%m The eighth BooJce of 



the backcjiiiainc^and hairc of an horfe : and he hath hisneighing alfoHis miizzle orfn£>ut tur- -0 

 neth up : his tailetwineth like the borcsj and his teeth likewile are crooked andbending dpwne- 

 wards as the bores tuskes^but notfohurtftill :,the skin or hide of his backe unpenetrable [where- 

 of , are made targuets and head-peeces of doutie proof ejthat no weapon will pierce] unlefTe it be 

 foked in water, or fomc liquor. He eateth down the ftanding cprne in the Held : and folkefayjthat 

 iie ifettcth dowftc beforehand where he will pafture and feed day by day: and when he fettedi for- 

 ward to any field for his releefejhegoeth alwaies backewardjand his trads are feene leading from 

 thencCjto the end, that againft his return he Biould not be forelaied/ior followed by his footing* 



CSAP. "XXVI. 



"^Who frB jhei^ed the River-horfe and Crocodiles at Rome. Mfo tf^^ ^ 

 mbk meanes found out bf the fatddumbe creatures, 



MArcm ScAurui was the firft manjwho in his plaies and games that hee fee out by his office 

 ofiEdilelliipjmade a (hew of one Water-horfe,and foure Crocodiles^ fwimming in a 

 poole or mote made for the time during thofe folcmnities. 

 The River- tiorfe hath taught Phyficiansonedevifcjinthatpartof their profeffion which is 

 called ChirurgciSfe.For he finding himfelfeover-grolle and fat, by reafon of his high feedingfo 

 continually jgetteth forth of the water to the fhore ^ having efpie(3 afore wherethe reeds and ru- 

 fhes have been newly cut : and where he feeth the fharpef^ cane and beft pointed, hee fettcth his 

 bodiehardtoitj fortoprickeacertaineveineinoneof hislegges, andthusbylettinghimfelfe I 

 bloudjUiaketh evacuation: whereby his bodie5.otherwifeenclming to difeafesand maladies, is 

 well eafed of the fuperfluous humour : and when he hath thus done^he floppeth the orifice again 

 with mud^and fo itanchcdi the bloudjand healeth up the wound* 



Ch^p, XXVII. 



what Phyficall hedrbes certain creatures have fJumd us^to wit^the Harts and ^tags^ 

 the Lizards ^Swallomsy Torteifes^theWeafell^the Storke^thc Bore^the 

 Snake^Dragon^Panther^Eiephant^Beares^Jlocke Doves ^ 

 houfebovesffranesyind Ravens* 



K 



THe like devifc to thisjuamely of clyftrcsjwe learned firft of afoule in the fame ^gyptjWhich 

 is called Ibis(or the blacke Storke.) This bird having a crooked and hooked billjUfcth it in 

 iked of a lyringe or pipe,to fquirt water into that patt^whereby it is moft kind and holfome 

 to void the doung and excrements of meat, and fo purgeth and cleanfeth her bodie . Neither 

 have dumbe creatures directed us to thefe feats oneiy pradifed by the hand, which might fervc 

 forourufetotheprefervationof our health and cure of difeafes. For the Harts Mfliewed us 

 the vertue of the hearbeDidtamnus or Dittanie^to draw out arrowes forth of the bodic. Percei- 

 ving themfelvesfbot with a fl-jaft, they have recourfe prefenily tothathearbe^ and with eating 

 thereof,it is driven out againc.Moreover, they alfo when they are Rung with the Phalangium,a 

 kind of fpider,or fome fuch venomous vermine^cure themfslves with eating crai-fifhes,or frefh- 

 water crabbes. 



There is a certaine hearbe called Calaminth,moft foveraigne and fingular againft the biting 

 of Serpents: wherewith the Lizards^whenfoever they have fought with them,cure their wounds 

 by applying it thereto. 



Celendine [the greater] a moflholefome hearbe for the eiefight, the Swallowes taught us 

 how to uie. For with it they heipe their young onesjwhen their eies be fore^^, put them to griefe* 



Theland Torteife by eating of a kind of Saverie or Mar jaram, which they call Cumla hhia^ 

 armeth himfelfe againft poy fon, when he fhould fight with Serpents. ^ ; . • 



The Weafell ufethRue as a prefervative, when heepurpofeth to hunt forRats,Jn cafe hee 

 fhould joine in fight with any of them. M 



The Storke feehng himlelfeamifTe, goeth to the hearbe Organ for remedie. And the Borc^ 

 when hec is ficke, is his owne Phyfician,by eatingy vie and crab-fifhes, fuch cfpecially as the fea 

 caflethuptofhore. t r, 



The Snake by reflinefTe and Jying flill all Winier^ hath a eertaine membrane or lilme grow- 



