pi The tenth Boojce of 



fucklcch her little ones with her paps,and givcth them milke ; thofe (he will carrie about her 

 twoatonccjcmbracingthcmaslheflieth.ltisfaidaifojthat flie hath no more butone joint of 

 the h Aunch^without any in thcimec or feet 3 & that they take greateft deligh t to feed upon gnats* 



Chap. lxii. 



^ of fibers : their manner of generation and bringing forth young i 

 andfvhat land heafls doe lay eggesi 



X 7J Orcover, atnong creatures of the land^ Serpents lay egges : whereof as yet we have not 

 J[ V j[ written. As they engender togitherjthey clip and embracejand fo entangled they be and 

 enwrapped one about the other, that a man who faw.them, would thinke they were one 

 ferpent with two heads Jn the very a<a of generation^the male f Hrufteth his head into the mouth 

 of the female 5 which fhe (forthepleafureand delegation that llietaketh)gnaweth and biteth 

 off. No landcrcature els but fhee hath egs within her bellie, of one colour and foft, like as fifhes 

 havcNow after three daies they be quick,and thencomeforth as they be hatched but no more 

 than one at once everie day : and twentie commonly fhe hath.When fhe is delivered of the firft, 

 the reft (impatient of fo long delay) eat through the fides of their dam^and kill her. As for other 

 ierpentSjthey lay their egges linked and chained togither, and fo lit upon them on the land i but 

 they hatch them not untill the yeere following. The Crocodiles fit by turncs, the male as well as 

 the female. But I thinke it good to treat alfo of the generation of other land creatures. 



Chap, lxiii. 

 The generation of living creatures u^onthelanL 



OF all living creatures two-footed, a woman only bringeth foorth her young quicke* Men 

 and women both, and none but they^repent at firft the lofls of their maidenhead. A very 

 prefage (no doubt) of aiifetoenfuefullof trouble and mifcrie, chat thus fhould begin 

 with repentance. All other creatures have their fet times and cere aine feafons in the yeare when 

 they engender,3shachbeenfhewcdbefure:but all is one with us, and no houre of day or night 

 comes amifle. Other creatures know when they have enoughjand reft fatisfied : we only are in(a- 

 tiable that way, and cannot fee to make an cnd.The EmpreflTe Mefjalma^ wife of CUudim C^far^ 

 thinking it the onelyvidoriefor a Ladie and Qyeeneto excell in this feat, chofcthemoftgal- K 

 lant ciirtifan and commoneft ftrumpet in all Rome, to trie mafteries and to contend with for the 

 beft game : and in verie triith,fhe woon the prize : for in the fpace of 24 houres fhe outwent her 

 [abeaftly thing to be written] nofewerthan 25 times. As for men, they have deviled inthepra- 

 difcof this filthie act, even toabufc fomc parts againft kind: and women (unnaturall as they 

 be)Jiaue the caft to deftroy within them the unripe and untimely fruit of their owne bodie. Cer- 

 tes in this behalfe^how much worle and hurtfull be vye,than the wild &favage beafts oi the field ? 

 Befiodm writeth,that men are more given to luft in wintetjthan in fummcr and women contra- 

 riwifc:Elephants,Camels,Tigres,OnGes3Rhinocetos3 LyonSjHares, Cunnies,and generally all 

 beafts which have their genitail parts from-ward , turne taile to taile to the female in the alt of £ 

 generation. As for Camels,they go into the deiert, or at leaftwife feeke fbme corner, when they 

 tivould engender: and daungerotis it is for one to take them in the manner. They continue in 

 this action onewhole day togither rand fodoenoneels that are whole hoofed. Infoure-foored 

 beafts,the males arc fet into the heat of luft by (entingand finelling. Dogs and Bitches. Scales, 

 and Wolves, likewiic turne away, and in the midsof the adion bee tied one to the .other, even 

 againft their wilk and cannot helpcit.Thc females of themoftof thele before- named, begin to 

 ride the males firft, for to provoke their luft: but of the reft, the males leapethe females ar the 

 firfL Bcares(aswefaidbefore)healongboth,as man and woman. Hedgehogs ftand both up- 

 right and clalpe one another when they engender . The hee-Cat ftande^hon his feet, and the 

 flicc lieth under him. Foxes lie upon their fides,andfo the bitch embraceth the male Fox. Kine 

 and Hinds cannot well endure the violence of the Bulls and the Stags in this bufines, and there- 

 fore they are ever going when they doe engender.Stags go from one Hind to another,and then 

 come againe to the firft 5 and this doe they in courle.Lizards53s all other creeping creatures tbas 

 haYcnofq.et3 wind one abour another as they engender.The greater that any bcaftsbe^the lePie 

 ■ . . " fruitluil 



