Piinics Naturall Hiftorie 



A tic teat or nipple like a man, but on the left fide they have a full pap or dug like a woman. In the 

 fame Affricke^both Jfogmm and Njmphodom^ doe avouch^there be certain houfes and families 

 of forccrcrs.-who^if they chance to blefre^prailejandfpeakgoodwordsjbewitchprcfently with- 

 all 5 infomuch as fheepe therewith diCjtrees wither, and infants pine and winderar^igy. Jjogonm 

 addeth furthermore^Thatfuch like there are among theTriballians and Illyriansjwho with their 

 very eiefight can witchjyeajand kill thofe whom they looke wiftly upon any long time^efpecially 

 if they be angred, and that their eies bewray their anger: and more fubje£i: to this daunger bee 

 men growne, than children under fouretceneyeeresof age. Thisalfoisin them morenotabk 

 and to be obferved;,that in either eie they have two fights or apples . Of this kind and propertie, 

 as Jpollonides mine authour faith^there be certain women in Scy thia named Bithya:. I'hilArchm 



B witnelTethjThat in Pon tus alfo the.whole race of theThibianSjand many others befides,have the 

 fame qualitie^and can do the like: & known they are(faith he)by thefe markesjn one of their eie^ 

 they have two fights^in the other the print or relemblance of an horfe. Hee reporteth befides of 

 thefe kind of men^that they will never fink or drown in the water^be they charged never fomuch 

 with weightie & heavie apparel.Not unlike to thefe there are a fort of people in ^thyopia called 

 Pharnaces^whofe fweatif itchaunceto touch a mans bodie^prefently hefallethinto aphthifick 

 or confumption of the lungs. And Cicero a Romane writer here among us teftifieth^that gene- 

 rally all women that have fuch double apples in their eies^havc a venomous fightj and doe hurt 

 therewith. See how Nature, having engraffed naturally in fome men this unkind appetite(like 

 wild beall:s)tofeedcommonIy upon the bowels and flefli of men Jiath taken delight alfb&plea- 



C fure to give them inbred poyfons in their whole bodie^yea^and venome in the very eies of fome \ 

 that there fhould be no naughtineffe in the whole world againe^but the fame might be found in 

 man. Not farre from Rome cittie^within the territorie of theFalifci,there bee'ome fewhoules 

 and families called Hirpisij which at their folemneyeerelyfacrifice celebrated by cheminthc 

 honour o{ Apollo upon the mount Sora^tCj walke upon the pile of wood as it is on fire, in great 

 jolitie, and never a whit are burnt withall. For which caufe ordained it is by an exprelTeareft or 

 ad of the Senate^that they fhould be priviledged , and have immunitie of warfare and all other 

 fervices what foever. Some men there bee that have certaine members and parts of their bodies 

 naturally working ftraunge and miraculous effeds^and in fome cafes medicinablc. As for exam- 

 ple^king Pjrrhm,^hoiQ, great toa of his right foot was good for them that had bigjfwellcdjOr in- 



D durate lplcnes,if he did but touch the parties difcafedjwith that toa.And they fay moreover^that 

 vMhen alhhereflof hisbodiewasburned(afcerthemanner)in the funerallfirejth at great toa the 

 fire had nopowertoconfume:fo3thatit wasbeftowed in a little cafe for the nones ^and hung up 

 in the temple for an holy relique. But principally above ail other countries, India and die whole 

 trad oi iEthyopia is full of thefe ftraunge and miraculous things. And firff and formofl', the 

 beafts bred in Lidia be exceeding big, as ir may appeare by their dogs^which for proportion are 

 much greater than thofe in odier parts. And trees be growing there to diat talneflcj that a man 

 cannot ("hoot a fhaft over ihcm.The reafon hereof is the goodnclTe and fatnefie of the grcundj 

 the temperate conff icution of the aire, and the abundance of water : which is the caufe aifo that 

 under one fig tree [beleeve it that lift] there may certaine troupes and fquadrons of horlemen 



E ftandincovert^ibaded with the boughs. And as for reedsjthey be of fuchalengtlvhat between 

 every joint they will yceldfufficienttomake boats able to receive three men apeece, forto row 

 therein at eafe. There are to bee feene many men there above five cubites tall : never are they 

 known once to fpit: troubled they arc not with paine in the head^toothachjOr grccFe of the eies ; 

 andfeldomeor never complaine they of anyforancein other parts of the bodie, fo bardie are 

 - they^and of fo ftrong a conftitution through the moderate heat of the Sunne.Over and befides, 

 among the Indians be certainePhilolbpherSjWhom they call Gymnolbphifts, whofrom Sunne 

 rifing to the fetting thereof are able to endure all the day long, lookingfull againft the Sunne, 

 without winking or once moving their eies :& from morning to night can abide to ftand fome- 

 times upon one leg, and fometimes upon the other in the fandj as icalding hot as it is . Vpon a 



F certaine mountaine named Milus, there be men whofe feet grow the tother way backward , and 

 of either foot they have eight toesjas CMegafthenes doth report. Andin many other hils of chat 

 countrey,there is a kind of men with headslike dogs, clad all over with the skins of wild beafts, 

 who in lieu of fpeech ufe to barke : armed they are and well appointed with iTiarpe and trenchan£ 

 nailes : they live upon theprey v^ihich they get by chafing wild beafls^and fowling. Ctefias writeth 



