Plinies Maturall Hiftorie. ^43 



A have neither onenorothcrj but beefarrc different from the ic% and thefe have their bellie 

 hard to their gorge : and efpecially fueh as have long neckes and narrowjas the bird Porphyria.- 

 Thepaiinch ot belly ofthofe beafts which are whole houFed.is hard &rough. And in land bcafts, 

 ir is infome thickc toothed^and fet full of lharpe prickes :in others it is framed rugged likewifej 

 plaited eirofle in manner of lattice^ readie to catch and bite whatfoever . Thofe which have not 

 teeth in both chawesjtior yet chewcud^do in this belly concoCi: and digeft their vi^Stualsjand out 

 of it they fend the meat into the paunch where the guts lie.This membcrjin the middes, is in all 

 creatures faft^ned to the navill : and in man it is like unto that of a fwine^ havingtoward the nea- 

 therparf, a great gut named Colon : and this is it, which giveth occafion to the intollerable 

 paineof the coliquci This Gut in dogs, is very ftraight and harrow, whercuporj they hav^ 

 B much adoeto difcharge it, and lightly they doe not skummetj but with great paine and difhcul- 

 tic. Thofe creatures of all others be- counted moft unfatiable, whofe meat pafleth immediatly 

 outof their belly into the ftraight gut LongaonjOr theTiwilltas among foure-footed beafts, 

 the Woolfe, engcndred betweene the Hind and a hee AVoolfe : and in foules, the Cormorant. 

 An Elephant hath fourc bellies or paunches: all other parts within, bee anfwerable to thofe in 

 Swine. Their lungs be foure times as big as thofe in an Oxe. The gorge or crawj &: the Ibmack 

 orgizierinbirdsjis thethickeand flefliie. Inthenlaw or ftomacke of Swsllowes young birds^^^ 

 there be fome certaine little white ftones^or els of a reddifh colour, called thereupon C helido-* 

 nij ".and they be in great requeft in Art-Magicke,namely for charmes and enchantments. Like-^) 

 wife in the fecond belly or paunch of youngHeifers, there is found a finally blacke,and gravelly 

 Q ftone round as a ball^and light withall : a fingular remedie(as it is thought)ior women that have 



hard labour and be delivered with much paine anddifficultic,foitbee taken before that ever it fheC.mit 

 touch the ground . The Stomacke and the Guis,arc kept within a fat and thin cawle,in allcrca- oyJ{cll. 

 cures but thofe that lay egs. ' - . ^ 



Vmo this Cawle, is failiied the Splene on the left fide of the belly juft over-againft the liver* xhe s^Iene. 

 ■ And otherwhiles thefe two (liift their places, and one liech where the other l"hould ; but that is 

 ever held as a prodigious token. Some arc of opinion, tliat thofe creatures which lay egs have a 

 Splene, but it'is very fmall : as alio the Serpents. And furely fuch an one appeareth plainly in the 

 TortoifejCrocodilejLizards-and'Frogs.Ccrtein it is, that the bird ^gocephalus hath noncat 

 all, no more than others that want bloud. This member hath a proprietie by it ielfe fometimesj, 73 

 D To hinder a mans runnins ; whereupon ptofeffed runners in the race that bee troubled with the 

 folene, have a devife to burne and waft it with an hot yron. And no marveile : for why ? they fay 

 that the Splene may be taken out of die bodie by way of incilion, and yet the creature live ne- 

 verthelefte: butif it be man or woman that is thus cut for the Splene, hee or fhee loofeth their 

 lau^hin^ by the meanes.For iliie itisvthat^untemperatc laughers have alwaics great Splenes. 

 In SceD{is(a countrey of Afis) cheftieepehave very fmall Sp]enes,and from them were devifcd' 

 the remedies to cure the di fcale theyeof,and to waft their excelTive greatnefte. 



But about Briletiim and Tharn<cbehiisaboveiiamed)the Deere have four Ki^^ apcece; is^Sicsl 

 whereas on the contrarie fide, neither feathered foule nor skaliefill-i, have any. ^4oreovcr, the 

 Kidnies fticke clofe unto the bones . The right kidney in all creatures is the b]gger3lelfe fat, and 

 ^ dryer of the twaine : howbeit in both of tbcnijthsre is afat iffueth out of the mids, f^ve only in 

 Scales. Alllivingcreatnresarefatteftabouttherainesofthe backe-and fheepemay be fo fane 

 overgtov?ne with fat, that they will die thereof * Sometime diere be liitie ftoi-ics found in them. 

 All f6i^r-4botcd beafts that bn nj^ forth their young quick, have Kidnies. Ai^l of fuch as lay egs, 

 the tortoile alone, which alfo liath all otlier entrails. The Kidnies of a man,belike to thole of 

 Kineand Oxenjas if they were compofed of many togither. • 



Nature hath embarrcd the Bread part (wherein lie the vitall members) with ribbcs round !Sr^/r & l{lbs. 

 boiK jBut toward tlWb-dlyCwhichMeds muftgrowand ftretch)4lie hath not fo done, buthath 

 ^iveFi Ithbertie: for noiiving creature hath boiie^ to compaftethe paunch. Mans Breaft onely 

 isb^dadand fquare: inall'othersit isframed otherwileilikethe keeleof afliip:whichis mor6 

 :p evidemly tobe fcenc in birds and in water-foulcs moft; of all others. As for Ribs, man only hath 

 eight Ehatbefulland^vhole:Swinehaveten:hc)rnedbeaftsthirteene:Serpenisthirtie. 

 . Vhdet the belly and paunch in the fore-partof the bodie, hangeth the bladder ; which no 2 

 creature laying egs hath,fave onely the Tortoife.lt is found in none but fuch as have a paire of 

 l^^ng%andtk^amewichbloL^d^neith€rin any creepingcreature with and 



