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        Windfor, and the Gedanfian of Empiricus.
        That at S. Denys is of greateft note, being
        rugged, not polifhed, blackilh, and neareft
        thofe Ancients defcribe. Wrirers diler about
        the Unicorns horns lenth, Renodarus makes
        him as long as a mans hight, he takes it on
Bacciiis, truft, as we do. Baccius, and Marinus bring
1.2. C. uk. it to fix cubits: Golnitzius his meafure is fix
Rel]uo  It t
1.,3.   foot and an half: Bellonius makes it up full
Pliarin.  feven foot.  Nor do they agree about the
        weight. Cardanfaith, one hath beenfeen to
        weigh feventeen pound, and three quarters.
        Golnitiizits rifes it to five and twenty. I with
        Bellonins Should judge the horn to weigh
        eighteen pound, having poyfed itin my hand.
        Bacciwu thinks the Venetian are right. Mari-
        nus, that they are longer then old ones, nor
        fo writhed as ]Elians, and fo thin , that they
        cannot be drunk out of. Coloured like a
        finooth Harts-horn, and pale, not black.They
        are reported at the fiege of Byfantium, to be
        conveyed to the VenetianCommon-wealth,
        with twelve breaf-plates of imperial Cava-
        liers. The SpanifJh one hath nothing fingu-
        lar, a piece whereof Phil. I V. presented
        to Cardinal Francis Barbarine, an eminent
        man, and moft courteous to ftrang Gentery.
           That at Uirecbt is as long as that at Paris,and
        reasonable great; much wreathed at top, and
        then growing ftraiter toward the bottome.
        The outfide is of a fand-colour, the infide is
        whither. It is held in great account, and is
        fhown for a right one, fo that Colonia Agrip.
        pina, hath bid a great fumme of gold for it.
        That of the Helvetians, was found in the year
Bwrtholln. M. D. X X. at the mouth of the River Arula,
11 t ni"cr near Brugia; white it is within, yellowifli with-
    7   out, without urithings, two cubits long, but as
        fweet as musk , efpecially if it be near the fire.
        The Danijh, one is kept in Fredericks-Burgs
        Caftle, above feven Roman-foot long, if we
        except that part within the hollow, which Bar.
        tholine conceives to be above a foot, it is feven
        fingers about, writhed all along, and fharp-
        pointed at top; the colour mixt of white, and
        af b-colour, and in fome ofthe fpaces channeld,
        and chamfered with black,and duskith ftreaks.
        'That of the Venetian Mercbants, was brought
        out of Germany, proaifing by the bright,and
        divers colour'd fhape, that it is a right one; and
        the rather, becaufe there Eill pieces from it,
        if you leave it, not like teeth, and Shavings,
        that can be crumbled; but there come thence
        fhavings that are clammy, and yeelding,as any
        other cut hornes.  I can fay litle of the Ge-
        danenfian one. Ernpiricus returning from Con-
 1, A.  ftantinople, not long ago, magnified it highly.
1 i6.c. 2o. More about this beaft llian tells us, faying,
        that among all beafts he hath the muft abfur d
        vile voyce ; that if other beafs come to him,
        he is gentle, but ever fighting with thofe of
        his owne kind;the males do not onely quarrell,
        but they alfo with the females, fo that they kill
        one other. His whole body is very Urong,
        but his horn invincible. He feeks deferts, and
        goes ever alone wandring. At coupling.-time
ALL       I-ISTORY
the male is tamer, and feeds quietly with the
female; when that time is over, and the finale
begins to fwell, the male returns to his former
fierceneffe, and betakes hina to his wandring
lovelineffe. Men fay that there were fome of
their young ones brought to the Prafian King,
and that on feaft, and triumph-dayes, they
were put together to fight , to fliew their
ftrength: for no man ever remembers that
one growen up, bath been taken. So far Kllian.
Some add, that this beaft loves young Virgins AihJL
fo, that if one fpreads but her lap, as he comes,  A. 1
he will lay his head there, and fall ina flumber,
and is fo taken. For their ufe, all know how
they are commended for the foverain vertue
of their horne againit venome, for where
poyfon is, it fwcats, and drops Phand on it; and
fo, as fome think, the right horn is knowne.
Aloyfius Mundella, commends it againft the
bite of a mad dog, and other mifichievous
beafsas alfo of worms. The ancient Indian
Kings, who firft arrived at the knowledge of
this horme, made cups of it for thenfelves,
that drinking out of them, they might fence
themselves againft poyfon , drunkenneffe,
cramp, falling ficknefie, and other nmalirnaiant
difeafes. A lewr of Venice, made a circle oln m..;
a table with that horn , and caft then a Scor- I d
pion, and a Spider within it, who had not the I
power to paffe that circle: aft r that they being
pluckt by it a hand high, whether by the 1Iha-
dow of it, or the vertue flowing from it, they
were both killAd, within the fpace of an hour.
No wonder then that it is fo valued, that Ger-
man Merchants ask/d for one of them 9 oooo Bxcui l.
crowns; and the Pope, fetting up a kind of an
Apothecaries Ihop in the Vatican, gave I 2000
pieces of gold to the Epidaurian Merchants,
for a piece of an Unicorns horne;of the which
Auftin Ricchus the Popes then chief Phyfitian,
ufed to put now a fcruple', now i ograins in
wine, or cordiall water, and adminifired it with
great fucceffe. And thus fliall ferve now to
have fpoken of the Unicorn, we Iflall fay more
elfewhere. Concerning born'd A4fV, I find 1. 4.
them cried up in three places,iiamely in India, H A,
Scythia, and Africa. Herodotus mentions the  7
Afiican. klian faith that they hold the water
of the River Styx, and were fent in yron vef-
fels by Alexander to Delphos, to be there de-
dicated to Pythia.  Of the Indian ones, the 1. c.
fame ]Elian thus: I have been informed, that
there are wild AIfes, no lef'e then Horfes bred
among the Indians , white bodied, onely
purple-headed, and blew-eyed, and that they
bear a horn in the forehead, a cubite and half
long; the upper-part whereof is Ulght red, the
lower white, and the middle coalblack; and
that, not all, but the principal1 Indians have
hang'd them as bracelets oD their arms, and fet
them off with gold, and have ufe to drink out
of the fame. They report, that, who fo ufes
to drink out of this horn, Ihall be free from
incurable difeafes, nor flSall be ever troubled
with convulfion fits, nor ever toucht with the
falling-fickneffe, nor tainted with any poyfon;
                                      nay,