The elevefitli Bddce of 



turefirft appointed for that one pig » SheeB.eares have foure paps apeecc.^ Dolphins toe no Q 

 morebuttwa tcatsand nipples in thebotc-omeof thcjr beliy, andtiiofe'not very apparent to ' 

 the eyej nor ftreight and direa^ but lyingfomewhai all 



fockc as it runneth^but lliee. To conclude, Whales^ MVlyriepooleSia an^ np^ni^tlMK 

 3?oj)ng with thcip adder and t^ats. . -.j-if^-ifv^-' ./^v*''-"^ .".r".'.^" . , 



'^Of iMilhevwdbf^ 



THc Milkfe thatcommethfrom a woman, before that flicc hath gone feven moneths with 

 child^is not good; bucfroiii thattimeforward^it is holefome, becaufe the infant may live j| 

 w . . and doe well after that tearme. Many are fo frini and free of milke^ that all their bre'afts are 

 firitt and full thereof^even asfarrcas to tJheir.arme.holcs.Camels give milke untill they be greaE 

 With young againe : and their milkc is thought to be moft fvseet and pleafant in taft, if to one 

 mealiire thereof you put three of water. A Cow haih no milke ordinarily, before that Hiee harh 

 X calVed. The firft milke that flie giveth dowde^is called Beeflins : which^pnlefle it be delaied with 

 fome water, will fooneturne to be as hard as aPumilliflone. Shee AfTes. arenotfo foone with 

 youngjbut they have milke in their udders : But if they go in good and battle pafture , it is noE 

 good that their young foles fliould lucke the.ir milke in two daies after ^ for the very taft thereof, 

 is enough to kill them: and this difeafe thatcommeth of fuehBeeftins, is called Goloitratio. 

 The milke that thofe give which have teeth in both chawes, is not good to makccheefe of, be- 

 caufe it will not criiddle. Camels milke, of all others, is ihinneft ; and Mares milke next to iu ■ I 

 Afles milke is holden for to be thickeftjand therfore they ufe it in ftead of renning,to turn milkc 

 and gather curds thereof. It is thought alfo to be very good for-to make womens skin faire and 

 white. Certes the Emprefle Poppaa^mk to Domitm liero^h^d alwaies wherefoevcr fhe went^five 

 hundred (bee Affes milch, in her traine : and in their milke flic bathed and waflicd her whole bo- 

 die, as in an ordinarie baine,fuppofing that thereby her skin was not onely whiter,but alfo more 

 neat,fiTiooth, and void of rivels. All lorts of milke will thicken by firCjand turne into whey with 

 cold^Cowes milke makethmorechecfe than Goats milke, by twice as much almoft, although 

 you take no more of the one than the other* The milke oi thofc that have above foure paps, is 

 naught for eheefe, but theirs is better that have but twaine. The rennet of anHind-calfe, aLe- 

 verct,and a Kid,is much commended. But efpecially of a Leveret or Rabbet, which alfois ra«di- K 

 cinableforthe (luxe of thebelli,c:a tliingtobeob(ervedinthemalone5of all creatures that are 

 toothed in both chawes. A wonder it is, tha t batbarous nations living of milke,have for fo many 

 hundred yeeres either not known,or els not regarded,the benefit of clieefe ; and yet they ufed to 

 thicken their milke into a kind of pleafantfoure-crud,in maimer of a Sellibub : and tocharn but- 

 ter thereof: which is the very Icum and creame of milke, much thicker than that which is called 

 Whey. To conclude, I may not let palTe, That Butter hath the vettue and properties of oile : 

 inforauch, as forraine and barbarous nations^ doe annoint their children therewith,as wee alfo 

 doc ours* 



Chap, x jr^ 



cheefei of fandrie JhrtSi 



AT Rome (the onely place that hath beil meanes neare at hand, to judge of the fruits and 

 commodities of all nations in the world) the Cheefes which come out of the provinces 

 of Nemaufium,and from the villages of Lseib andBaux, are highly praifed for the beft 5 

 but they lafl not long : their commendation is for the prefentfeafbn, whiles they be greene and 

 new. There are brought good Cheefes from two coafts oi the Alpes , which greatly praife the 

 pafturcthereabouti Alfo, daintiecheefe^dre made inDalmatia, from whence wehavepaffing 

 good 5 and namely/romDrinaldi. Moreover, the province of Ceutronia fendeth us excellent 

 eheefe from Vatulium. But the great ftorc and plentie of eheefe commeth from the Apennine ^ 

 mountain : which yeeldeth us the Cebane eheefe out of Liguria 5 and that is very fine meat,not- 

 withff anding it be made moit of Ewes milke Alfo out of Vmbria we have good cheefe,from the 

 dairies along the river ^fio.Howbeit in the confines betweene Tufcane and Liguria, the mon- 

 ftrous grcatcheefcsareniadej and namely about Luca^ for one of themweigheihaihoufand 



pounds. 



