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gotten by their own fpcies. It remaineth now that 
we fpeak of thofe that are begotten of creatures 
of which are chiefly to be found in 
fried ; that bein® a barren Countrey, and very 
dry, leveral kind of beafts drinking at one River % 
wherefore it cofneth to pafs, that creatures of fe- 
vera! kinds co^uUte one with another : Hence 
cometh thofe divers mix’d creatures, as the Leo- 
ford^ the Mnle : the Leopard is generated of the 
Lihard and the Lionefs : The Lion being of a hot 
temper, doth not fo often copiiLue; but the Lionefs 
is a very leacherous creature, >and therefore ihe 
fuffereth her felf to be covered with a Lihard ■ 
when fhe groweth big,ftie runneth into the Moun- 
tains, as if fhe went to take her prey, that there 
Ihe might bring forth without any danger. She 
bringetli forth a Leopard^ a creature like a Lion^ 
and a Lihard; whichsifthe I'/Wfind, he teareth 
in pieces ; but to prevent it, the Lionefs alwaies 
bringeth forth in fome folitary place. Thus, the 
Camelopardalis^ a creature like the Camel^ and the 
Panther, is generated by them two .• fo, the Mule 
of the Ajfe and the Mare ; and fomeumes of the 
Sfili and the : fo, fometimes Does are gene- 
rated of the Fox and Do^, and fometimes of the 
Wolf and thQ Dog I thus is th& Ljpopanther begot 
of the Wolf and F anther ; fo alfo in Rhoetia there is ' 
oftentimes a creature generated of the Ram, and 
fse-Coat, his fore-parts referabling a Sheep, and his 
hinder-parts a Goat ; and I wifh that thefe mix'd 
coitus were to be found among hearts only ; for 
we find even men too often guilty of it. Tlutarch 
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