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old, they are fcen to wander up and down in Cities 
for a prey; Julius CttmillttSf a frewtfeman, tells 
us this ftory of himfelf ; a certain Lyon did purfue 
him, but coming to him did him no mifchief at 
all ; the reafon whereof he makes to be this • be- 
caufe the Lj^n is one of the twelve figns of the 
Zodiack ; which I do not at all approve of. 
3. The Ljoh never makes a prey of thofe who 
lye flat on their faces, and feem as if they were 
dead. 1 have read of one who putting his hand 
in a Lyons mouth , got hold of his tongue and 
killed him ; it is flrange, that although be can 
break Iron, yet he never meddles with wood, it 
being the weaker of the two ; and therefore it is , 
that they are alwayes kept up in wooden Dens. 
4. They arc oftentimes feen to hide themfelves 
in the fields, left Paflengers ihould be frighted at 
them. 
5. When they are hunted, they do not make 
much hafte from the Hunfmen ; and although they 
purfue him over hedge and ditch, yet he wiil not 
flye, but goes on ilowly before, and oftentimes 
Hands ftill in the fight of the Hunters, as it were 
preparing himfelf to encounter with them; and 
when fie comes to a great hedge, he then runs 
fwiftly away, that he may get fight of the Hun- 
ters again, that fo they might not think he hid 
himfelf for fear j fo that the Lyon is without any 
malicious craft or guile. Neither are they ever 
feen to look afquint on any one ; and as they wiU 
not flye from the hunter, fo they will not willingly 
tun themfelves into a fnare ; and therefore it is , 
