24 ^ 'Bjtttegis orj 
his Jlomack. in the winter-time. Thofe mice that 
live in woods in AmHmtty gather a great deal of 
corn, infomuch, that fomeriraes they are fo over- 
Uien with it, that he is fain to be drawn along with 
it by the female • fo the female is fometimes fo la- 
4efi,th^tihe is fain to be drawn by the Mnle.zy£lt~ 
an faith, that mice are not fo lively, but that if their 
guts fall out, they immediately dye ; they can live 
without any thing better than heat; for cold de- 
ftroyeth them ; thofe mice that live in woods will 
roul themfelves up, and fo fleep all Winter ; they 
are often carried in cold, weather on ha)i in baskets. 
The liver of a monfe doth decreafe and increafe 
with the Moon.This creature is chiefly to be found 
in mined and rotten houfes. 
There is a Story in Herodotus y .Llh. %. that is 
worth the perufing ; Concerning the King of £- 
^ypt^Sethon I This Sethon would not indulge the 
Egyptian Sonldiers fo much as the former Kings 
had done • and therefore , v/hen Senacharib had 
invaded none of the Seuldiers would come 
in to his help ; whereupon he implor’d the Oracle,^ 
and in a dream it v/as revealed to him that it fhould 
go well with him notwjthrtanding; he trulHng to 
this, with a few Spartans refolves to meet the Ene~ 
mis, and coming neer, in the night-time, they did 
perceive that a company of field-mice had eaten 
0^ the feathers ^l:om thek arromSy by which they 
being difabled for fighting, were forced to flye the 
nejjt day, and v/ere purfued by Sethon, who flew 
many of them. Afterwards they didereft a Mo- 
nument ill honour' of him ; with this Infcription ; 
