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6 . His dung is very dry and hard, io that he 
eafeth nature with a great deal of difficulty. He 
makes his water as a Dog doth» with one leg lift 
up, which comes from him with a great deal of 
difficulty. 
7. He hath Ihort eyc-lids, but yet very great 
eyes; and that is thefeafon that he is fo troubled 
with the Gnats which flye in his eyes, that he is 
forced fometimes to plunge himfelf in the water 
when he fleeps. 
8 . When he deeps, he fleeps with his eyes o- 
pen, which is but very little; he is often feen to 
move his tayl when he is afleep, that men may fee 
that they are not fall afleep. 
9. Some Lyons have Manes, andthofe are the 
fierccft; and therefore thofe in are very 
fearful and timerous, fo that they cannot endure 
the fight of man. 
2. We come now to fpcak of the properties which 
areiathe foul'of a 
1. A Lp» is a generous, proud, cruel , hafiy 
Creature; and as Horfes Ihew their anger by 
hair, fp do Lyons by their tayl, which they ftrike 
againft the ground when at any time they are an- 
gred ; but when their paffion is a little over, they 
ftrike their own backs with it. 
2. They hurt no man, and are feldom aqgry^ 
except they are forced to it by great hunger, oif 
have been hurt firft; they feldom purfuc or IfUrc 
man or child, unicfs it be in their old age, when 
they are not able to encounter with wilde beafts 
I for a prey f $nd therefore it is that when they arc 
