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halfe round like a gutter tile : whereas in man they be flat and broad. When one is dead, they G 

 will grow. In ravenous creaturesjhooked they be and bowing inward : in dx>gS3right and ftreighc, 

 fave only that, which in moft ofthem crooketh from behind their legs like alpuii e. All creatures 

 that have thcfailiion of a footjhavc toCs thcreto_,except an Elephant . And yet hee leemeth to 

 havean apparenccof fivein number, but they are not divided afunder ; or if they be j they are 

 nbt diftind onefrom anothcr but very flightly, and liker rather to houfes than to nails : the f ore- 

 feet alfo are bigger than the hinder. In the hin-feet they have fliort joints,TheElcphant bendeth 

 his hamnlcsinward,as doth a man : whereas all other living creatures, bow the joynts of their 

 hinder legs dthcrwife than of theformcr. Forfiich as engender and breed young alivCjbend their 

 knees before them : but the joint of their houghbehind, clcane backward . Mens knees and cl- 

 bowesjdoe bowcontrarie one to the other : fo doeBeares and all the fort of Apes; which is the H 

 caufe that they be not fo Iwift of foot as others. Four-footed beafts, as many as lay egs, (as-the 

 Crocodile and Lizards) have their knees before,bending backward 5 but thofe behind, bowing 

 forward: and yet their legs be crooked like a mans thumb.In like Ibrtjthey that have many feet: 

 iinlefle it be the hin-feet of all, in as many as do skip and hop 5 for they all be ftreight^ Birds (af- 

 ter the mannpr of four-fooiedbeaits) doe bow their wings forward, but the joy nt of their ieggs 

 backward. 



In the Knees of men^ there is generally repofed a certain religious-reverence, obierved even 

 in all nations off the world. 'For, humble ftippiiantscreepe and crouch to tlie knees of their fupe- 

 riours 5 their knees they touchj to their knees they reach forth their hands : their knees(I fay)they 

 worfhip andadore asrehgioufly asthe very altars of the gods. i\nd for good reafon hapiy they j 

 do fo (becaufe k is commonly received^That in them their lieth much vitall ftrength. For in the 

 very joint and knitting of both knees, on either fide thereof before, there are two emptie blad* 

 ders(as irwefe) like apaire of cheekesjwhich hollownefle orconcavitie,if it be wounded and 

 pierced through, cauieth as prelent death as if the throat were cut. In otlier parts likewife of the 

 bodie, we ufea certain religious ceremonie :for as our manner is to oifcr the backe-part of the 

 right hand to be killed, fo we put it forth and ■giv^'i't as well in teftimonie of faith and fidelitic. It 

 was an auncieh'tfarbion in Greece, v^hen they' would make court and with great reverence ren- 

 det'a fuppiieation to fome great perlbnage, for to touchthechin. in the tender lappet of the 

 care,is fuppofed to reft the lear of remembrance,which we ule to touch when wepurpoie to take . 

 one for to beare witnes of an arreff or other thing done,and to dcpofe the fame in the face of the j( 

 court. Moreover^ behind thS right eare likewife, is the proper place of 'Kemefis(vihich goddelfe 

 could never find yet a Latine-namc,fo much as in the very Capitoll) and that place are we woonc 

 to touch with thefouiih finger (which is next to theleait) in token of repentancCjwhen we have 

 let fall fome word railily, and would crave pardon of the gods therefore. The crooked and fwel- 

 ling veines in? th<; legs, man filone hath, and women very feldome. Oppmmitcthj thitCMiirfi^rS 

 (who had been Confuli of Rome leven times) endured, without fitting downe for the matter, to 

 have thofe vains taken forth of his legs : a thing that never any was knowne to abide before him. 

 All four-footed beaflsbegintogoc ordinarily on the right hand, and ufctolie downe on the 

 righr fide : others go as they lift. Lioas and Camels only have this propertie by themfelves,To 

 keepe pace in their march footby foot, that istofay, they never fet their left toot before their jv 

 right, nor overreach with it, but let it gently come fhort of it and follow after. Men and women 

 have the greatefi: feet in proportion, of all creatures: but females ordinarily in every kind have 

 leffe and (lender feet than males. Men and women onelyhave calvesin their legs, and their legs 

 full of fleiTi.Rowbeit we read in fome writers, Thatthere was onemanin ^gypt hadno calfe 

 at all to his legs, but was legged like a Crane. Man alone hath palmcs of his hands, and broad 

 flatfoles to his feet : and yet fome there be,who that way are deformed and disfigured. And ther- 

 upon it came, that divers came to be fiirnamed Planet^ [/. flat- footed :] P/am^ [/. fplay-footcd : ] 

 Scauri, [i. with their anklesflanding over- much ui : ] Paujj^ p. broad-footed.] Like as of their 

 misfhapen legs/ome have been named Fari^[i. wry-leggcd : ] others /'^4//^,and Fatimj^[ti bow- 

 legged;] which impeifedionsbeaffsalfo are liibicd iinto.VV'holchoufed are all they that beare M 

 not homes: in regard whereof, they be armed withhoufeinftead of thatoffenfive weapon: and 

 fuch as they be,have no ankle-bones ; but all cloven- footed have thofe bones.Howbeit as many 

 us have toes, want ankles : and in one word,thereis not one hath them in the forc-fcet . Camds 

 liave ankles like to Kitie and Oxenjbiii fomwhat icfle : for indeed they be cloven footedjalthough 



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