106 %l)Z of “Bjutesf •, or; 
If he eat honey it is prefent death to him> al- 
though it is thought, that honey mixed with his 
own milk is very wholfome for him ; the herb 
EringOf or Sea-holly ,[% almoft as deadly to him j for 
if heeatethofit,heisfollunnyedwith it, that he 
cannot ftir from the place where he ftandeth j nei- 
ther will the reft ftir unlefs the Shepherd take that 
away : a fit refemblance of thofe men that take 
bribes, who, although, before they receive them, 
they are very a£live in theirC/jV»tjC4»p;yet after- 
wards, when they have got what they can get, they 
then begin to grow negligent in the caufej for 
gifts corrupt Judgement,and will make a man per- 
jured : he faid well, I have received a bribe, and 
am not free. Caats have a great deal of hair un- 
der their chin, which is called their heari ; if any 
one taketh a Goat by the beard from amongft the 
flock, the reft will ftand ftill, as it were amazed. 
Further, he is very often troubled with the £p- 
lefftcj or E ailing- ft : fome fay, that who- 
ever eateth of <Jff(*fj.^fj^,efpecially if it be old, 
are very fubjedt to that difeafe. The Goat of all 
other creatures is thought to be the moft leache- 
rous ; for if he fee other Goats in the aft, he will 
Tun at them ; his luft is fo great, that fometimes 
they do endeavour to couple with women. Plu- 
tarfhiCoeliHSy and others, do relate a ftory of one I 
whofe name was Cr^/f/,who was killed hydiGoat- 
for it was obferved of him that he loved a Jhe-Goat, 
and was often feen to be familiar with it ,• at the 
time of copulation Goats dofweat very much, and 
have a very ftrong fcent cometh from them, ; 
whence 
