6 Orang-^Outang five Homo Syhellris ; Or^, 



CaHidus emijjas eludere SimJus Hafias^ 

 Si mihi Cauda foret, Cercopithecus eram, 



(J)) Arift. The Cebus is an Ape having a Tail. 



(5) Conradm Gefner thinks, that this Cebus of Jrijiatle^ which he de- 

 fcribes only as having a Tail , mufi: be the Cercopithecus or Common 

 Monkey^ fince he mentions not the Cebus any where elfe, and the Cercopi- 

 thecus no where. (6) Harduinus^ in his Notes on P/f«/, advifes not to 

 miftake the Cepus in Fljny^ for the Cebus in Ariflotle. (6) Pliny s words are 

 thefe 5 Pon/peiJ Magnl primum Ludi ejlendenint Chama^ quern Galli Ru- 

 fum VG'cabant^ Effigie Lupi^ Pardoriim maculis. lidem ex JEthiopia quas 

 vacant HJnrug^ qnarum Pedes pofieriores, Pedibus humanis & cruribusj pri- 

 ores manibus fuere fimiles, hoc Animal pojiea Roma non vidit. And there- 

 fore becaufe it was fo uncommon as to be feen at Rome but once, it 

 could not be the common Monkey. (7) Strabo, out of Artemidorus^ 

 defcribes the Cepus thus : ■yiyvovraii Si ptm -2) sr^/^fa^, ;^ ;wvo}dpct\oi, iy Ji^- 



^f^lb?. That the- Cepi^ hath the Face of a Lion, the reft of the 

 Body like a Panther, and is of the bignefs of a Dorcas or Roe-Buck. 

 (8) Diodorus Siculus hath much the fame Defcription , §i \iy6iJUivQc 

 KMiroi^y u'VOju,cc.i^a] /jciv "^^ 'mc, TngJ c Aov tcv ^yioiv ca^auatg, k^ ii^mvZc, tfAi^uctg. 

 T3 S^ ir^iyzoirov ^yoov Of-Uiiov ?\.iavn, to \017mv moju^ (pi^&t TmvQn^ -Tnt^- 

 •zihmov, "TihJw tS ^}a9»?, Tnt'^-crSroj <5bf«a5». Which Laurentius Ro- 

 domanus thus renders. " Cepus, /. e. Hortus (quern vocant) a totius 

 " Corporis decore 8c ftaturx venuftate nomen accepit, facie Leonem imi- 

 " tatur, 8c reliquo Pantheram, prster magnitudinem, qua Dorcadi par 

 " eft. (9) Mlian hath slven a Defcription of the fame Animal from 

 Pythagoras^ from whom, tis thought, it firft received this Name x, and 

 he is more particular. His Account, tho' fomcwhat long, I will give 

 in P. Gilliuis Tranflation, becaufe I am apt to think this Animal is ftill 

 in being. " Terrenum quoddam Animal Pythagoras fcribit fecundum 

 *' Mare Rubrum procreari 8c Cepum, hoc eft Hortum appolite idclrco 

 *' nominari, quod tanquam Hortus variis coloribus diftinguatur. Cum 

 *' exiftit confirmata setate , pari magnitudine eft cum Herythrienfibus 

 *' Canibus. Jam porro ejus Colorum varietatem, ficut ille fcribit, ani- 

 *' mus nobis eft explicare.Ejus caput 8c pofticas partes ad caudam ufque 

 " prorfus valde igneo colore funt, turn aurei quidam Pili difieminati 

 " fpedirantur, turn album roftrum, inde ad CoUum aurese vittx pertinent, 

 " Colli inferiores partes ad Peftus, 8c anteriores Pedes omnino albi , 

 *' Mammae dux manum implentes csruleo colore vifuntur, venter candi- 

 *' dus. Pedes pofteriores nigri funt, Roftri formx Cynocephalo refte 



(5j Hifl. de Quadruped. 1. 1. p. 857. (6) Plinij Hijl. Nat. lib. 8. cap. 19. cum Interpret, fy Notis 

 Jo. Harduini, p. i6j. (7) Geograph. lib. 16. p. 533. (8; Diodor. Sicul. Biblioth, Hift. 1. 3. p.m. 168. 

 (9). ^lisn. de Animal, lib. 17. cap. 8. p. 474. 



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