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they can feed them in their bofome ,• they fove 
their young fo much, that oftentimes, by too mucht 
imbracing,they kill them; when he is put to flight 
at any time, he carryeth one of his young ones ai 
his back, and the other before him • he carryetfe 
that on his back that he loveth belt $ in any great 
danger {he is fain to let go that which fee holdetii 
in her claws, while the other that fee hath the I(^i 
love for, remaineth fafe upon her back s whicht 
reprefenteth to us thofe Parents that have too 
great a love for feme children, while they negl^ 
the others j but yet we often fee, that thofe that 
they love leaft prove the beft , when the oth^ 
come to mine ; an example of which we have in 
our firft Parents • which bare a greater 'affe^iioo 
to Cain than they had to Abel 0^ notwithlland- 
tng, and his whole pofterity,were rejededia 
the deluge, when as the other was received iia® 
God’s favour, and faved^ Moreover, the 
hath fo great'a love for his young ones, that jfhe 
feeth one of them look as if it were not kindly 
by her damm, he will corre£l: her for it* 
6 . The ridiculoufnefs of his aftions is no Ids 
than the deformity of his bodyj for he will n« 
only imitate the aftions of men, but is very un- 
lucky, and mifehievous | wherefoever he biteth 
any one, it is very dangerous, and hard tobecureds 
he is fo wild, that be can hardly be kept in with 
chains • and though he be tamed, yet he Is foon as 
wild again as ever. 
7 . He w ll eat any thing , be it never fo filthy j 
fee will eat lice with a great deal of delight, and 
lovedi 
