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only_o to_o defend_v the_o body_n so_o king_n and_o prince_n unless_o they_o defend_v the_o church_n be_v useless_a 4._o also_o christ_n himself_o and_o his_o kingdom_n be_v not_o unfit_o compare_v to_o a_o unicorn_n horn_n for_o although_o we_o have_v it_o not_o express_o mention_v in_o the_o bible_n yet_o we_o read_v in_o the_o book_n of_o number_n that_o when_o balaam_n be_v to_o bless_v israel_n he_o take_v many_o similitude_n from_o the_o unicorn_n from_o whence_o we_o may_v learn_v 1._o that_o as_o the_o unicorn_n be_v a_o invincible_a creature_n thus_o the_o church_n shall_v prevail_v against_o the_o gate_n of_o hell_n moreover_o as_o the_o unicorn_n with_o his_o horn_n do_v overcome_v all_o other_o creature_n thus_o we_o by_o this_o horn_n of_o christ_n do_v overcome_v all_o the_o temptation_n of_o satan_n and_o of_o wicked_a man_n and_o as_o his_o horn_n be_v a_o sovereign_a remedy_n against_o poison_n so_o the_o kingdom_n of_o christ_n be_v the_o horn_n of_o salvation_n in_o 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dance_v and_o run_v with_o their_o master_n on_o their_o back_n into_o their_o enemy_n camp_n 5._o they_o be_v the_o most_o lecherous_a creature_n in_o the_o world_n man_n only_o except_v they_o be_v mad_a when_o in_o the_o act_n and_o will_v bite_v any_o horse_n that_o come_v nigh_o they_o but_o the_o mare_n be_v more_o lecherous_a than_o the_o horse_n it_o be_v fabulous_a that_o be_v report_v of_o the_o mare_n in_o portugal_n who_o be_v report_v by_o draw_v in_o the_o wind_n to_o have_v a_o kind_n of_o false_a conception_n as_o hen_n oftentimes_o lay_v windy_a egg_n but_o what_o they_o bring_v forth_o never_o live_v long_o those_o that_o will_v satisfy_v themselves_o further_o in_o this_o point_n may_v read_v more_o in_o the_o three_o book_n of_o georgic_n like_v to_o that_o fabulous_a report_n i_o have_v read_v of_o the_o tiger_n conceive_v with_o the_o wind_n but_o so_o great_a be_v the_o lechery_n of_o the_o horse_n that_o he_o will_v copulate_v witâ—_n the_o mare_n that_o foal_v he_o aristotle_n in_o his_o history_n of_o animal_n lib._n 9_o chap._n 47._o say_v that_o the_o king_n of_o scythia_n horse_n be_v compel_v to_o copulate_v with_o the_o mare_n that_o cast_v he_o she_o be_v cover_v over_o with_o clothes_n that_o he_o can_v not_o see_v she_o but_o yet_o notwithstanding_o after_o he_o perceive_v it_o he_o run_v away_o and_o throw_v himself_o down_o headlong_o from_o a_o high_a place_n herodotus_n in_o his_o three_o book_n relate_v this_o story_n that_o after_o the_o death_n of_o cambyses_n it_o be_v so_o agree_v upon_o among_o the_o noble_n that_o the_o next_o day_n seven_o nobleman_n shall_v be_v draw_v into_o the_o city_n with_o horse_n and_o that_o his_o horse_n that_o neigh_v first_o shall_v be_v make_v king_n that_o night_n one_o of_o darius_n his_o servant_n take_v a_o mare_n and_o tie_v she_o to_o a_o post_n and_o there_o let_v she_o stand_v and_o after_o a_o while_n bring_v darius_n his_o horse_n to_o she_o which_o he_o be_v to_o ride_v upon_o 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