aDefcrfptionof KWngCreiSturci?* 7^ 
towards the North, and further addeth that he 
found in it the Elkf, and thtMachlin, 
3. It is like a Goaty whofe fore-head is two 
handfuls broad, his upper lips are very large. 
4. His legs have no joynts. 
,5. He hath horns, but they grow only back- 
wards, the Hoofs of this Creature do cure and 
h^alall Epileptical difeafes in young Children, it 
being covered with gold, and fo hung about his 
neck; there are fome whoinftead of this, fell an 
Oxes Hoof, but it is very eafie to difcern the dif- 
ference, for if you (have an Oa-#/ Hoof, it will 
have a very bad fmell with it , which this hath 
not. 
6 . It hath a doleful, mournful cry, as I my 
felf have heard, fo that if you did not fee it, you 
would think it were a young Child, and therefore 
it is that the Germans call it Glen, They have 
been tamed and ridden upon ; others have ufed 
them for drawing, it being a very fwift Creature, 
and will go further in one day than a Horfe doth 
in three, efpecially upon Ice, where he will go 
much farter than upon the Earth : Thus we have 
Ihewn the nature of this beaft, which fomewhat' 
refembleth a Chriftian; as, i. His leg is ivithout 
any joynts, fo that if it lye dpwn, it cannot get up 
again • thus Chrirtians are feldom guilty of any 
craft or fubtilty, and not armed with any exter- 
nal power, for if they once fall into any danger , 
they are not able to deliver themfelves; and as fhe 
never goeth backwards, left fhe fliould be got in 
a fnare ; thus Chriftians have a great care left they 
fhould 
