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which is their chief bufinefsj for eating and drink- 
ing that is a thing they do by the by, asthe^f^r 
that doth not drink as the nor fup up his wa- 
ter as other Creatures do, but doth as it were bite 
up the water when he drinketh. And as die Bear 
loveth Mufick, fo do PhiJofophers, who are like 
to this Creature for paflion and revenge $ and as 
thefe Creatures are deformed, oftentimes troubled 
with bad eyes, having but weak heads ; thus it i? 
moft commonly with Scholar/ f who are oftentimes 
troubled with the fame diftempers ; who oftentimes 
are feduced with the pomps of this World, and 
blinded with the vanities thereof, as they fay that 
Bears i( you hold but a bright filver Bafin before 
their eyes, they cannot fee. Alhertu/ tellcth us 
of certain white Bears y which itt Amphibious , 
and live both in the Air and Water; I have read 
thit ffeUogahalfis fent feveral Sears into the Room 
where were feveral of his gueRs, whom he had 
made drunk. 1 need not fpeak of thofe men that 
have been turned into Bearsi which as it feldom 
happeneth in Pby Picks, yet it is often feen, as tci 
their Morals j fome hiug mfrs tlks Beah thou men^ 
as others are Isks Swine, 
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