CAMOMILE. | NATURAL HISTORY. 51 
of men. The Camel of Arabia hath two bunches on the 
back, and the Camel of Bactria hath but one in the back, 
on the which he beareth his burthen and charge, and 
another on the breast, and leaneth thereon. And _ the 
Camel hateth the horse by kind, and suffereth thirst four 
days, and stirreth the water with his feet when he drinketh, 
or else the drink doth him no good.. Among four-footed 
beasts Camels wax bald as men do, and as the ostrich and 
certain beasts among fowls. Camels have the podagra and 
the frenzy, and by the podagra their feet be strained, and 
this evil slayeth them sometime. The Camel is the most 
hottest beast of kind, and is therefore lean by kind, for 
the heat draweth off all fatness of the blood, and therefore 
the Camel is lean. Bartholomew (Berthelet), bk. xviii. § 19. 
Tuoszt Camels which are conceived by boars are the 
strongest, and fall not so quickly into the mire as other. 
It is disdainful and a discontented creature. In the Lake 
of Asphaltites, wherein all things sink that come in it, 
many Camels and bulls swim through without danger, 
Topsell, “‘Four-footed Beasts,” pp. 72 and 75. 
Camomile. 
Though the camomile, the more it is trodden on, the faster it grows, 
i. Kinc Henry IV.,, ii. 4, 441. 
Tue oil compounded of the flowers is a remedy against 
all wearisomeness. Gerara’s “Herbal,” s.v. 
Tuoucu the Camomile, the more it is trodden and 
pressed down, the more it spreadeth; yet the violet the 
oftener it is handled and touched the sooner it withereth 
and decayeth. Lilly, “‘Euphues’ Golden Legacy.” 
Tue Camomile shall teach thee patience, which thriveth 
best, when trodden most upon. 
“The More the Merrier” (1608), ‘quoted by’ Steevens. 
