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tvhich if he did, it would looo itraugie hiinj the 
hatred and enmity that there is oecween thefe two 
Creatures is very great, and almoft incredible. 
If»ma>iuel King ot Portugal carried a Rbimfceres 
to Rome, but in the way they were Sbip-wrackt ; 
t]\Q Rhlnofcerot although he were fltack.’ed, yet it 
Was wonderful to fee what fliift lie made to fwim, 
but at the lalf he perifhed in a Rock , Phi/ippm 
CamerariHs tells ns another Rory of tht Rtftofcerot , 
who when he was fet on Ihosr, was perceived to 
tremble and fhake ex remely •, the reafon of which 
afterwards was perceived to be an which 
he there faw afar off; the Rhinofekrot bQiakti him- 
felf to fight, and with a great deal of eagerneis 
purfues the Elephant, making a lamentable noife as 
he went, and dcRroying all belore him. 
We come now to (peak of tkitUnicorH, and the 
firfi: thing obftrvable is his hofn, which is two Cu- 
bits long, white and fliining within, but is black 
^without; it is not light nor hollow ai^iothcr horns 
are, neither is it fo plain and fmooth, but is /harp 
and rough like a file, and at the end of it as fharp 
and piked as a fword, fo that he ealily runs his horn 
into any thing. 
a. Although he be very fierce, yet he is mild and 
gentle to the Females, and is often found afleep by 
them in the fields, by which means they are taken ; 
they have another way to take them, viz,. , To 
cloath a ftrong young man in womans apparel, per- 
fuming bis garments with rich feents, and ib to 
fland in the fields; t\\t Unicorn fmelling himpre- 
fently comes to him, the huntfmen-hide themfelves, 
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