t Defaipticn of litJing Creatucess. i^s 
oiiglit lO bc inus q aiificd. When the Sheep heat 
the Shepherds voice, they all get together into one 
place, but efpectally when he tingeth,for they love 
muhck exceedingly, and it maketh them feed the 
better ; they are fo delighted with it, that fom« 
think they would not hve long if the Shepherd did 
not ling : the young Lambs as foon as brought 
forth know their Damn s, though there be thou- 
jfandsof Sheep in the field together, yet they will 
Is now their Da mm from them all by their bleating* 
and though they be never fo hungry and thirfty, 
yet will they fuck of no one but of their own Dam} 
and the Damm, amongft hundred of Lambs, al- 
though of the fame bignefs, colour, and make the 
fame noife, yet they will know their own Lambs • 
this they do while young, but when once they 
come to be weaned, they know the Shepherds 
voice fo well, that they will follow him, and flye 
from.any one elfe ; the Scripture reckoneth this 
amongft thofe creatures that cleave the H^of, and 
chew the Cud, of which we have fpoken very 
largely before : He loveth to cat of green willow- 
leaves though they be very bitter : fait getteth 
them a great ftomach, and therefore the Shepherd 
will oftentimes fprinkle fait in the water where 
they ufe to drink. The Sheep is obferved to be 
very cleanly, and cannot endure, like the fwine, to 
be in dirty places ; there is fcarce any thing in the 
Sheep but is of ufe to us, The giveth milk, bringetb 
forth lambs, we make cloath of her wool, and for- 
merly her skin was wornfor garments, of her guts 
i ftte made fiddle-firings, and her dung maketh the 
‘ ground 
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