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putrifying,and as thtProvert^hahtammam fro fale, 
their fouls are of no other ufe than to keep the body 
from ftinking;plgs will luck any fowjand therefore 
they ufe to dillinguifh one from another by flicking 
pitch upon them. 4.They very much delight to be 
in the mud, which they doe not perceive the flench 
of, beca ufe they often breathe in the mud, and 
doe not take the fcent up into their nofej he can- 
not endure the fmel of z Rofe or fiveet Marje- 
raof^ and, as faith, that tumbling and wal- 
lowing in the mud is as pleafant to the. Swine as. 
walking to a man; he loveth roots better then any 
thing, will eat fomething of whatever he lindeth,. 
he very greedily devoureth ferpents, and the dead 
carkafs of any creature, nay he will eatthecar- 
kafs of his fellov/ creature, which no other crea- 
ture will doe. She is fo impatient of hunger, that 
oftentimes Ihe devoureth her young, 'and therefore, 
it , is no ftrange thing, as fome have thouglr, 
for a Sow to devour her pigs. 5. U is m Ujs 
frssitful theft leacheretesi for it is fo exceeding enfla- 
med with lufl that they will fight one with another 
for the female; it hath almort the llrength of a 
fora Bottr when hunted will not only throw, 
the Huntfman down, but if he hath no help will 
kill him. 6, The Sowmver (heddeth her hair in the: 
winter time^ as all other four-footed creatures 
doe* It is the particular property of the Boar^, 
who when he feeth unavoidable death, he lingleth 
out one of the Huntfmen and will run upon birr, 
v^ith the greatefl .rage imaginable, not to be af- 
frighted with fwgrds or flicks; it is worth' obfor-i 
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