ii* cselJfflojpof 'Bjutesj ot; 
Such as was Cain to Ahelj and Saul to David; 
and we may more eafily beware of open enemies 
than difl'embling friends : and although the Foa* 
is crafty enough, yet the Heig~hog doth it by her 
prickles ; the Borcufine fome do make to be a wild ; 
fore of Swine, which bath larger prickles than the 
Heig»hog^ which he will flioot out like an arrow> 
and will with it wound either man or beaft t as 
moft of the creatures above-named, fo doth this 
hide himfelf all the Winter. 
CHAP. XXVII. 
0/ the Beaver. 
T His is an am^ihihious creature, hath four feetj ^ 
two of a Dog^ and two of a Goefe • his fore- ! 
part is hatry ; he hath a long, broad, ruggid tail, 
like the tail of a fifh ; his feet are skinny, which i 
inaketh him fwim with a great deal of eafe ; he 
cannot dive long together, being of very Ihort 
breath; and therefore is fain often to put his head ! 
topabove water for airs hebiteth very hard, an^ | 
Weth to be among fiihes, or where they are .* he j 
may be like a thief in this thing ; for he loveth to 
lye in the way that paifengers come ofteneft by: | 
he is as big as a large C<rf, his tefticles have neither 
a bad feent nor a good,but is very good againft the i 
£)ifeafes of the Matrix ; and is often given to wo- 
men with child. Some are of opinion that the i 
knoweth it, and therefore when he is pur- ' 
fued,‘ 
