or; 
the mouth of the hole, which maketh fuch a ftink, 
that he cannot endure the fmell of it, and is forced 
to leave her hole. The Foltcat is almoft as big as 
a Poxj and fome fay that it is a kind of Fox : if fo, 
it may reprefent to us Apoftates, who of all other 
men are the moft bitter enemies againft that Re- 
ligion of which they were once themfelves • for 
in ail ages of the World, hereticks, like thofe 
^p»/?4^fj,have oppofed and perfecuted the true 
Church, ftriving only for riches, and by calumnies 
and reproaches intend to ruine the rulers of the 
Church ; and if they cannot do it fo, they will do 
jt by carfcs and maledictions ; they never go far 
from their holes, nor do ihey ftay out long when 
they do go out, which is only in the night-time, 
becaufe then they know all things are fafe and 
quiet; it is called in Latine Taxus^ which is the 
word for the Ewe-tree, yet from thence came the 
Dachftts ; to conclude, Woafsh may be tamed fe- 
veral waies, and wnen they are tamed they are 
very ufeful; they will fetch young birds from 
trees, they will drive out young Pidgeons out of 
their holes, atid will hunt Coneys out of their bur- 
jroughs : by which we fee, that God hath made no- 
thing in vain, though at prefent we cannot fee the 
ufefulnefs of it ; the next thing that cometh in or- 
der to be fpoken to, is the it was unknown to 
the Ancients, found only in the Southern Countrysj 
of a very greedy and ravenous nature j about the 
bignefs of a Dog^ and hath a Cats face, the body 
and tail of a and the colour of 2tfVeafel‘, he 
hath 2- pacticalar properties j i. He is very cruel : 
