|ot of X^uteis 5 or , 
when old, which Baftifta Porta tb.inketh would be 
tenderer, were he baited with Dogs before he was 
killed, for experience telieth us that the flefh of 
thofe Oxtn that run among Bearsy is fo tender that 
it will almoft melt in the mouth, but his blood is 
thicker ; thus it is in other Oxttty that wliich ma- 
keth him appear to be the ftronger, is this ; that 
he never Cottohsy nor fcarce ever bringeth any 
thing ’up out his ftomack • ( it is obferved by 
fome, that a Minifter is never heard tpfnee2;e 
while he is.preaching, thereafonof which I leave 
for the more curious to enquire into ) this Creature 
hath many ventricles, by which his food is better 
digelfed ; he is very hot naturally , whofc Milk 
ferveth for the nourifhmentof his Body; and there- 
forCjit is that he giveth not fo much Milk, either 
Shetfoi Goat. 
3. In the time of his Copulation he is like all 
Other Creatures, very mad and furious, butother- 
W*fe tame and gentle. 
4. He is obferved to be given as little to leache- 
»7 as any other Creature; and as before his Coitus 
he ufually feedeth among Cms, but afterwards he 
accompanieth himfdf with Builsj which Ariflotle 
hath obferved to be the nature of feveral other 
Creatures ; llh. 6 . ch;>p. i8, in his Hiftory of 
Auimals, 
5. He is much delighted in company, and can- 
not endure foIitude;there is a kind of mutual love(as 
it were ) between Oxen that work in the plough to- 
gether, infomuch that if his fellpw be npt with him, 
he Ipoketh about him to fee if can fin^ him, and 
will 
