248 C|el^ifto?gof'|52ttte0s 6 ?, 
ttons. The Dormice love company exceedingly , 
and are therefore alwaies feen in great companies 
together ; whence came the Proverl?, Cmrere ficm 
gltres ; fpokeh of thofe who love to be with their 
companions at work, or where-ever they be. The 
pormcttje will fight with jhofe that are not of their 
company ; but they £hew a great love to the oi.i 
hesy and have a great care of them, and provide 
food for them, and leverai other waies do fhew 
their love to them • from whence we may learn 
that reverence ani ohedt'eme thit . is due to our Pa- 
rental as alfo, to take heed of over-much fieep^ to 
which thefe creatures arg fo very muchaddifted. 
Of the Mole, 
The Mole cannot properly be called a monfe ; he 
|)ath no qesy but is very quick of hearing j but yet 
if a young one is taken out of the Dams belly, it 
is plainly perceived tg have ej'ej : he heareth far 
better under ground, than when above ground ; he 
can hear the mrms more under ground at a great 
diftarice from him, which doth not proceed fo 
much from the quicknefs of his hearing, as from 
the continuity of the moved earth ; if there be a 
made in the and a.noife be made in it, 
■|tie Mole mll hQQX it a great way off ; as we hea,r 
dny one fpeaking through a hollow-pipe better 
than in the open air ; and therefore ^Moles make 
themfelves federal hlq in the earthy that they may 
f:eaf a,ny thing that ftirreth the better. The womh 
i'f puiTucd by the Mcle^ maketli his way above th*e 
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