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bf ktie and tender/bell, have theif eks inflexible and ftiffeiLobfters Ar-jd S&unipe^ foj the moQ. ^ 

 .part, have their eyes fianding out verichardj albeit they be covered with the like ftteMsi- .Thoie 

 -tliat have hatd eies, are not io wdi fighted as.thofe that have moift. Itis commonly faidjthatifa 

 , man pliicke the eies out of the heads 6f yoang {erpents,or young S wallovves, they will have new 

 againc in their place. All Infers and other creatures thatjie within hard&lls^ fdrre their eics 

 as four-footed beafts doetheireares : but in thofe that haVeiender {heHsjihcirc^^^ 

 all fuchj as alfo fillies and Infeds, have no lids to their eies, and therefore ,^OYcr them not . But 

 there be none without a thin membrane or pellicle over them^ which, is te^eare and trajiiparent 



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^js'-lidu Men and women have haire growing on the brims of both Eie-Iids i but women . dofe cplour 



them every day widi an ordinaric painting that they have: fo curious are our dame s.^iid would || 

 fofaine befaire andbeautifullithatforfooth they muft die their eies alfo. Nature y wis gave them 

 thcfe hairy eielids for another endanamely/or a palaifade as it were and raiBpicr of ;d«fence for 

 the fight, yea and to fiand out like a bulwarke for to kcepe off and put by all little creatures that 

 might come againft the eyes, or what things foever elsfbould chaunceto fall into them. Some 

 write. That the hairc of the eielids will fhed and fall away, but not without fome great injuriej 

 and namelyjinfuchpetfonsasbe overmuch given toleacherie.No other living creatures have 

 thcfe haires, but fuch as orherwife beclad al] over their bodies with haire or feathers . But^ as 

 foure-footed beafts have them in the. upper lid oncIy.foFouleshave none but in the nether: 

 like as thofefcrpents which are tender skinned and are four c- footed, as Lizards. The Oftrich 

 is the only fouie which hath haire on the upper eye-lid . The Ape hath on them both as well as 

 man. Mor cov€r,jiII foules have not eie-lids5and therefore fuch doe not winkc,namely,thofe that ^ 

 bring forth living creatures. The greater and heavier foules^when they would clofe their eies,do 

 it with drawing up the nether lid.The fame alfo twinkle by means a pellicle or skin comming 

 from the corners of their eies. Doves andfuch like birds winke with both c:ie-lidsi but fourefoo- 

 ted bcafis that lay egs, as Tortoiles and Crocodiles, yfe the nether lid onely, without any twin- 

 kling at all^becaufe their ciesbe very hard. The utmoft compaife or edge of haire in the upper 

 lid, the Latines called in old time Cilinm^ aaci .thereof came the name of the browes, to be ^S'**- 

 perctlium ifi Latine. This brim of the cie-lid, ifii be divided by any wound, cannot be drawne to- 

 githcragaine .-like as fome few parts befides of mans bodie. , 



Sals of cheeks Vndcr the eies, are the balls of the Cheeks, which men and women only have ; which in old ' 

 time they called GcRa in Latin. And by thelaw ofthetwelvc Tables, women were expreffely tor- K 

 bidden not to teare,rent , or icratch them in any cafe with their naiies.This is the (eat of bafhful- 

 nefie and modeftie rhearcappearethraoftof alithe redneffeof bluHiing. Vnder them, are the 

 hollow pits of the cheekes, wherein mirth and laughter doe lodge and inhabit. 



KoCc-ihrils ^"^^ ^^^^ "^ok (landing forth aloft, which now adaies they dedicate to (lie fcoffing 



and derifion^ infomuch as they attribute that tearme to dry mockers and flov\i;ers . And verily 

 there is not a creature befidesj that hath his nofthrils fo bearing out .[As for birdsjferpents, and 

 fifheSjthey have holes only to fmell at,without any other nofinls to befeen.] And hereof come 

 the furnames of Simoms and Stloms^ whereof the former have flat nofes,the other are hooked . 

 and camoife nofed upward. Infants have been known many times when they are feven moneths 

 old, to want the holes and pafiages both of nofe and earesi 



^^Vj.^ Then follow the Lips ; fome men there be that put them far out, by reafon that they arc gag- 



toothed or tut- mouthed, and thofe arc called Others againe who areblabbcr-lippedj ais 

 named in Latine 



Uouib, As for the Mouth,all creatures have it that bring forth their young alive : and either it is gen- 



■ tie and pliable,or els hard and unruly 5 as we fee horles, that either willingly receive, or elfe refufe 

 the bit. By which alio we give to men, the tearme either of modeft and good conntenancejOr els 

 of fhameleifc and untoward.But infi:ead of mouth and lips both,Nature hath given to allfoules 



®/7A% fharpe B ills of an hornie fubftance: and as many of them gs live upon ravin and prey^have them 



hooked inward : b ut fuch as gather and pecke onely, they have ftraight beakes. As for thofe that ^4 

 either grafe5root, or pudder in mud, like to fwine, they are broad and flat billed . As for horfcs, 

 mules, and fuch like, they ufe their mouthes in ftead of hands, to gather in their food as they ei- 

 ther feed in pafl:ure,or bef at r acke and manger. And the wider mouthes have they d)at live of kil- 

 ling and devouriiig other bcalJs, 



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