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ictray theMurtherer if he feeth him, barking at 
l im, and faftning upon him, fighting for his Ma- 
!;er againft any one that fhall aflault him : Tlmarch 
lelateth a ftory of King Pyrrhus , who in a jour- 
ley found a Deg who for three whole daies to- 
gether lay by his Matter that was murthered, ne- 
; er eating any thing all that while ; afterwards ■ 
e found out the murtherer by flying on him, who 
leing examined confefled the faft. 
3. He is very conttant to any houfe where he is 
;ept, and will not follow any one that fhall entice 
lim away : Jevlus relatethof the Dogs in France 
hat fled into the enemies Camp, and licked their 
eet, which they took to fignifie their Vidfory, 
vhich afterwards came to pafs ; for thereupon 
Maxlmilianus Syhorjia vanquifhed the French, 
4. Their vigilancy is known to all, although 
jff/#are more watchful than they; and thence 
htFrench entring into Rome,vsere not difturbed at 
he Dogs, but were betrayed by the noife of a 
:ompany of Geefe ; and therefore once every 
iiear feveral Dogs were flain, hecaufe they gave 
:io notice of the enemies approaching. 
5. No lefs is his prudence and fagacity, being 
lefs fierce and rough to ftrangers than be is 
courteous to his Matter: but he is efpeciailygii 
enemieto any one that he feeth ccme in a poor 
habit ; for he knoweth thefe do but rob him of 
whathefhould have. Among all birds the 
mre ; and of all four-footed beafts the Deg hath 
thebeftfmell ; and therefore e/£//i«»faith heibgth 
fo quick a fcent, that if ycu cut a piece of a dead 
