liDefcrfpti'ottof Ktrlng: Creatuw loi 
dance better when they have company with them j 
it is a known {lory of the Trojan Horfty that it 
was deftroyed by thofe that got into it j JoAchimm 
Cdmerarius, hath written a whole Book concerning 
Horfes^ which is worth peruiin^, where the Rea- 
der may fatisfie himfelf further in the nature of this 
Creature. 
CHAP. XIII. 
Of the Ox. 
T He Ancient Greeks comprehend the wild Ball 
and Cow unde^ this Creature ; there is a bcaft 
called HyreinU, much like to an Ox, which they 
called by the fame Name, a very fwift Creature ; 
this word Ox was formerly taken to fignilfie a Calfg 
which of all the reft agreeth beft with the body of 
a Man ; it is a very ufcful Creature, it was ufed 
to be offered in facrifices, it is good for food, the 
Husbandman maketh great ufe of him in tilling his 
ground ; formerly it did threlh the Corn, which 
was done by leading him over the Corn, and trea- 
ding it; the Earth is much fatned by his drug , 
Ihooes are made of his skin, of horns'^are made 
Combs, winding horns, and feveral other things, 
which we could not well want, 
He is a ftrong Creature, endued with a great 
deal of valour, yet very gentle. 
a. His flefli is very hard of digeftion, cfpecially 
H 3 when 
