a£)efctiptfonon»ittgCrcatttw^/ ft 
Cod fuith he wohU bri)tg theC\xdX^tWLi%Hfot>themy 
rohofe Horfes fhottld he fwif ter than Leopards. 
5, It hath a very beautiful skin, Ipotted with 
divers Colours, the fpots are like an eye, fo that 
his skin looks as if it were full of eyes, the fpots 
are blacker in the Male than in the Female, to 
which the Prophet alludes, Jer. 15. 23. faying, 
Can the Leopard change his ffets ? 
4. It is very crafty and fubtle, and hath a very 
deformed head, infomuch that it frightens all o~ 
ther Creatures ( as all other Creatures hate a Caty 
or any thing like it) but the reft of her body is 
very beautiful and comely, which is the reafon why 
fhe hideth her head between her legs; it is obfer- 
ved that fhe is moll cruel to any beautiful Crea- 
ture; thus Jer. 5, d. ThefVelf of the Evenings 
fhall [fojl themy and the hto^zxAi fhallvoatch over 
their CitieSy ev^j one that goeth out thence fhall he 
Urn in fieces : For he oftentimes feigneth hirafelf 
dead , or fall afleep; or clfe fhe hideth her felf 
that fo fhe may better take other Creatures for her 
-prey. 
5. Of all Creatures the T anther hath a moft fra- 
grant and pleafant fmell, by which means he 
draweth other Creatures to him, andfomaketh a 
prey of them; thus y^riftotleyin his Prohlems, SeB. 
23 . Queft. 4. enquireth into the reafon why aV&rt- 
ther of all other Creatares fhould fmell the fweeteft ? 
Some learned men tell us that it is from the place 
they are in, being a hot Region, all fweet 
fcents being hot and dry; yet we may very well 
I doubt of this reafon, untill we have plainer evi- 
dence 
