1 8 Of Quadruped's. Part I. 
00 Gift eiti^r Conies or fucking-Pigs, (a) The Plates of his Shell 
Pifo. ' being powder d and given in a draught of the Decodtion 
of Sage in the quantity of B j , provoketh fweat 3 and are 
a fingular remedy againft the Lues Venerea, faith Barium, 
(b) P. $6 9 . (fy if i t provoketh fweat, it may be ufed to good pur- 
Xim{nes anC ' poks, whether it cureth that Difeafe, or no. 
The PIGHEADED ARMADILLO. Tatu Por- 
cinus. Nierembergim hath defcribed this Species, but yet 
imperfectly. The beft of any Wormius 3 who alfo omiteth 
fome particulars, and in others is miftaken. 
From his Snout-end to his Tail, about ten Inches and 
i 3 being younger and leffer than that of Wormius. His 
Body four Inches over. His Head an Inch and and three 
Inches long. The end of his Nofe fcarce half an Inch 
over, fhaped like that of a Pig 5 from whence I have taken 
leave to name it. His Ears not above * of an Inch diftant 
one from the other. His fore-foot two Inches and s long, 
above * Inch over. On which he hath four Toes 3 the 
two foremoft of which are an Inch long, the other two ** 
an Inch. The hinder-foot of equal length, but thicker. 
On which there are five Toes 3 the three foremoft, and 
thicken 1 whereof are an Inch long, the other two ? an Inch. 
His Tail about 1 1 Inches long, at the Buttocks an Inch 
and * over, at the end as fmall as a Shoomakers waxed 
Thread. 
His Head, Back, Sides, Legs, and Tail, are all cover d with 
a fhelly Armour. His Head, with Shells, Scales for the 
moft part, five and fix angled. His Shoulders, with round 
ones, and leffer, about * of an Inch over 5 betwixt which 
other leffer ones are inter jected. The Back-piece confifteth 
of about ten fhell Plates, joyned together by the mediation 
of as many parallel Skins. Every Plate is about * Inch 
broad, cunoufly compofed of fmall triangular or wedge- 
like pieces, indented one againft another, and pounced or 
pricked all along their edges. His Buttocks adorned in the 
fame manner as his Shoulders, His Shell ending next his 
Tail, with an Elipfis. The fore-part of his Tail is encom- 
pafs'd with fhelly Rings, in number eleven 3 compofed not 
of triangular, but fixangl'd and fquare pieces. The other 
half with Scales fet together, as on his Head. His nether 
Buttocks, Belly, Breaft, Neck, and Ears are all naked. His 
Eyes 
