of the belly white; as it happeneth in the Jaundice. If any therefore affirm an Horse hath no gall, that is, no receptacle, or part ordained for the separation of Choler, or not that humour at all; he hath both sense and reason to oppose him. But if he saith it hath no bladder of Gall, and such as is observed in many other Animals, we shall oppose our sense, if we gain-say him. Thus must _Aristotle_ be made out when he denieth this part, by this distinction we may relieve _Pliny_ of a contradiction, who in one place affirming an Horse hath no gall, delivereth yet in another, that the gall of an Horse was accounted poison; and therefore at the sacrifices of Horses in _Rome_, it was unlawful for the _Flamen_ [SN: _Priest._] to touch it. But with more difficulty, or hardly at all is that reconcileable which is delivered by our Countryman, and received _Veterinarian_; whose words in his Master-piece, and Chapter of diseases from the Gall, are somewhat too strict, and scarce admit a Reconciliation. The fallacie therefore of this conceit is not unlike the former; _A dicto secundum quid ad dictum simpliciter_. Because they have not a bladder of gall, like those we usually observe in others, they have no gall at all. Which is a Paralogism not admittible; a fallacy that dwels not in a cloud, and needs not the Sun to scatter it. CHAPTER III Of the Dove. The third assertion is somewhat like the second, that a Dove or Pigeon hath no gall; which is affirmed from very great antiquity; for as _Pierius_ observeth, from this consideration the Egyptians did make it the Hieroglyphick of Meekness. It hath been averred by many holy Writers, commonly delivered by _Postillers_ and _Commentators_, who from the frequent mention of the Dove in the _Canticles_, the precept of our Saviour, to be wise as Serpents, and innocent as Doves: and especially the appearance of the Holy Ghost in the similitude of this Animal, have taken occasion to set down many affections of the Dove, and what doth most commend it, is, that it hath no gall. And hereof have made use not only Minor Divines, but _Cyprian_, _Austin_, _Isidore_, _Beda_, _Rupertus_, _Jansenius_, and many more. Whereto notwithstanding we know not how to assent, it being repugnant unto the Authority and positive determination of ancient Philosophy. The affirmative of _Aristotle_ in his History of Animals is very plain, _Fel aliis ventri, aliis intestino jungitur_: Some have the gall adjoined to the guts, as the Crow, the Swallow, Sparrow, and the Dove; the same is also attested by _Pliny_, and not without some passion by _Galen_, who in his Book _De Atra bile_, accounts him ridiculous that denies it.