(* 8 ) 
Before the change, in the fpace of two hours, he loft 
the beauty of his Colour, ana was then of a Liver Co* 
lour brownilh.* As though he was to dye. 
He remained in this Change from the 2o*- of AuguJI, 
1663. untill the 1 1*' of Aprill And then came 
forth of that moft harde Shell, a Butterfly o^zxxAjh Colour 
diluted, whilft he lived, he fcarfe moved, and yet run 
thorough witke Needle, he lived untill the 24*» ofM»/. 
P. 2 6 
37. 
This is a Rare and unufuall CatferpilUr^h^ is for 
moft part to be found on the Sand Hillsj which lie along 
the Co2x{!tso^HolUnd and Zealand^ and feeds on the leaves 
of a kind of Falme ( called by our People Dfiift Palme-y y 
(* perhaps Myrtm Brabant ica^, ) this Herb was very 
gratefull to km, but I that dwelt ferr off the Sands^ could 
hardly get it, wherefore I taught him to feed of certain 
often or Willows^ which feemed to be foma thing like 
the Plants in Colour dryneffe. 
This Catterpillar had two Tayles and v/hen he was 
Vex.d^ out of each Tailehe put forth a which 
he bent and brandifhed, trembling as though angury ^ 
and again drew them in, and alfo he could cunningly 
drawuphisHcad^ and hide it like Tortoifes. 
He changed the 4^^* of September under certainJFi//i?2i? 
leaves, which he had knit clofe together by certain 
Threds of his own Spinning in the former of five little 
GdlSj as yon fee in it exprelTed in the which when 
It uc ed with aKnife^ it felt as harde, as a Stone; In 
this maner belay andm wed not, or (he /red any fignes 
qf Life iuNiae Mouths, and Fifteen Dayes^ for the 
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