a £)efcctpt(ott of liotng Creatutesf. i 
between the Sheep and the Wolfj that is plainly 
feen while alive, and when dead ; for the fheep- 
skin that the Wolf biteth, is afterwards full of licej 
and I have heard that the guts of Iheep made in- 
to fiddle-ftrings, will never tune with the ftrings 
made of Wolves guts ; if Wolves skins lye among 
fheep-skins, they will be utterly fpoyled ; and if a 
Drum that is covered with a Wolves skin come 
neer a Drum that is covered with a flieep-skin, it 
will prefently ftye in pieces ; but for the reafon 
and truth of if, I lhall further enquire when I come 
to fpeak of the Iheep. 1 1, They are very much a * 
fraid of fire, and cannot endure to fee a fword, 
and therefore forae alwaies carry flints about 
them, and when they fee a Wolf they ftrike fireji , 
which when hefeeth, he flyeth away; the like 
he doth at the fight of a naked fword. i 2. If a 
horfe tread inthefoot-fleps of a it maketli 
him dull and ftupid for the prefent ; and if a mare 
tread in her fteps, (he cannot caft her foale * Bo^ 
Ufol'wes^ in his Hierodffbickjy reprefenteth. an 
abortive woman, by a mare treading upon aJVjif’ 
nay if fhe feeth but the guts of a dead ^^F^z/any 
where, her ftrength decayes, as Camerdrlm telleth 
us, i.Sticclfe. 25. 13. though flia be fo gree- 
dy and ravenous, yet is fhe very mindful of any 
one that doth her a cohrtefie. Boafinltis relateth a 
ftory of a olfj who when he was taken, a paffen- 
ger that came that waies , fet him lofe again; 
when he was free, he obferved which waies the 
man went, and the houfe where he dwelt, and af- 
terwards would often drive Horfes and Cows out 
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