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of a Sword,or of fome Needles.So that they both bore with 
their Point, and cut with their edges at the fame inftant, 
whereby they wound the more furely. 
The Porcupine erects his Quills, at his pleafure, as a Pea¬ 
cock. doth Ins Tail. And, partly by ftretching his Skin, (a ) ( a ) Gefner 
ihoots them at his purfuing Enemy. It may alfo be noted, out f Soh ' 
That being rooted fo little a way in the Skin (nothing near 
fo deeply as the Quills of Fowls) they are the more eafily 
ejaculated. They breed in India, Africa, and Ethiopia. 
An HEDGHOG, or Urchan. Echinus , Herinaceus. 
See him defcrib’d in Aldrovandus. Anatomiz’d in Bartho- 
line’s APia Medic a. The Urchan, though a Viviparous Ani¬ 
mal, yet hath hisTefticles lying within his Body, as in the ? . 
Oviparous kind. ( b) In the Illand Maraguan , m the North Animate, f. 
of Bra file , are fome Urchans very great, almoft as big as 
Boars. ( c) He makes his Bury with two Entries, to the rGJoh.de 
North and South 3 and according to the weather and 
feafon, keeps the one ftopt up, the other open, (d) The nusj lib. id. 
Liver, Stomach, and fat of this Animal are fometimes me- £/ ; 5 ‘ Ge(her 
dically ufed. out of Piu- 
The GREAT SHELL’D HEDGHOG. By “ ch - 
the Natives of Brafile, called TATU3 By the Spaniards, 
ARMADILLO3 as Names common to the feveral 
fpecies. And by Latin Authors, Echinus Braftlienfis. This 
once belonged to the Duke of Holjlein. See the Defcription 
of this Species in Clufius, and others. 
Thofe Creatures which are cover’d with Feathers, Scales, 
or Shell, faith Ariflotle , (e) have no Auricula or outward W Hiftor. ^ 
Ear. So that he never faw this Animal 5 nor many others c , n ™.' ' 
now known, and fome which he ventures to dcfcribe 3 
as appears by thofe general AlTertions, whereof he is too 
often guilty. 
He gathers himfelf up, Head, Feet and Tail, within his 
Shell, as round as a ball: as Pifo hath alfo pictur’d him. 
(/) And this he doth, not only when purfued, but alfo CyHifi. 1.3. 
when he Beeps. Unlefs he be ty’d, he will dig out his °* 3 ' 
way under the very walls of a houfe. (g) For it is Ins na- Cg) Muf. 
ture to dig himfelf Buries, as the Coney doth 3 which he Scptal 
doth with very great celerity, (h) OQ Clufius. 
For the tendernefs, whitenefs and delicacy of his Flefh, (i) Earteus 
he is referved for Fealfs3 (i) and therein prefer’d before de Rebus 
D dther Braf -P- 222 - 
