t$6 C&e ot 'Biutesfs or; 
to grow ripe, fhe leavech the Vineyards } when 
ihe goeth to feek her food, fhe alwaies goeth and 
cotneth the fame way, but not in a ftraight line, 
but in feveral turnings and windings ; flie ieldome 
goeth amongft the thorns, left it ftiould tear her 
hair ; for the dogs by the fcent of her hair would 
fooa difcover her : when fhe bringeth forth her 
young, fhe hideth them up and down in feveral 
places, and of all enemies fhe feareth the Haa>k^ 
moft, and continually when hunted windeth up 
and down, and fo deceiveth the dogs ; we do not 
hunt the Hare for any hurt it doth us, but as we ufe 
to fay, the Hare if hunted for her flejh, from whence 
came the Proverb, /<?/«■ as a H<ire,fpoken of one 
who had riches, &c. for which only he was vexed 
and troubled by others : Neither is the Hare of an 
uncertain Sex, fometimes male and fometirnes fe- 
male, as fome have falfly imagined, but it is alwaies 
the fame. 
The Coney is not much unlike the Harey fome- 
thing lefsi but much ftronger, alwaies being under 
the earth, and makes her burroughs fometimes 
under mountains, as Martial faith ; 
Cattdet in effoffu hahitare CttnicttUts Antrisy 
JHonfiravit faciles ho^ihus ille Vilas. 
The ^falmifi feems to fpeak almoft the fame, 
Pfal. lol i8. The Coney where ever fhe makes her 
burrough, fhe levels the ground again, left it fhould 
be difcovered j at mornings and evenings fhe cdn- 
ftantly 
