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u its Nofe a ftrong (harp Horn j and, when this Beaft 
44 comes near the Elephant to fight with him, he 
u always firft whets his Horn upon the Stones ; and 
u runs at the Elephant with his Head between his fore 
4< Legs j then rips up the Elephant where he hath 
“ the thinneft Skin, and fo gores him : The Elephant 
ic is terribly afraid of the Rhinocerate j for he gores 
tc him always, where-ever he meets an Elephant ; for 
“ he is well armed, and is very alert and nimble. 
“ This Beaft is called Rhinocero, in Greek and Latin > 
u bur, in Indian , Gomda . " 
The firft Print publilhed by Albert Durer himfelf 
has a German Infcription over it, fomewhat differing 
from the manufcript one, of which the following 
is likewife an exad Tranflation, with this Date and 
Mark, thus : 
M l 5 
RHiNOCERUS 
<l In the Year 1513 from the Birth of Chrift, upon 
“ the ift Day of May, there was brought to the mod 
“ potent Emanuel King of Tortugal at Lisbon, from 
“ India , fuch a living Beaft. They call it a Rhino - 
“ cerus: It is here reprefented in all its Shape. It 
<l has a Colour like a fpeckled Tortoife , and is very 
“ clofely covered over with thick Scales ; and is in 
“ Size as an Elephant , only of fhorter Legs, and very 
(t well armed. It has a fharp ftrong Horn forwards 
upon his Nofe, which it begins to whet when it is 
“ near a Rock 5 therefore it is a conquering Beaft, and 
“ the 
