aSDefaipttattDf Pins: Creatures. lo^ 
will lowuntill he coincch to him. I fhallnotfay 
any thing of his grateful refentment of courteliest 
which is fpoken of by the Prophet If^ah, chap, i . 
t>. 5. where the Ox is faidtt knoiv his &iv*ter. 
6. This Creature is exceeding delighted in Mu- 
fick, and he never drinkedi but in clear cold wa- 
ter. 
7. He loveth to be in the woods among the 
boughs; it is by fome obfervcd, that fometimes 
he feedeth backwards ; there is a certain herb in 
the field that the Ox loveth to feed on rather than 
grafs, in the leaves of which lyeth hid a little Cre- 
ature, much like a Bettkj which will bite him and 
torment him fo, that oftentimes he killeth him ; an 
Ox is fooneft fat when by himfelf, and kept from 
Copulation; but I have been informed , that the 
quickeft way to fatten him , is often to walh him 
with warm water, and feed him with beans and elm 
boughs ; Baptifta was wont to give his Oxen thofc 
ferapsof meat that came from his Table, which in 
a Ihorc time made them fo fat, that they could 
fcarcely go ; the Ox will work at the plough much 
better, if he hath a live coal held to him. 
8. The Horns of a young Ox laid in hot wax 
will be foft and bend any wayes ; the Hoofs of an 
Oxy if anoynted with wax, oyl, or pitch, they 
are not fenfible of any pain. 
9. He fheddeth his hair every year; it is very 
ftrange that telleth us, that if the corn 
that is fown have an Ox horn lye amongft it, that 
grain lhall never grow, be it what it wijl ; the Ph/- 
fical caufe of which is not yet found out, although 
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