a Defcrfptioti of litJtttg Creatttte^t 1 5 5 
c'eiveth another ; ihe bnngeth forth young, and 
yet continually is with young 5 whence Herodotus 
well obferveth, that God hath fo ordered it, that 
thofe creatures which are ufeful and beneficial un- 
to mankind, fhould exceedingly increafej but on 
the other fide, thofe things that are ravenous and 
mifchievous,fuch as are XiW, Bemrsy and Wohes ^ 
Ihould not increafe fo much ; in old time it was 
thought, that thofe that eat much Hares flejhf it 
made them very fair, d.% Martial faith, and that it 
did in feven dales time,becaufe it is a kind of a me- 
lancholy flefh, and good blood ; Martial there- 
fore maketh the Hare to be the bell of all four- 
footed creatures ; 
■ Inter aves Tardus^ ft quis mejudlce etrtet j 
Inter quadrufedes gloria^rima LefHs. 
Take it inEnglilh thus , 
7 he Thrujh above all Birds that are ; 
^nd of four-footed Bealtsj the Hare, 
That a Hare fhould make one beautiful, I know 
noreafoncan be given. 5. /t is exteedtng leache- 
rous, but moftly in January, when if £he be hin- 
dred from the male, Ihe will devour thofe young 
ones which fhe had brought forth not long before. 
6. She may in fome refpeEls he faid to he crafty ; for 
in the Winter time fhe is alwaiesin plowed fields, 
butinHarveft time fhe hideth herfelf in Vine- 
yards, and after Karveft, when the Grapes begin 
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