and i£ care be not taken, will kill them : io «/£//- 
an reporteth of an who feeing a Nurfe uaih- 
ing a little infant, he, in the Nurfes abfence, itnp- 
peth the child, and wafheth it with hot water, and 
fo fcalded the child to death. 
4. ThefoolilB imitation of the often pro- 
veth his own mine ; for he hath a very ftrong bo- 
dy, and cannot be taken by force, but by ibme 
wile or trap : the humf-man when he feeth an 
goeth before him, and pulls off his fliooes, and 
combs his head, and wafhes bis face, and fo goes 
his way, leaving a veffel full of mud behind him ; 
the -^pe coming to wafh bimfelf, as the huntf-man 
did, and daubing himfelf with the mud, the dirt 
getteth into his eyes that he cannot fee; and he 
leaves alfo fhooes e^Iead behind him, which,wheu 
he hath tyed on, he cannot ftirrthe huntf-men when 
they go to take him, carry a looking- glafs tyed to 
their head , with ihany; ropes hanging upon it, 
which, when they go away, they leave behind 
them, which the /^pe tyeth on when they are gone; 
the huntf-men feeing this, catch hold of the ropes, 
and fo take him. 
5 . He loveth himfelf very much, and is very fen- 
fible when any one praifeth him ; and loveth to 
fee himfelf in a glafs. There is no creature'loveth 
her young ones fo well as the u 4 pe,&nd with a great 
deal of joy he will Ihew them to all in the houfe ; 
he is alwaies hugging, and making much of them, 
although they be the moft deformed creatures of 
all others i G OD hath given them dugs in their 
breaft, not as other creatures ; whence it is, that 
they 
