a ©efcrtpti'Ott of litjutg Creatucesi. 303 
herfe, are compared to GoatSfmd Alexander to the 
hi'^Qoatf becaufe he was to be born of the Greeks ^ 
the G’-^csW-fjbecaufe of their niroblenefs and faga- 
city,are well compared to(jo<?tj;but it informeth us 
thus muck of them likewife , that they were un- 
ftable,and ileeting;as they ufed to fay5that the 
maKcs fpake from their heart Sy^hat the Greek.! from 
the teeth outward : as the he^Goat is more fwift 
and hafty, powerful and luftful than the Ram ; fo 
was Alexander the Great,who overcame the Ramy 
the King of Perjlay by his great horn, his great 
prudence, and valour : he touched not the ground 
as he went ; for he flew, breaking the two horns 
of the Ramy •viz,. Media and Perfta ; but when 
this hi-Goat was grown too big, his great horn 
was broken ; that is, he did not dye in his old age, 
but in the flower of his age ; which is fignilied in 
thefe words, his horns were broken : t\x?tt day in 
which Alexander was born he fee the moll famous 
Temfleoi Afiaon^xtyviz,.t\iZ.toi Efhe[m- and 
therefore the Magicians prophefied, that the Isi^ 
cendlarj of A fta was born that day : of his broken 
horn arofe four other horns, f. e. the four Succef- 
fors oi Alexander y which we fpake at large, 
Chaf. 8. Further, Alexander y when he was 25 
years old, went to Jerufalem, where he facrificed, 
and heard this prophefie, concerning birhfelf,read, 
and explain’d, with a great deal of joy • the Hi- 
ftory is worth the reading at large, in Jofephus 
Book, II. There is another pretty Story, which 
we may read in Herodotusy Lib.^.oi aqueftion 
that arofe between the and the Phrjgl- 
