no , C&e|>iCfo?pof or, ' 
^ bimfeif into a low Tree, and hide liitnfelf a- 
ffiong the boughs ; Many wild hearts do hunt the 
for a prey, as the weakert Creature; this they 
do alwayes in the morning, hecaut’e then hungef 
pincheth them mort ; it is a wonderful thing to con- 
lider the Antifathy that there is between a 
Hart and a Serpent, tor he knoweth by natural in- 
ftjntl where the Serpents holes are; he goeth to the 
hole where he feeth and thinkeeh a Serpent is, and 
breatheth upon him untill he is forced to come out 
of his hole, and then he fetteth upon him , and 
teareth him to pieces, or elfe eateth him up ; the 
Serpent ( after he hath eaten it ) maketh him very 
thirrty, yet he knoweth by inftin£lof Nature, that 
if hedrinketh any water before ittswelldigcrted, 
it will kill him;and upon this account he will endure 
thirft a long while, but at length he runneth to the 
water fo fwiftly that he is «yred before he cometh 
to the water, and when he is come to the fountain^ 
he cryeth for wearinefs, making a lamentable noife, 
sud^anteth unttll he hath recovered his breath be- 
fore he will drink; thus we find David fpcaking, 
as t he Hart panteth after the vtater-brooks^ fo pantetb 
mj Seal- after thee^ O God, Pfal. 42. i. when he 
cometh to the water , he doth not immediately 
drink, bdtfirrtplungethhimfclf in the water, and 
after he hath eatetn fo me Crahs(\f\\t can get any) 
he drinketh, ' In Lyhia there are abundance of Ser^> 
fer.tSy and if they fee a lying along upon the 
ground, a great company of them leap upon him 
together, and one windeth himfelf about his neck^ 
another, about his back, fome about his belly; h& 
