The eighth Booke of 



glittering and fliiningasted as fire, and called it is Lyncurium. And upon this occafion many C 

 , have wrmen,that Amber is cngendrcd after the fame manner.TheOnccs knowing thus much, 

 for vcric fpightandenvie, cover their urine with mduld or earthy and this niaketlfit fo much 

 the fooner to harden and congealc. 



The GrayeSjPolcatSjOr Brocksjhave a caft by themlclves, when they be affraid of hunters : 

 '■^ fbr they will draw in their breath fo hardjthat theit skin beemg ftretched and puffed up withall, 

 they will avoid the bitingof the hounds toothjand checke the wounding of tbehuntei/o as nei- 

 ther the one nor the other can take hold of them. 



TheSquirrilsalfo forefec a tempeff comming, and where the wind will blow: for looke in 

 Vvhat corner the wind is like to ftandjOn that fide they ibp up the mouth of their holes, & make 

 an overture on the other fide againft it. Moreoverj a goodly broad bufht taile they have, where* li 

 vvith they cover their whole bodie . Thus you fee how Tome creatures provide Victuals againft 

 winter^othets battle and feed with fleepc only. 



Ch ap, xxxix* 

 ^ Of the F^pcrj Und-mnkksor Sndilesy and Li&ardsi, 



^ P all other ferpents, it is faid,that the Viper alone lieth hidden in the ground during win- 

 \J i:er,whereas the reft kcepc within cranics and clitts of trees, or elfe in the hollow chinkes 

 of ftones:and otherwife they are able to endure h unger a whole ycer, they be kept from 

 eXtreame cold. All the while during their retreat and lying clofc within,iheyfleepasifthey were I 

 dead and deprived of their power to poifon. 



In like manner doe Perwinkles and Snailes , biit not onely in the wintei feafon,but in fummer 

 againe they lie ftill,cleaving fo hard to rocks and ftortesjthat although by force they be plucked ^ 

 off and turned with their bellies up ward :yet they will not out of their iheil.Inthe Baleare Hands 

 there-be a kind of them called CavaticXjwhich nevei: creep out of the holes within the ground, 

 neither live they of any grafle or greene hearb, but hang together like clufters of grapes. Ano- 

 ther lort there is of them,but not fo conimon, hiding themlelves within the cover of their fhell, 

 kicking ever faft unto them : thele lie alwaies under the groundjand were in times paft digged up 

 Onely about the Alpes^along the maritime coafts : but now of late they be difcovered in VeHter- 

 num alfo,wh€re men begin to get them out of theearth. But the beft of them all and moft com- K 

 mendablc, are tho(e in the Hand Aftypeka. 



As touching Lifards (deadly Enemies to the Snailes or Winkles above-named) men lay, 

 they live not above fixe moneths. In Arabia, the Lizards bee a cubite in length: and in the 

 mountaincNifa of India, they bee foure and twemie foot long jfomciawnie, fome light red^ 

 and others blew of colour, ^. 



Chap. xt. 



of Dogges^ 



AMong thofe domefticall creatures that converfc with us, there be n^any things worth the ^ 

 knowledge: and namely,as touching dogges (the moft faithfuU and truftie companions 

 of all others to a man) and alfo hod es. And in verie truth, I have heard it credibly repor- 

 tcd,of a dogge, that in defence of his matter, fought hard againft theeves robbing by the high 

 ^ay fide ; and albeit he were fore wounded even to death^yet would he not abandon the dead bo- 

 die of his mafter,but dravc away both wild-foule and favadge bcaft, from feizing of his carkafle. 

 ^ Alio of another in Epirusjwho in a great aflembly of people knowing the man that had murde- 

 red his mafkrjflew upon him with open mouth, barking and fnapping at him lb furioufly , that 

 he was readie to take him by the throat, untill hee at length confefled the fa6t that fbould caufe 

 the dog thus to fome and rage againft him. There was a king of the Garamants exiled, and re- 

 covered his royall ftate againe by the meanes of 200 dogs that fought for him againft all thole M 

 that made refiftance,and brought him home maugre his enemies. The Colophonians and Ca- 

 flabaleans,maintained certaine fquadrons of maftive dogges^ for their warre-fervicc : and thofe 

 were put in the wai^d to make the head and front of the batta«Ie,and were never known to draw 

 backc and ref ufe fight. Thefe were their trufticft auxiliaries and aid-fouldiers^and nevei foneedic 

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