1 of litiing Creomre^. i Sj 
\Raro um ermt m'/, raroqi revertitfir ma, 
P” 2. The Sheef is neither fo ftrong as a Horfey fo 
couragious as the Lio»y nor fo confident as a Dog • 
he regardeth not the traps and fnares that are Jay- 
ed for hiai, being gentle, and eaiily taken : the 
Sheef hath no gall, and therefore is more patient 
than other creatures that we have named before? 
never roaring nor crying out, when fheared ; nay, 
they are filent, though about to be (lain : whereas 
on the contrary, 5 »’/«f,and fevera! other creatures, 
are not only unwilling to be caught, but when 
caught, do make fuch a hideous noife as is fcarcely 
to be endured. 
5. Nature hath denied this creature any thing 
whereby to defend her felf j fome creatures have 
talons, others horns,but this ncthing;and although 
Rants have horns, as Sheep have in fome Coun- 
treys, yet have they no courage to defend them ; 
for Sheep are very timorous and fearful, and are 
very gentle when they have young ones, contrary 
to the nature of all other beafis ; and thus is eafily 
made a prey of, either to man or beafi. 
4. Of all creatures, none are fubjecl to fo ma- 
ny difeafes as Man, the Horfe, and the Sheef • as 
diftempers in the head, and isalfovery fubjeft to 
the Scac>: and what we faid before of their wan- 
dring abroad, fo, the fcabby Shcef is never fingle, 
as the old Verfe hath it ; 
Morbida 
