Plmics N^iturall Hiftorie. 



havcpricks andftiogs in thdrhin^parts, areflirnifVicd alfb with tongue and teeth. As for I3ees5 

 their tongue is Very Iong5arid the Grafboppers put it forth a g<)od way. They that have a fiftit- 

 louslHngbi! pnd<(i4ntheix mduthj arc pro\|ide'dftc^ of teeth nor iong«e/H fbi-neIirfe^^3 

 (as namely Pifinires) thetongueliethclofe wirhin; Elephants, above all other beafts, have-d 

 large and broad tongue; All creat-iires havetheir tongue loofe and at libertic at all times j each 

 briein their kitid-^: iilab only is'dfi^ntimesfdiohgue -tied, that ncedfull it is to ciir certain fh^iirgt 

 and veihes for to cafe it* . LM^ttliis\h't high p rieTVand chiefe faGriffcer at Rome^ had fuch a'ftu ti ' 

 tingantl hammering tonglie (b^ report) that againft he {hould idedicate the rempic of tl\e god- 

 de& bpifera^ he laboured fo ysitfi Wii tongue for utterance, for ccrtairti ihoneths togitHer/^ritl 

 tookc fuch painea, as if he had been upon the racke. All childi*eii^by tbartiifie thaf tFi^^ey i^e^V^j^ 

 yceres old at the fartheft3fpeake readily, fo as they be not by fbme unniaturall ca ufe cmpeachec?'. 

 But fome men there beawhich have their tongues fo at comiiiaiindemehtjand fp artificially they 

 can h'andle it and their throat togitber, that they are able tdcounterfeit Ehe^iiigihg-of al IbiWs, 

 arid the voict of any other creature , that one cannot know and dj/ecrne thtfm afuiider. As tou- 

 ching Taftj vyhich is the judgement of meats and drinks, to wit, What (niat ke and kllage th^y 

 have ?all other livingcrcatures find it atthe tip of their tongue only ; but mars tafeh as we}l\wch 

 thepallat or roufe of his mouth.The (pongeous kerhels,whichin ilieri be ealled Tbnfill:r,br-the 

 Almands, are in Swine named the Glandules. That which betweetle rhem hangeth downefrofii 

 theirimbftpart androufcofthemouth,by thenameofthe Vvuia,{s tobefouiid in mahonelyi-i 

 ' Vnderirjthere isalittle tongue (which the Greekes call Epigld'CKj^at'tlVei-ipdtbf the other i Thep^n'^h 

 and the fatoc is not to be found in any creature that laieth egs. A twbfdld ufe iifeth^ lying ^ ft ^(fh- 

 doth betweene the two pipes . Whereof, that which beareth riidrc outwaird , arid i^ ealled The 

 rough AtteriejOr the VVijidpipe,reacheth unto the lungs and hear t.Arid as a iffan ddth eat and j-j^^p^^^j^ 

 f^vallow^downe his meat,this forefaid little flap doth cpver it, for feare leaf]: as the ipirir^ breath] ^n^pys^ 

 ■and voice palfeth that vvayj the meat or drinke(if itfliould gpeWoiig to the other conduit o'p Y^d'^^pe, 

 paffage) might endaunger a man and put him to great trouble. The other is nioYc inwafdjCalled 

 properly the Gullet,or the Wezand,by which \ve fwallow dowhe botii meatand drinke , and it 

 gocth to the ftoniacke firft5and fo to the belly. This alfo the'faid flap doth cover by turns, to wir,' 

 as a m^ doth either fpeake or draw his breath, leaftthat which is alreadie paffed in to 'the Ita- 

 macke, fhould come up againe, or be caft up unfeafonably, and thereby empeach a man in 

 his fpeech. The Windpipe, confifteth of a griftlic and flcihie tunicle : the Wezand^ of a mem- 

 branous or finewiefubftance and flefhtogither. - ' 



There is no creature having a Neckeindeed,but it Iiath alfo bdrlithefe pipes. Well may they The flecks. 

 have a gorge or throatjinwhomether-c is found bdt the gullet bhdy: but nape of neckebchindj 

 they can have none. As for thofe u^^bii whome Nature hath bellowed a neck jthey may with eafe 

 turne their head about too and fro every way ^ to looke about them, becaule it is compofed of 

 many fpondyles^or turning round bones,tied and faftned one unto another by joints and knotSi 

 The Lion onely^togither with the Woolfc^and the Hyxna^ liave this neck bone of one entire 

 and (Iraight peece^and therefore liiffe that it cannot tutne.Otherwile it is annexed-to the chiney 

 andthechinetotheloines. .- '.w:^. \ ' 



This Chine likewife is a boniefubftance, but made round andlongjarid nftitldus'witfiin , to TheClmie-' 

 givepafifage tothcmarowof thebacke,whichde(cendeth from'the braine. Learned menare bone. 

 of opinion, That thismarow is of the fame naturethat the brain is; and they ground upon this 

 experience, That if the diin and tender skinnc that enelofeth it, be cut through, a man cannot 

 poffibly live, but dieth immediatly. All creatures that be long legged, have likewlfe in propor- 

 tion aslongneckes.Sdhave alfo water-foules, although their legges be but fhort . Butcontra- 

 riwife, yee fhall not fee any birds with long neckes^ that have hooked tallons . Men onely and 

 Swine-, are troubled with the fwelling bunch in their throats : which many times k occafioned 

 by corrupt water that they drinke. The upper part or top of the Wezand^jis called the Gorge, or 

 the Gullet i the nether part or the extremitie thereof,is the Stomacke . Tliere is another fieiliie 

 concavitie of this name, tinder the windpipe, annexed to the" chine-bone :Iong it is and wide, 

 made in fafhion of a bottle, flagon, or rather a gourd. Thofe f aat have no gullet, are alfo with- 

 outa(lonlacke,anecke,andawezand5asfilT:ies;for their mouthes and bellies meet. Thefea- 

 Tortoife hath neither tongue nor teeth 3 with the edge of his muffle (fo iliarpe it is) hee is able 

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