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OF THE FOIUJRFOOTED BEASTS.
Wotton. paps in the midft of the belly, five toes on the
        Core, and foure on the hinder-feet. His eyes
        glifter more in the darke then any be-aks ; but
        dull in the Sun. His skin is enameld withblack
        in white, and gold in darke colour. In Hirca-
        nia are many painted with fmall round yellow,
        blew, white fpots like eyes, and I-ome like in-
        creafing moones. As for the inward parts,hee
        hath a tongue like a gutter-tile, exceeding
Gylllus. flharp teeth, and claws, an heart great in com-
OpEi. n. parifon,with beads of his bulk, litle fat,it being
Soltiii  Ipent by his exceflive heat, his bones are fome-
        what thick. There are none of them in Europe;
        in Africk many; there being but few waters,
        many wilde beafts meet at the fame watring.
Place.  places to drinke, where they couple pro-
        mifcuou fly, whence the proverb, that Africa
        fends dayly novelties into the world. They
Aria,  live alfo in Afia, Pamphylia, aboundes with
        them, and the Province of Comerus ,and the
        Kingdome of Beengala , and Mount Caucafus,
        the fent of whofe odoriferous herbs invites
        them thither. Salomons fong intimates that
Lopes.  there are many in Mount Hermon, which the
        Amorrhxans call Sanir.  Their food is moft
        dogs.fetfl, and lambs, and Apes, whom they
        take by faiming themfelvcs dead; then the Apes
Philot.  drawen by the fent, come of themfelves, and
Feed.   are furprifed. They affault men alfo. They
        couple oft with the lion, fometimes with the
, Af. dog, and with the wolf; they whelp more then
        one at a birth, as appears by their miany paps.
A.lian1.  Ifidore fables (Orig. 1. I2. C. 2. ) that the
        whelps prevent the feafon, and through im-
        patience tare their paffage out of the dames
        belly.  They hate mankinde fo deadly, that
Gendring. it is faid, they will tearc the very pi6ture of a
    Ambrof  manl. Some fay, the fight of a mans skull
thy, alxi makes them runne aw y. Sime conceive that
A11614a61y. it is the face that hee inoft ahlorreth ; for the
        King of France his beaft-keeper,being fent to
        bunt them, could take nonc without turning
lefilcr.  his backe towards them. The like enmity he
        holds with the cock, and ferpents, to that hee
        will not touch one that is anointed with cock-
        broth. Nor will ferpents hurt one in a leopards
        skin. Some fay, hee will not come near a wall,
        rub'd over with garlick. There is fuch an
        enmity between him, and the Hyarna, that, if
Naturc. their two skins hang together, the Leopards
        hair falls off. Thofe in the hilly-part of Ar-
        menia,are much taken with the tears ofStorax,
Philo't.  deftilling from the tree, the fent whereof the
ApoUl.  wind brings them. His voyce is roaring. He
        walkes as the lion, withdrawing his claws, and
Voyce  runs afide toamufe hunters; onely for prey
Wo-ton. bee ftretches out his claws. In fent lee excells
1 5C. 82. all beafls, but the civet, and muffi-cat. He bath
        wiles, when bee waxes old, to inveagle beaus
        to come to him, and then preys upon them.
        By his fent hee invites them; and no wonder,
Pln,   for wee fee dogs diverted from their chafe by
        fents. As for their nature, if they aile any
        thing (as they are fomentimes diftempered,
Manners. and mad,or have eaten the herb Pardalianche)
        they betake themfelves to wilde Goats-
blood , or many ordured; they ever lead their
whelps, and defend them to the death. They
after whelping keep their Den, and the male Arift.
provides food. They feldome are wholly
tamed. After the death of a King of France
( Francis ) the Kings Leopards got loofe, a Gcfner.
male, and female, and tare very many about
Orleans ; and there were womens carcaffes
found, whofe breafts only they had devoured.
But it is memorable that is reported, ofa Leo- Pin.
pard lying by the way, and feeii g the father of
one Philinus a Philofopher, catme to him; he
affrighted fleped back; {hlee fawned on himl,
feeming to make great moane, lhee pulled him
gently by his coat,invitin g him to follow her,he D
did fo; fh.ze led him to a pit, into which her P'1ytick
whelps were fallen, lie helped them out; fliee
jocund attends him with her whelps, till lie
came to the borders of thewildernefre; and
after her failion expreft her gratitude to-
wards him; which in man is rarely found. Read
alfo in ]Elian of the kid that a Leopard would
not touch dead, becaufe alive it hall been his flialn
play fellow. Savages ufe to feed on them, as LA2-z
they between Caucafus,and the riverCophena. U1c.
In India alfo, where they feeth them twice,the Plin.
better to difgeit them. They are alfo of ufe in Philoft.
Phyfick, as thel brain with the juice of rocket.
Tile right tetticle helps womens terms, faith
Cardan. The blood helps fwoln veins; the fat
fleeks the skin. The Moors ufe the skin for
cloathing; the Ethiops for armour. They were G'*en-
of old prefented in the Cirk at Rome. Scaurus
fliewed fifty of them. After, Pompey Ihewed
four hundred and ten; Auguftus four hundred
and twenty. Some make three kinds of them,
the Panther, the Pard, arid the Leopard; fome
four, Panthiers Pard , the Leopard without Pora.
mane, fIrung from a Pard, and a lionelfe; and A
the fpotted one, the iffue of a Panthereffe, and Al xY 1i
a lion. Some call the males Varix,and Pards, aclil
as thofe in Africk arid Syr ia. Some difference
tlem only by colour, and briglhtuieffe. There
was an order of Senate, that transporting them
out of Africk into Italy; but Cneius Auffidius plijj
the Tribune for all that allowed it to gratifie
the people in the Cirk-fliews. Perhaps we may
aptly refer liether the beaUt, that the Spaniards Hierern.
call Dazypodes; and the Indians Theotochtli; H. E, Lq1
he is about the bigneffe of a Tumbler, round, C. L.
low, thick, finall-eared, Lion, or Cat faced,
with lively eyes, and red circles, thick thighed,
crooked claws, duskifli hair about the neck,
white about the belly, the reft of the body afll-
coloured , everywhere black fpotted, the
muzzleand tayl fliort,the tongue rough,rather
crumbling then roaring, and of incredible
wviftneffe. He lives on the Tetrocamian hills;
hunts Deere, and other beaits of that bulke,
and fometimes men. The tongue is fo veno-
mous, that a lick on the ey of his prey, blinds,
and kills it. He covers the carcaffes of the {lain
with herbs, hay, and greenfivard ; then climbs
the next trees and houles; when the beafts with-
in hearing, by inftin6t of nature, come at the
call, haafning as to a feaft, and fill themfelves
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