RICE. | NATURAL HISTORY. 259 
A Rosin Repsreast finding the dead body of a man 
or woman will cover the face of the same with moss; and 
as some hold opinion, he will cover also the whole body. 
Lupton, “Notable Things,” bk. i. § 37. 
V, Ruddock, 
Reremouse, Rearmouse. 
Mipvsummer Nicut’s Dream, ii. 2, 4. 
V. Bat. 
Rhinoceros. 
Macsetn, iii. 4, 101. 
Ruinoceros, the unicorn, is a wild beast by kind, and 
may not be tamed in no wise; and if it hap that he be 
taken in any wise, he may not. be kept in no manner ; for 
he is so unpatient and so angry that he dieth anon. 
Bartholomew (Berthelet), bk. xviii. § go. 
A Rurnoceros,—his hide or skin of the colour of the 
box-tree; an enemy to all beasts of rapine and prey, as 
the lion, leopard, bear, wolf, tiger, and the like; but to 
others as the horse, ass, ox, sheep, etc.—which teed not 
upon the life and blood of the weaker, but of the grass 
and herbage of the field,—harmless and gentle, ready to 
succour them, when they be any way distressed. 
Thos. Heywocd, ‘‘London’s Gate to Piety” (1638). 
Aut the later Physicians do attribute the virtue of the 
Unicorn’s horn to the Rhinoceros’ horn, but they are 
deceived. Topsell, ‘ Four-footed Beasts,” p. 463. 
V. Unicorn. 
Rice. 
Winter’s TALe, iv. 3, II. 
Tue plants of Rice did grow in my garden. In Eng- 
land we use to make with milk and Rice a certain food or 
pottage. Many other good kinds of food is made with this 
grain, as those that are skilful in cookery can tell. 
Gerarda’s “ Herbal,” s.z. 
