Part I. Of Quadmpedes. 
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 furcly. 
The Porcupine erecls his Quills, at his pleafure, as a Pea- 
cock doth his Tail. And, partly by fetching his Skin, (a) o) Gefhef 
fhoots them at his purfuing Enemy. It may alfo be noted, m °f SoIi ~ 
That being rooted fo little a way in the Skin ( nothing near ™ ' 
fo deeply as the Quills of Fowls) they are the more eaiily 
ejaculated. They breed in India, Africa, and Ethiopia. 
An H E D G H O G, or Urchan. Echinus, Herinaceus. 
See him defcrib'd in Aldrovandus. Anatomized in Bartho- 
lines AHa Medic a. The Urchan, though a Viviparous Ani- 
mal, yet hath his Temcles lying within his Body, as in the 
Oviparous kind, (b) Inthelfland Maragiian, in the North Sima!^* 
of Brafde, are fome Urchans very great, almoft as big as 
Boars, (c) He makes his Bury with two Entries, to the rojoh.de 
North and South 5 and according to the weather arid^(*^ 
feafon, keeps the one ftopt up, the other open, (d) The nusj lib. 16, 
Liver, Stomach, and fat of this Animal are fometimes me- c ;}^' r 
y 11 r , (d) Gefner, 
dically uled. m of piu- 
The GREAT SHELI/D HEDGHOG. By tarch - 
the Natives of Brafde, called TATU 3 By the Sp aniards, 
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 ( ^™° Y ' - 
Ear. So that he never faw this Animal ; nor many others Ci n ™' 1 ' *' 
now known, and fome which he ventures to defcribe^ 
as appears by thofe general ArTertions, 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. 
(f) And this he doth, not only when purfued, but alfo 00 Hilt. 1. 5 . 
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 is his na- (g) Muf. 
ture to dig himfelf Buries, as the Coney doth 5. which he Septal * 
doth with very great celerity, (h) (h) ciufius. 
For the tendernefs, whitenefs and delicacy of his Flefh, u Barlaeus 
he is referved for Feafts 3 (i) and therein prefer 'd before de Rebus 
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