cocks, or laftly^becaufe though in other countries^ as 
in Tkfalji znd Macedonia there zre cocks^ yet they 
never crow. 
The Auguries taken from the crowing of cochy 
according to him, depend chiefly on the time, 
whether it happen before noon or after, and accor- 
dingly portend either good or bad fucceffe ; 
to which fome add the fign of the zodiac and 
the motion of the Moon. Taking notice oi Plato's 
definition of a Man^ till the Cynicks real animal, 
fpoil'd the philofophers Idea^ he gives an account 
o\xt of Dan \ Major ^ of the head of an old man with 
a ?^ri5/7;i/on,whichdireftly lookt on, appears fuch, 
but if you turn it on one fide, it gives you thefliape 
of a Cock, 
From this prefciene of birds he takes occalion 
todifcourfe about the winter quarters of the Storksy 
whetheror no they go to, and come from diftant 
regions as the feafons of the year require, and that 
foe^aftly (asfomeaflert) as to obferve the/^/i/z/^e 
of places^ and the prece/fion of the Equino^iat 
points. But having confuted this opinion by the 
inequality of their appearance, feveral inftances 
of which he gives; concludes th#y do not fly 
to warmer climates^ but, like other animals^ both 
birds and beafts, come from hidden places in the 
fame county, where during the cold they lye afleep. 
And afterwards gives asmany reafonsfor it,asthere 
are letters in Htbernaculum Ciconiarumj' and tha5 
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