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a peece of Porke or Hogges fleflie vppon their burrowe, they 

 will fure come out vnto it. They pray alfo vppon all Pullen, 

 as Geefe, Duckes, Hennes, and fuche like. I can fpeake by 

 experience, for I haue brought vp fome tame, vntill they were 

 foure yeares olde, and being fo brought vp, they a-re verie gen- 

 tle, and will playe with yong whelpes, and neuer hurt them, 

 and the reft of the day that they neither feede nor playe, they be- 

 ftow in fleeping. Thofe which I haue brought vp, would come 

 to me at a call, and followe me like whelpes of houndes. They 

 are verie chyll of colde, and if you lette them lye in a chamber 

 where there is any fire, they will creepe fo neare it, that they will 

 burne their coates and their feete alfo many times, and then are 

 they verie harde to be healed. They will be fed with any thing, 

 breade, cheefe, fruites, byrdes, or any thing that you will giue 

 them. When it fnoweth or is harde weather, then they come 

 not out of their holes fometimes in twoo or three dayes toge- 

 thers, the which I haue obferued at their holes mouth, when it 

 hath fnowed and lyen there fo thicke, that they coulde not haue 

 ftyrred out, but that I might haue perceiued them : As I haue 

 feene that after three dayes they haue come out for pure hunger, 

 and gone to praye for meate. It is a pleafure to beholde them 

 when they gather ftuffe for their neft or for their couch, as ftraw, 

 leaues, mofle, and fuch other things : and with their forefeete and 

 their heade, they will wrappe vp as muche together, as a man 

 would carie vnder one arme, and will make fliifte to get it into 

 their holes and couches. This fubtletie they haue, that when they 

 perceiue the Terryers beginne to yearne them, and to lye at them, 

 they will ftoppe the hole betweene the Terryers and them, leaft 

 the Terryers fliould followe them any further : and then if the 

 Terryers baye ftill, they will remoue their baggage with them, 

 and go into another chamber or angle of their Burrowe. They 

 liue long, and when they ware old, then fome of them fall blind, 

 and can not come forth of their holes. Then if they be the Bad- 

 gers, the Sowes feede them, and if it be the Sowe, the Badger 

 feedeth hir likewife. They dye alfo of certayne wormes, and 

 maunges, which they haue all ouer their f kynne : euen as you fee 



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