I 3 Deftriptrott oHitiittg 1^7 
whence cometh the Proverb of thofe men that 
have a ftrong fcent about them, that they ftin k.llks 
« Goat • Olet at Htrcas^ there is a kind of an 
i anttfathy between the bloud of a Goat and the 
jidamant ftone ; for, although it cannot be bro- 
ken neither by the hammer , neither can it be 
foftenedby the fire, yet the blood of a Goat will 
break it : a fit reprefentation of the blood of 
; Chrift, by which only Sathan is overcome : fome 
have made Bowes of Goats-homs, with which 
tbeyufedto kill wild GoatSy like thofe men that 
cherifh thofe who afterwards are their greateft 
croffes : thus are arrows feathered with the wings 
of Birds, that afterwards prove their own deftrufti- 
on : thus we ufe to fay , tjiiat when we are in- 
jured by any of our own kinred, we fee fome 
of our feathers in the wound. The Goat is of no 
ufe to the Husband-man for the tilling of his 
ground ; neither is it of any ufe in war, but, that 
loraetimes coats are made of their skins; in fome 
parts of Africa they make cableropes of Goatshair; 
and z/Ellan faith, that in fome places of the Cafpiaa 
Sea there are Goats as big as Horfes ; their hair is 
fo fine, that the bell forts of Garments are made 
of it • as,in Arahlay good cloath is woven of Af^ 
fes-hair ; and Zemhelitas telleth us, that in Lycia 
there are Goats have hair as long as womens hair; 
we read, Exod. 25, that thtjews were comman- 
ded to bring Silver, Gold, Purple, Scarlet, and fine 
Linnen, and Goats-hair, of which were made cur- 
tains, which hung over Silk-curtains; by which 
is fignificd unto us, that every one ought to give 
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