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the belly be cerfaihe tanals or arteriesjreaehing to the groine, which by the Greeks are named G 

 Iliu \j, the Flankes.] In the bladder of a Wolfe.is found a little ftoncealledSyrires.Bi]t in fome 

 mens bladders, ye lliall fee oiherwhiles certaine grofle haircs to engender^ like to bridles ; alfo 

 gtavell and (tones, which put them to intollerablepainCi This bladder confifteth of a certain tu- 

 nicle or skin, which if it be once wounded^cannot be againeconfblidated jnomore than thofe 

 fine pellicles or rindsthat enwrap the braine and the heart. For you muftthinke, that .there bee 

 many forts of thefe membranes or filmeslerving to fundry ufes. 



ftk mtYtce. Asfor women,thcir inward parts are anfwerabl^ to mens inall thefe refpeds abovefaid? and 

 befides, they have by themfelves adjoy ning.clofe unto the bladder, another litde bag^or purfe 3 

 whereupon it is called in Latine rtent^ : audit hath another name befide, to WityZoci , which we 

 call the Matrice,the Mother^ or the Wdmbe : and in other creatures it is tearmed Fuh^i. In Vi- H 

 pcrs, and fuch as hatch their egs, within them it is double* In thofe that lay egges^ it lyeth faft to 

 theMidriffe. In women, it hath of either fide two chambers or concavities . li at any time it 

 chance to be perverted and turned the wrong way, or take aire into itjit is deadly, and rifeth up 

 to ftop the wind.If Kine be with Calfe,mcn fay,that they carie not their yongbut in the ri^ht cell 

 or receptacle thereoE,yeajalthough they go with two Calves at once. Our fine-toothed gUittons 

 doe find a better taft in a Sowes wombe that flippcth and catteth her Pigs and it togethers or is 

 cut out of het bellicjthan if the dam bringeth foorth her fruit at the full time. The onsforfooth 

 is called Eje(5iicia,the other Porcaria. And the beft is that ofa young Sow that never farrowed 

 before : and contrariwire5of old Sows and fuch as have given over to farrow. After fhe hath pig- 

 gedjunleifc ihc be killed the fame day.ihe fame hath a dead colour^and is b ut Icane. Atid yet that J 

 - of a young Swine is not greatly commendcd,unleffe it be of her firft Pigs.Howbeitjthole of old 

 Sowes alfo be in requeft, fo they have not given over breeding : and namely Jf they be taken ei- 

 ther within two daies before they fliould pig, or within two daies after they have pigged, or at 

 kaftwife,the veryfameday.rhenexttothec'aft-wombcabovefaid,isihatQf a Sowkille<laday 

 after fhe bath pigged. The paps and teats of fuch a Sow, newly having farrowed, is counted ex- ^ 

 ccllent good mear, fo that it bp lakcnjbefore that ever the Pigs fucked them drie : but thofei of 3 

 Sow which hath caft her Pigs before iime,is held for the worit of all. In old rime they called this 

 moYQ^l 'mLmnQ Jbdomi'ff^ and before it was growne hard and brawnie, they never were wont 



^inciemes. Willingly and wittingly to kill Sowes, even upon the point of their farrowing, and being rea- 



die to Pig [as our m onftrpus gluttons doe now adaies, becaufe they would have the teats foft, g; 

 tendcrjand full of milkc] 



Tallovsf Mci All horned bealf s having teeth girowing but in one jaw, and pafterne bones about their feet, 

 doe bearetaljow or fewet, and feed fat . 1 hofe that be cloven-footed, or otherwife-havc feet dc- 

 vided into many toes,and bcare no homes; have no tallow,but greafe or fat.The tallow or fewec 

 groweth to be hardjand when it is throughly coldjis brittle and apt to crumbl? and br^ake ; ami 

 is ever hund in the edge and extremities of the flelli : conttariwile, the (eame or greafc is enter- 

 larded betwfiene the flefn and the skin 5 Uquid it is, and eaiie to melt. Some creatures there bee 

 that will never be fat,as the Hare and Partridge . Generally, whatfoevcr is barrenjbcc it male or 

 female,will foon feed fat.Sooncr grow they to be old which are overfa t.No living creatures there 

 are but hs^ve a certaine fat in their eies. And the tallow in any thing whatfoever,isfencCie{Ie; for £ 

 neithcrhaih it Arteries nor Vcines.The fat alfo & greafein mofi: of d]em,is without fence .-And 

 hereupon it is. That fome affirme, how Mice and Hats have gnawne and eaten fat Hogs whiles 

 they were alivc,and made them nefls in their backes j yea,and Lucim Afrppm fometimes Con- 

 full, had afonnefofatthathecould notgoe, fo heaviewashelodenwith greafe; infomuchj as 

 he was faine to take fome of his greale foorth of th? bodie, and fo difcharge hiniiielfe and be- 

 comelighter. -niL^.iv^' . /^u^h n 



Tiidryow. Marrow feenieth to be much of the fame nature : in youth it is red,aH.din age waxcth white. 



This is never found but in hollow bones : and yet not in the legs of Horfe, A0e, Mule, or Dog. 

 And therefore if they chance tob?broken,they will notfowder and uilite again e; which happe- 

 nethwhen the Marrow runneth out to the place of thefraduire.In thofe that carie greafe or fewer, 

 fattie it is and greafie i but in horned beaffs itiefeA^kbleth Tallow.^inewie.iliSjand that 0|ieiy in 

 the iridge of the backe of as many as have nobpnesjas namely jin all fifhes*B,cares have none at 

 all.ALion likf wifahaxh but verylittlcjto wit,in fome few bones of his thighcs and butsbehiiidj 

 and alfo of his legs before under his Ihoulders. For his other bones arc lohard^ that th?y will 



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