Df rtjebtattcaltei) Zebra. toy 
ant) fingers,thereof by toljde ta\?lej£f,t 33 itf| meaning thereby,as ftoiff as poffible nta^ 
ti>c ffjeoes they toeare in thofc countries: be,being tameo,they toould ferae in place 
anti many rings of tlje fame hay:c made ofljo jfes,botlj to ride bpon,f to d:afe, as 
by tljespco :cs, jjsu-may featD. Paluda- alfo in to ars and other neceffary affaires, 
nus houfe: tlje ancient fathers Ijad not iijc fo tljat herein a man may toel fee the great 
perfitknotolcge of elephants,bicaufe they p:ouidenceofcS 5 od> tfjattjath enriched all 
to:ite,$ they cannot boto t.heir legs,a that countrics toith neceffary p:omfions,both 
theyfieep? ftandingbprightagamff trees, ofbeaftesand other ttjinges, as alfo toith 
by tohich means they to:itc them to be ta? bictualstbut becaufe tn al the kingdoms of 
ken,but the experience of our country me, Congo there arenoljdries, and that tljey 
asalfooftlje'poriingales, hauefouditto knoto nothototobfethem,manyofthen! 
be ofchertoife,ano that they haue ioynts in knoto hoto fo make their oren fame,toheiv 
their lcgs,ano can boto them,liftmgbppe of they haue great numbers, and fefting 
theirttoo legges againff frees,to eafe the faddles on their backes, toith bridles in 
barites, as alfo fiaoping o: kneeling doton their mouthes, tljey ride bpon them alfo: 
to thetoatcr,to drinfec therof,ofthe tohich in ffeedc ofbeafts they bfe men,tohich are 
ioynts in tijeir legs 3 can ffjeto yomtohat. brought bp to the fame bfe, and If artde in 
moje conccrnetlj the oifeription of (Erie? fheffreetes readictobearemen, either in 
phants, feeing many authors haue made fielobeds, (like the Indians in $>alam? 
mention ofthem,^ efifeme it necdelcffeto kins) a: fitting bpon ffooles o: chaires,as 
fpeakemoje thereof in this place, ere you may fee in the fame brake tljat toas 
are liketoiL jEigcrs,cfthe fame fo:m and printed in K om«?; SCherfoje fuch as defire 
Athlon, asthofe thathauebecnc fecne in to make great halfe(astoce doc in riding 
ttjefe cemntreyes, Lopez Ifictoeth a toon? polf)fakc diners flaues to bearethem, and 
derfaii nature to be in this beaff,tohich is, tohen one is toearie, there changctt) and 
t-jvat tljey toil neuerfet bpon a tohiteman, takethanotljer,astoeedohories, and by 
but bpon ^cojesifo-thatifabiacfee and a that meanes make fpeedy tourniesXhere 
tohite man finals deep botlj together,they are liketoife many ocher beads, fomc as 
totllkil and eate the bjacke man,and not great as an ore,feme leffe, by tljem called 
touch th^tohite: being hungrte,they come Empaianga, many toilde buffles and 
and oeuoure the cattel,(although tljehou? toolites, that are good of fmel, andloue 
fes and men be neuevfoneare) tohich they oyle, tohich tljey fuckeout oftljc palme 
do if they can find no other kind ofbealf es trees,fores,harts,hindes, goates, conies, 
in tlje toiods, fo : they Qsarc not any ktnoe and hares in great abouneance, fo : tljat 
ofbcaff.Jn Congo they are called Engoi, they are neither hunted no: killed, SLtjere 
and are crueUbeaffs like Lions, but of an? Itketoife are many mufkc Cats by them 
other colour ,ano fpeckled: they are taken made tame, toljereby to gettc the mufke, 
by pc;?fon,bcmg puttc into lleilj and other tohich they ocligljt intakes and adders 
things, as alfo being Ojot toith arrotoes in ftjofe countries are of a If range fo:mc> 
e: caliuers: the Kncuden of the 2Diger,ts in refpect of ours,and berie great,fo: there 
there accounted fo: an erfreame poyfon, are fome that are at the leaff 2 5. palmes 
tohich being eaten,p:ocuretlj p:efet death, long,and fine in b:eadth,toith their bellies 
:Oj£refo:c fuch as take them are pumfhco $ mouthes fo great, that they toill dcuoure 
by tlje king,tf they bring their fkins toitlj? a hart 0: any other bcaff of the fame big* 
out the Koeueien^Dhc fame p:outnce hath neffe: they feede bpon the land,andintlje 
anotherlimdofbeaffcaUedZebra,altoge? toate**, bfittg botlj the elements, sharing 
tijer lika a mule,only differing Ijerem,tljat filled tljey: bellies, they do oftentimes lie 
itbzeedetij,tohich*hemulcdothnot:this mfomedarkeplaceto0iepe,andfoarefetl? 
beaft is of a berteff range haire, fo: that led,and by the countrey people eaten,effee? 
from thebackedotone to the bellte it is all mtng them asdatntic ameateastoedoo 
ffripec toith ihfe colours,toljite, blacke, hens and capons. Sphere are many beno? 
. ore and aarke red, each ffripe o:aerly folloto# mous adders,tohich if they bit e a man,he 
ofthisbeaft mgtljeotSjer,and £h:ee fingersb:oade,as dyeth toithin foure and ttoentie heures 
in the report by the figure tijerofeu tlje book printed at after at the furtljeff .Sphere are other beatfs 
»f Congo. Home you may pcrceiue, ^DfthefcbeaSfs 0sbigasaRansOw!e,hkeSD:agons,ha? 
becaufe they b:eede eueriey eare,there are utng brings and a taile,toitlj a long mouth 
great numbers, and al toilde, and there? and many teeth, they eate rato fiefij, they 
‘v . toith paffingftoift, toherebyfheporiin? "fire of colour bleto and grecne, and toith s 
gales haue an o:omarte fpeerij, to fay a painted fainne, and ftoo fete: fome of the 
man 0: other thing is as ftoift as a Zebra, spasms pjny bnto them. %i) ere are like? 
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