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as a plague like to the pfm to. 
Wttyii the lanoe there are alfo SCigers t 
ether cruell facades, as lions, bcares and fuel) 
like there are fetne o? none : but benimous 
heart es, as Snakes, Cijarfes ano fuck like 
there are many, fo? the JLt^arbes tnirt rlime 
and creepe bpon the Inals in their boufes, ano 
oftentimes fall bppon men, as they lie in their 
bebs anb Gaepe, anb lherefo?e many men that 
arjeofabilirie, boe hang tetters anb curtines 
oner anb about their bebs. ICbere are like* 
intfe many Cameltons,tobtcbarcfayb to Hue 
by the ay?e, but they are not hurtful!. 
The Camelion-^ faith Flint/:) is like a lit> 
Annnota. tleTjow, in bignes like a Lyistrde : the 
-Pr length of it from the head to the point of 
the taslc is about 7. or 8. finders. The 
height of the body about fangers: the 
length of her feete 3* fingers and a halfe, 
vcrienigged,full of knots, with afharpe 
backe,the changeth her colour into euery 
thing that toucheth her: moil of them arc 
bleakeand blackifh, and hauca thinne & 
clearc skin tie, which doeth eafily change 
into all colours, except redde. It turneth 
the eyes rounde about very fwiftly, and 
hath no eye-lids. Among all other beads 
thisonely neucreatethnor drinketh, but 
liueth by theayre,and dew of the earth. 
Cbere are many Spcnktcs o? $)armofets, 
that bo great hurt to the palmc trees, tuber* 
in the Indian $uto? Corns both groin. Bin 
thofe trees you (hall commonly fee certaine 
littlebeaCteSj called Bichos dePalmeyras, 
that is,bearts of thc^alme trees: 2 Dfjep are 
much like jferrets, toberelortb men bfeto 
hunt anb catch Cunnies,anb haue a tatlc like 
the penner ofan Bnfeebo?ne, f graytfl) fpcc- 
felebhatre: they are p?etie beartesfo keepe 
and fo parte the time tsttball. parrats are 
there in great numbers, anb flic ab?oabe in 
tbetntobs. Chore commetb into India out 
oftbeBGano ofMolucasbeyonb Malacca, 
a kino of biroes, calleb Noyras : they are 
like parrattes, but they haue manyreb fea* 
{thers, anb fpeake like parrattes: they arc 
hJOjth in India 20. OJ30. Pardawes the 
peecetthey are fiery fairefo lake on, anb 
fpeake ftnaetly.- they clatne o? tickle men 
toith their tongues hppon their heabesanb 
bearbes, anb make tbemcleane at the rrofes, 
as alfo their ears anb their teeth, fo that they 
are fiery pieafant to ka»pe in a houfe, fo? 
that both in colour f beauty of feathers they 
furpafie all biros anb parrafs fohatfoeuer; 
but there coulbe neuer yet bee any of them 
b?oughtlit«ng into pornngai,altbougb they 
haue fought anb bfeb al the means they coulb 
tob?mg them fo? a pjefent to the king,fohrth 
he greatly oefiretb; but they bie hppon the 
The l.Booke. 
tuay, fo? they arebery bch'cafe>anb toil ha c35 ' 
ly be brought hp. 
The 45. Chapter* 
Of the Elephant. 
ilephantes are in many pla* 
ces of India, fpecially in the 
Coimfreyof^Ethiopia, lying 
behind Moftmbique among 
the blacke Caffares, Inhere 
commonly they kill anb eate 
them, anb feu their teeth hnto the pojtin* 
galles. SEbey are found alfo in India, anb in 
Bengali, $ in p e g U great numbers, inhere 
they hfe to hunt them forth great troupes of 
men, anb tame Clepbantes,anb fo compaffe, 
anb get into a beape a thoufanb 0? tfoo at the 
leatt, lohereof they thcofe out a hunbjeth 0? 
moje as they naebe, anb let the other go, that 
the Countrey may alfoarcs haue great rto?c, 
S^hofe they boe in time hung bp, anb learne 
them to trauel tnith tbem,ano totnbure bun* 
geranotbirrt, forth other imrentions, folong 
that they beginne to bnberrtanoe men tnbcti 
they fpeake. Chen they annoinf them forth 
^Dyle, anb toalh them, anb fo bo them great 
g©b,lobereby they become as fame anb gen* 
tie as men, fo that they loant nothing but 
fpeseb. Tnthekingbome of Sion there are 
alfo hery many. Inhere they fay there tnas 3 
inhife Clephant, iohich the men of Pegu 
pjayeb Unto, anb called it the king of Cle* 
phantes, holding itinbono? anb ertimationi 
like a Cob: fo? the tnhich elephant there 
rofe great foarrebettoeenc the Countrey of 
Pegu ano Sion, asintbebefertptfon of thofe 
Countries 3 haue already declared. Bn the 
3 iflano of Seylon there are alfo great num* 
bers, tnhich are ertaemeb the beft ano fend- 
bleft of all the tno’lbe, fo? fokmfoener they 
m&t tnith an^ptber Clephantes (the Bn&P 
ans repo?f fo? a truth,that they haue fryed it) 
thofe elephants of other Countries bo rcuc* 
rcnceanbhono? to the elephants of Seylon. 
Che moftferuice that they hfe them fo? ini 
India,ts to bjatn their pipes, buttes, packs, 
and other gmoes, anb to thip them, all tnhich 
they bo tnith elephants. Cbey are kept at 
the kings charges, anb he that ndrbeth them, 
fpeaketh to their keepers, anb agroetb tnith 
them fo? a p?rcefo hauc their labour: Chen 
the keeper getf ef h bpon the necke of the eic* 
phant, ano th?ulleth his fet briber his cares, 
hauing a b®ke in his hand,tnhich he fiicketh 
on his head. Inhere his ftonts lye, that is f 0 
fay, aboue bettneene both his cares, tnhich 
ts the caufe, that they are fo Inert able to 
rule them: andcomming to .he thing tnhich 
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