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The _He-goat_, the _Gelt-goat_, 7.
with the _She-goat_, 8.
and _Kid_, 9. have
_shag-hair_ and _beards_.
_Hircus_, _Caper_, 7.
cum _Capra_, 8.
& _Hædo_, 9. habent.
_Villos_ & _aruncos_.
The _Hog_, the _Sow_, 10.
and the _Pigs_, 11.
have _bristles_,
but not _horns_;
but also _cloven feet_
as those others (have.)
_Porcus_, _Scrofa_, 10.
cum _Porcellis_, 11.
habent _Setas_,
at non _Cornua_;
sed etiam _Ungulas bisulcas_
ut illa.
XXVIII.
Labouring-Beasts.
Jumenta.
[Illustration]
The _Ass_, 1.
and the _Mule_, 2.
carry burthens.
_Asinus_, 1.
& _Mulus_, 2.
gestant Onera.
The _Horse_, 3.
(which a _Mane_, 4. graceth)
carryeth us.
_Equus_, 3.
(quam _Juba_, 4. ornat)
gestat nos ipsos.
The _Camel_, 5.
carryeth the Merchant
with his Ware.
_Camelus_, 5.
gestat Mercatorem
cum mercibus suis.
The _Elephant_, 6.
draweth his meat to him
with his _Trunk_, 7.
_Elephas_, (Barrus) 6.
attrahit pabulum
_Proboscide_, 7.
He hath two _Teeth_, 8.
standing out,
and is able to carry
full thirty men.
Habet duos _dentes_, 8.
prominentes,
& potest portare
etiam triginta viros.
XXIX.
Wild-Cattle.
Feræ Pecudes.
[Illustration]
The _Buff_, 1.
and the _Buffal_, 2.
are wild Bulls.
_Urus_, 1.
& _Bubalus_, 2.
sunt feri Boves.
The _Elke_, 3.
being bigger than an Horse
(whose back is impenetrable)
hath knaggy horns
as also the _Hart_, 4.
_Alces_, 3.
major equo
(cujus tergus est impenetrabilis)
habet ramosa cornua:
ut & _Cervus_, 4.
but the _Roe_, 5. and
the _Hind-calf_, almost none.
Sed _Caprea_, 5. cum
_Hinnulo_, ferè nulla.
The _Stone-back_, 6.
huge great ones.
_Capricornus_, 6.
prægrandia;
The _Wild-goat_, 7.
hath very little ones,
by which she hangeth
her self on a Rock.
_Rupicapra_, 7.
minuta,
quibus suspendit
se ad rupem.
The _Unicorn_, 8.
hath but one,
but that a precious one.
_Monoceros_, 8.
habet unum,
sed pretiosum.
The _Boar_, 9.
assaileth one with his tushes.
_Aper_, 9.
grassatur dentibus.
The _Hare_, 10. is fearful.
_Lepus_, 10. pavet.
The _Cony_, 11.
diggeth the Earth.
_Cuniculus_, 11.
perfodit terram;
As also the _Mole_, 12.
which maketh hillocks.
Ut & _Talpa_, 12.
quæ facit grumos.
XXX.
Wild-Beasts.
Feræ Bestiæ.
[Illustration]
_Wild Beasts_ have
sharp paws, and teeth,
and are flesh eaters.
_Bestiæ_ habent
acutos ungues, & dentes,
suntque carnivoræ,
As the _Lyon_, 1.
the King of four-footed Beasts,
having a mane;
with the _Lioness_.
Ut _Leo_, 1.
Rex quadrupedum,
jubatus;
cum _Leænâ_.
The spotted _Panther_, 2.
Maculosus, _Pardo_ (Panthera) 2.
The _Tyger_, 3.
the cruellest of all.
_Tygris_, 3.
immanissima omnium.
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