De Canibus Britannicis: Of Englishe DoggesCaius, John
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De Canibus Britannicis: Of Englishe Dogges
Caius, John
Dogs -- Early works to 1800
hortatur aliquod quale quale sit
[_duplication probably intentional_]
with the teeth of spightfull enuye, [euuye]
a difference betweene hunting and fowleling, [_text unchanged_]
κύνα ποτάμιον a water dogge [κὐναποτάμιον]
which are vsed for the fowle are called _Aucupatorij_. [, for .]
they are sayd to ha{n}e their generation of the violent Lyon
[_letter “n” printed in italics: error for “haue”?_]
the sawcy _Salacones’_ μεγαλορρούντων
[μεγαλὄρροῦντων _with extraneous and incorrect accents_]
This dogge in like maner of _Græcians_ is called οἰκουρος.
[_for “Græcians”, see notes on author’s errata, above_]
[_missing . at paragraph-end_]
An example hereof [And example]
Dogs comprehended in y^e fourth section are these [secion]
which is most blockishe, [blocklishe]
[“Diall”, 5th section] called in Latine _Canes Rustici_
[_text given as printed: apparent error for “Degeneres”_]
as Hunt, Hunde, whom (if you coniecture to be so named
[_open parenthesis as shown_]
Of the Leuyner or the Lyemmer. [Leuyuer]
_Ælianus_ in his .7. booke [his. / 7. _at line break_]
as the _Græcians_ doe their βάυζειν of wau. [, for .]
Index
The random abbreviations of “ibidem” are unchanged.
Hare daunsing in measure. 16 [_comma , for period ._]
Mungrellesl. [34] [_line printed as shown, including brackets_]
Maisterles men carrie Apes about. 35 [Maiterles]
[_the body text consistently spells “Master”; the Index uses
“Maister”_]
VVolues bloudsucking beastes. 23. [_first . missing_]
none England nor wales. ibidem. [nor wales ibidem,]
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[Transcriber’s Note:
This parallel section omits the Latin and English introductions of
Fleming’s translation, and both Indexes.]
IOANNIS CAII BRITANNI
De _Canibus Britannicis libellus._
_Ad Gesnerum._
The first Section of this
_discourse_.
¶ The Preamble or entraunce, into
this treatise.
Scripsimus ad te (charissime Gesnere) superioribus annis variam
historiam de variis quadrupedum, avium, atque piscium formis, variis
herbarum atque fruticum speciebus & figuris.
I wrote vnto you (well beloued friende _Gesner_) not many yeares
past, a manifolde historie, contayning the diuers formes and figures
of Beastes, Byrdes, and Fyshes, the sundry shapes of plantes, and
the fashions of Hearbes, &c.
Scripsimus & de canibus quædam ad te seorsum, quæ in libro tuo de
iconibus animalium ordine secundo mansuetorum quadrupedum, ubi de
Canibus Scoticis scribis, & in fine epistolæ tuæ ad Gulielmum
Turnerum de libris a te editis, inter libros nondum excusos,
te editurum polliceris.
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