^ 2)eCculptfott 0f iitJiitff Creatucesf. 47 
€hofij or any wayes terrible i« look upon j but a- 
bove all creatures they hate an moft, which 
is a crafty cunning Creature, which a Lyon hath 
very little of ; yet when a Lyon is fick, nothing 
will cure him fo foon as the blood of an Aft. 7. A 
Lyon cannot endure to fee a Wolf. Philif Camera- 
rifts tellcth us that a I/ja* hath no fuch hatred a- 
gainft a Cockj, for they have been oftentimes feen 
to have taken both Cocks and MtnSy a nd tear them 
in pieces ; we have feveral names in Scripture, by 
which Lyons are called, which are efpecially four. 
I. They are called Whelps, that is, thofe young 
Lyons that are not yet able to feek their prey : but 
although a Lyon is fo fierce, notwithftanding the 
divine providence hath put fuch an affeftion into 
thefe Creatures towards their young, that they 
will bring them food into the Den, until they are 
able to go out to take their prey. 2. They are cal- 
led Kephir in the Hebrew, which figaifieth thofe 
Lyons that are not yet come to full age, but are of 
middle age, at which time they are moft ravenous 
and greedy of their prey. The Pfalmifi compa- 
reth the covetous to Lyons whelps, being violent 
and greedy Creatures. 5. Thev are called Arl, 
which is when they are at the urongeft that they 
will be ; it Cometh from an Hebrew word, Arab , 
\ ' which ftgnifieth to fnatch, and devour, becaufe at 
■ that age they are apteft to tear and devour: we 
i find that Tyrannical Rulers arefetoutin Scripture 
i by Lyons. Thefe Lyons when they grow old are 
, called Ltviy becaufe then they are not able to go 
:j out to feek their prey, but hide themfclves in Dens, 
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