Serpents 

 to come forth, and being come forth, he kyJIeth them with his 

 fbote, and afterwards eatcth and deuoureth them. Afterwarde he 

 goeth to drinke, and fo the venyme fpreadeth through all the 

 veynes of his body, and when he feeleth the venyme worke, he 

 runneth to chafe and beate him felfe, immediately he beginneth 

 to voyde and purge himfelfe, in fuch fort that nothing remayneth 

 in his belly, comming forth by all the conduites and pores that 

 nature hath made in him. And by this mean he renueth his force, 

 and healeth him felfe, cafting his haire. 



When the Hartes pafTe the great ryuers or fome arme of the 

 Sea, to go to Rut in fome He or Foreft, they aflemble them 

 felues in great heardes, and knowing which of them is flrongeffc 

 and beft fwimmer, they make him go formoft : and then he 

 which commeth next him, ftayeth vp his head vpon the backe of 

 the firft, and the thirde vpon the backe of the feconde, andconfe- 

 quently al the reft do in like maner, euen vntothe laft, to the end 

 that the one may relieue the other, and when the firit is wearie, 

 another taketh his place. 



Flynie fayeth, that they can endure to fwymme thirtie myles 

 endwayes, and that he hath feene experience thereof in the He of 

 Cypres, from whence they go commonly vnto the He of Cylice, 

 the which is thirtie myles diftant. Yea and he fayeth, that 

 they haue the vent and lent of the Rut from the one He to the 

 other. To fpeake a truth, I haue feene fome hunted in Foreftes 

 adioyning to the Sea, which haue bene fo fore hunted, that they 

 launched into the Sea, and haue bene kylled by fyfhermen tenne 

 myles from the fliore. 



The Hart doth maruell and is aftonyed when he heareth one 

 call or whiftle in his fift. And for proofe, when you fee an Hart 

 runne before you in the day time, and that he be in the playne, 

 call after him faying, ware ware, or, take heede, and you lliall 



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