The eleventh Booke of 



out of thenirelvcs. As for ttie fartheft cheek-teeth in a mans head^which be called Gemmi^ p.the G 

 Wit-teeth J they come about the time that bee is twentieyeeres old^andin many at fourefcore 

 yceres of age. Sure it is, that thofe teeth fall from women in their old age, and foone after come 

 dgaine : fuch women I meane,as had no children in their youth* And Mutkrim hath reported. 

 That he faw one Zancks a citizen of Samothrace, who had new teeth comming up after he Was 

 an hundred yeeres oldandfoure.Moreover^males ordinarily have more teeth than the females : 

 as we may fee in mankind, SheepCjGoats, and Swine. Tmarchui the (bnne of 2^/ttft/<*l ihePa- 

 phian,bad a doublecourfe of teeth in eithet jaw* He had a brother alfo who never caft his fore- 

 teeth, and therefore he wore them before, to the very flumps . Wee read in Chron}cIes<5f one 

 man that had a tooth growing out of the very pallat of his mouth* As for the eye-teeth, if they 

 be loft by any mifchaunce, there never grow againe any other for them. In Horfes onely, of all H 

 other creatures, teeth waxc whiter by age : for in the reft, they turne to be brownc and r'cddiiTi, 

 The age of Horfes,A{r£S5and MuleSj^is known by a marke in the teeth : a horfe hath in all,fortie. 

 At the end of thirtie moneths,hc loofeth his fore- teedi of either ehaw,as well above as beneath ; 

 the yeere following as many,even thofe tfiat be next, namely at what time as they put out thofe 

 xMhich be called the cheeke- teeth. At the beginning of the fifth ycere, he loofeth other two, but 

 there come up new in the place in the fixthyeare.Eythefeventhyearehe hath all, as well thofe 

 that iliould come in others place,as thofe which are firmeandncverchaunge. A guelding ne- 

 ver cafts his teeth, no not his fucking teeth, in cafe he were guelded before. Aftcs in like manner 

 begin to fhed their teeth at the thirtieth moneth of their age •, and fo forward from fixe moneths 

 to?ixemoneths:andif they fole not before they have llied their laft teeth, they are forcertein I 

 lobe held barren. Kine and Oxen, when they be twoyearesold,doechaunge their teeth. Hogs 

 orfwine never have any teeth to fall. Now when as thefemarkes are gone out, which ihewthc 

 5agc of HorfeSjAfTes, and fuch likejye muft (to know their age) goe by the overgrowth and ftan- 

 ding out of the teed],the greyneftc of the haire over their browes,and the hollow pits theiabout : 

 for then are they fuppofed to be fixteen yearcs of age. As touching men,fbme are thought to 

 h ave venome and poifon in their teeth ; infomuch asif they be Ihewed bare and naked againft a 

 cleare mirror or looking- glaffe, they will dim the beaiitie thereof, yea and kill young pigeons 

 whiles they be calow and unplumed. But forafmuch as wee have fpoken fufficiently of Teeth,in 

 our treatii'e as touching the generation of Man,we will paflc over the reft, and proceed unto o- 

 thcr parts ; fave only that this is to be obfcrved and noted. How children be ficke when they arc K 

 about breeding of teeth. And to conclude, of all other crcaturcs,thofe are moft dangerous with 

 their teeth, which have them framed like fawes,and clofing one betweene another. 



Now as concerning Tongues, we obfcrve much diverfitie in them : for all creatures are not 

 tongusdalike. Firft and formoft, Serpents have very thin tongucsjand the fame three-forked, 

 blacke of colour^il-iaking, and readie to pierce 5 and ifa man take them forth,, very long. Lizards 

 have tongues two-forked and full of haires:fo have theSealesor Sea-calves a double tongue: 

 butthetonguesofthefebcforenamed,areasfinallashaires:as for the reft, their tongues ferve 

 them to lickc their muffles and lips all about. Fifhes have their tongues for the greater part ther- 

 oF, cleaving faft to theirpallat 5 and in Crocodiles they are fojclcanc throughout. But as well _ 

 fiOies as other creatures of the water,have a flcfliie palar,whichiaveth them in ftead of a tongue 

 to taft with all. Lions,Libards, and all of that fort, yea and Cats, have their tongues rough and 

 uneven, made like a file with many fiTiall edges lapping one over another :in fuch fort, as that 

 with licking it will weare the skin of a man fo thin, tliat thdr fpitde and moifture when it com- 

 jTieth neare unto thebloud and the quickc, will drive oftentimes into rage and raadnefTe, thofe 

 whome they folicke, yea although otherwife they be made tame and gentle to come to hand. As 

 touching the tongues of Purple fiilies, wee have written alreadie. Frogshave their tongues in 

 the forepart faft to the mouth : Hie hinder part within toward their throat, is free and at libenie^ 

 *vherby they keep that croking which we hear at one feafon of the year ; namely ,when the males 

 call unto the females for to engender jand then they be named Olalygones :for at that time they _ 

 let downe their nether Jip fomwhat under the water, that they g^irgle with their tongue ieyell to M 

 the water, which they received into their throat: and fo while their tongue quavcrethwithall, 

 they make that croking noife abovefaid. He that vjouldlooke then advifedly upon them,fhould 

 fee their fpecks fb fwoine and ftretched out full, that they will fhine againe : hee fhould perceive 

 their eyes ardent and fiery with paines that they cake thus with the water. Thofe creatures tha 5 



have 



