Part I. Of Quadrufedes. 17 
of a Sword,or of fome Needles.So that they both bore with 
their Point, and cut with their edges at the fame inftant, 
whereby they wound the more furely. 
The Porcupine erecls his Quills, at his pleafure, as a Pea- 
cock doth his Tail. And, partly by ftretching his Skin, {a) ( a ) Gefnei 
ihoots them at his purfumg Enemy. It may alfo be noted, ™ to f Scli ~ 
That being rooted fo little a way in the Skin ( nothing near 
fo deeply as the Quills of Fowls ) they are the more ealily 
ejaculated. They breed lfi India, Africa, and Ethiopia. 
An HEDGH OG, or Urchan. Echinus, Herinaceus. 
See him defcrib'd in Aldrovandus. Anatomiz'd in Bartho- 
' lines Alia Medic a. The Urchan, though a Viviparous Ani- 
mal, yet hath his Tefticles lying within his Body, as in the 
Oviparous kind, (b) In the Ifland Maraguan, in the North Animltc. /. 
of Brafile, are fome Urchans very great, almoft as big as 
Boars, (c) He makes his Bury with two Entries , to the Cc) Joh. de 
North and South 5 and according to the weather andJ^K^f^ 
feafon, keeps the one ftopt up, the other open, (d) The nus ) lib. 16. 
Liver, Stomach, and fat of this Animal are fometimes me- 57* r 
j 11 r 1 (d) Gefner, 
dicaJly uied. out 0 f Pk- 
The GREAT SHELL'D HEDGHOG. By tarch - 
the Natives of Brafile, called TATU5 By the Spaniards, 
ARMADILLO; as Names common to the feveral 
(pedes. And by Latin Authors, Echinus Brafilienfis. This 
once belonged to the Duke of Holftein. See the Defcription 
of this Species in Clufius, and others. 
Thofe Creatures which are cover d with Feathers, Scales, 
or Shell, faith Ariftotle, (e) have no Auricula or outward ^. Hift j°£ i 
Ear. So that he never faw this Animal 3 nor many others Ct n ^' 1 ' 2 ° 
now known, and fome which he ventures to defcribe, 
as appears by thofe general AfTertions, whereof he is too 
often guilty. 
He gathers himfelf up, Head, Feet and Tail, within his 
Shell, as round as a ball : as Pifo hath alfo piclur d him. 
(/) And this he doth, not only when purfued, but alfo ^) Hift.i. 3, 
when he fleeps. Unlefs he be ty'd, he will dig out his ' 3 * 
way under the very walls of a houfe. (g) For it 15 his na- (g) Muf. 
ture to dig himfelf Buries, as the Coney doth 3 which he Septal * 
doth with very great celerity, (h) fZ.;ciufiu& 
For the tendernefs, whitenefs and delicacy of his Flefh, ^ BarliEUS 
he is referved for Feafts 3 (/') and therein prefer d before de Rebus 
D cither BraC P-" 2 - 
