%oJ^ The eighth Bookd of 



of P^i^^^/^^'chePhilofophcr.who travailed that way^Thc man (foiTea began to retire and go G 

 backe againe^but the wild bcaftkcpt a tuinbiing and v anting all about himjdoubtleffe and by all 

 apparance after a flattering fort, as if it would have had foir.ewhat ; and fuch a tolTing and tor- 

 menting of it felfe {he made/opifeouflyj that it mightfoone be feene in what griefc and paine 

 the Panther was*Thcpoore beafthadbutlatcly kindled^and her young whelpes were falneinto 

 a ditch, afarre off : well, the firil point that the man fhewed of pittic and commiferaiion waSsnoc 

 to be affraid ; and the next was^ to have regard and care of her : follow hee did the Panther, as 

 Ihc feemed to traine and draw him by his garment(which with her clawcs flie tooke hold of f ull 

 daintily) untill they were come to the pit or ditch abovefaid. So foonc then as he knew the occa- 

 fion of hergriefeand forrow, and withall, what might bcethc reward of hiscourtefiej even as 

 iiKich as his life came to, hee drew foorth her little ones that werefalne downe into theVaid pit j h 

 . which done^flie and her whelpes togither leaping and (hewing gambols for joy, accompanied 

 him,and through the wildernefTe dirededhim all the way, until! he was gotten forth. So as it ap- 

 ^ peared in her,that fhe was thankefull unto him and requited his kindneffc, albeit their paffcd no 

 ' covenant nor promife betweene them of any fuch recompenfe ; a rare example to be found even 

 amongft i-rien.This ibrie and fuch like, give great colour of truth to that which I^emocni re- 

 porteth i namely , Tiiat T hoas in Arcadia faved his life by the meanes of a dragon. This Thous 

 being but a verie child, had loved this dragon when he was but young^excceding well, and np«* 

 rifl-ied him ; but at laft,being in fome dread of the fcrpents nature,and not well knowing his qua- 

 lities^ and fearing withall the bigneffe that now hee was growncunto^hadcarried him into the 

 niountaines and dcfcrts a^herein it fortuned that hee was afterwards fet upon and environed by I 

 ' theevcs; whereupon he cried out, and the dragon knowing his voice, came foorth and refcued 

 him. As for babes and infants caft forth to pcrifh^and fuftained by the milke of wild bcaib, like 

 as /?<?w;y//^^ and iJew/zi our firft founders, were fuckled by a flieewolfe: fuch things in mine opi-" 

 nionareinallreafontobc attributed more to fortune and fatalldeftinies, than to the nature of 

 thofe fivage bsafts.The Panthers and Tygres,are in a manner the only beafts (that for their va- 



» i. the T.u- riety of fpotted skins^and^furres which they yeeld}in great requeftjand commendable:for othe? 



LuzcTdc7 ^^^^^ ^'^^'^ ^^^^ ^ proper colour of their ownc,according to their kind. Lions there be all 

 uzcfDc.. [)iacke,buc thofe are found in Syria onely. The ground of the Panthers skin, is white, befet all 

 over with little blacke fpotslike eyes Jt is faid, that all four-footed bcails are wonderfully deligh- 

 ted and enticed by the finell of Panthers but their hideous looke and crabbed cbunccnance K 

 ivhieh they bewray fofoone as they iliew their heads, skareth them as much agains : and there- 

 fore their manner is^ to hide their heads, and when they have trained other bcafts within thei^ 

 reach by their fweet favour, they flie upon them and worrie them . Some report, that they have 

 one marke on their fliouldcr refembling the moone,growing and decreafing as fhe doth,forae- 

 time fhewing a full compaflc, and other- whiles hollowed and pointed with tips like hornes.In all 



2'L"barr'' ^^^^^ ^^"^ ^^^^ ^^'"^ beafts, now a daies they call the male ^ Vari^E and Pardi : and great a- 

 * " ^' bundance there is ofthem in Affricke and Syria. Some there be againe, that make no othcrdif- 

 ference betweene the Luzernes,Leopards, and thefc Panthers-, but onely this, that the Panthers 

 be white j and as yet I know np other markes to difcerne them by. There palled an old hdi and 

 ordiiiance of the Scnatejforbidding cxprefleiy that any Panthers of Africke (hould be brought ^ 

 intoltalie, Againftthis tdidLfn.i^nfidm a Tribuneof the commons,put up another Bill un- 

 to the people ; and graunted it was. That for the folemnitie of the games Circenfes;, they might 

 be brought over. Scaurm was the firfl man who in his uSdilefhip exhibited a fhcw unto the peo- 

 ple of i5QLuzernes togither. After him, Pcmfeim the Great brought forth 4 lo.TheEmperpi: 

 Augufipii^ 420: who alfo in the yeere that ^/Tuhero and Vabm C^iaximus were Confuls toge- 

 ther (upon the 4 day before the Nones of May, at the dedication of the Theatre of MarceUm) 

 tvasthefirftofall others that (hewed a tame tygrc within a cage: but the Emperour Ciaudmy 

 foure at once, 



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of the Tjgre^and his nature : of Camels ^Chame!o^Ard<iUsiiindrvhen ^ 

 they mre pr si feene at Rome, 



np Ygres are bred in Hircania and India : this beaft is moft dreadfull for incomparable fwift- 

 neflfe, and moft of all leen it is in the taking of her young : for her litter (whereof there is a 



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