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dwell_v with_o the_o lamb_n and_o the_o pardal_n libbard_n and_o panther_n shall_v lie_v with_o the_o kid._n so_o in_o the_o vision_n of_o daniel_n chap._n 7._o among_o the_o four_o beast_n come_v out_o of_o the_o sea_n the_o prophet_n see_v nameâ—_n a_o leopard_n in_o the_o 13_o revel_v of_o 8._o john_n he_o see_v another_o beast_n rise_v out_o of_o the_o sea_n have_v ten_o horn_n and_o he_o say_v it_o be_v like_o pardalet_n which_o erasmus_n translate_v pardo_n a_o leopard_n jeâ—_n 5_o pardus_n nameâ—_n vigilat_fw-la super_fw-la ciuâ—â—atem_fw-la eorum_fw-la ut_fw-la omnen_fw-la inde_fw-la â—gâ—â—dientem_fw-la dâ—â—ceâ—pat_fw-la that_o be_v a_o panther_n or_o pardal_n watch_v at_o the_o gate_n of_o the_o city_n that_o he_o may_v tear_v in_o piece_n every_o one_o that_o come_v forth_o factus_fw-la sum_fw-la eye_n sicut_fw-la leo_fw-la &_o sicut_fw-la pardus_n sicut_fw-la namer_n directus_fw-la ad_fw-la viam_fw-la svam_fw-la for_o namer_n in_o that_o place_n the_o grecian_n translate_v pardalis_n a_o pardal_n in_o the_o 13._o jer._n si_fw-mi muâ—are_fw-la potest_fw-la aethiop_n 〈◊〉_d svam_fw-la â—ut_fw-la pardus_n maculas_fw-la svas_fw-la &_o vos_fw-la poteritis_fw-la beâ—e_fw-la facere_fw-la cum_fw-la diviceritis_fw-la malum_fw-la if_o the_o blackmoore_n can_v change_v his_o skin_n or_o the_o leopard_n his_o spot_n theâ—_n may_v you_o do_v well_o which_o have_v learned_a to_o do_v ill_a cant_n 14._o coronabâ—â—is_fw-fr de_fw-fr vertice_fw-la siner_n &_o hermon_n de_fw-fr cubilibus_fw-la leonum_fw-la de_fw-la montibus_fw-la pardorum_fw-la that_o be_v thou_o shall_v be_v crown_v from_o the_o top_n of_o siner_n and_o hermon_n from_o the_o den_n of_o the_o lion_n and_o the_o mountain_n of_o the_o leopard_n now_o according_a to_o brocardus_n the_o mountain_n of_o the_o leopard_n be_v distant_a from_o tripoli_n in_o the_o holy_a lan_o 〈…〉_z two_o league_n raâ—â—s_n and_o avicen_n two_o arabian_n do_v call_v the_o panther_n and_o leopard_n by_o one_o name_n alpheth_n or_o alphil_n so_o that_o by_o compare_v all_o these_o together_o the_o panther_n pardal_n libbard_n and_o leopard_n be_v but_o one_o beast_n call_v by_o divers_a name_n for_o the_o far_o manifest_v hereof_o it_o be_v good_a to_o examine_v what_o be_v leopard_n say_v of_o the_o pardal_n and_o leopard_n in_o particular_a that_o so_o have_v express_v that_o it_o may_v be_v clear_a by_o the_o discourse_n succeed_v that_o there_o be_v no_o difference_n betwixt_o they_o and_o the_o panther_n or_o very_o small_a first_o of_o all_o therefore_o it_o be_v say_v of_o the_o pardus_n that_o it_o differ_v not_o from_o the_o panther_n but_o only_o in_o sex_n and_o that_o the_o skin_n have_v receive_v a_o natural_a tincture_n of_o divers_a spot_n aristotle_n write_v thus_o of_o it_o cutis_fw-la chamaeleontis_fw-la distincta_fw-la mâ—culis_fw-la ut_fw-la pardalia_n the_o skin_n of_o the_o chameleon_n be_v spot_v like_o a_o pardal_n and_o in_o relation_n of_o lampridius_n where_o he_o show_v how_o heliogabalus_n be_v wont_a to_o shut_v up_o his_o drunken_a friend_n â—um_fw-la leonibus_fw-la leopardis_fw-la &_o ursis_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la expergefacti_fw-la in_o cubiculo_fw-la eodem_fw-la leones_n ursos_fw-la pardos_n cum_n luce_n vel_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la gravius_fw-la nocte_fw-la invenirent_fw-la ex_fw-la quo_fw-la plerique_fw-la exanimati_fw-la sunt_fw-la and_o so_o forth_o by_o which_o word_n it_o be_v apparent_a that_o those_o which_o in_o the_o first_o place_n he_o call_v leopard_n in_o the_o last_o place_n he_o call_v pardals_n and_o the_o only_a difference_n betwixt_o the_o leopard_n pardal_n and_o lion_n be_v that_o the_o leopard_n or_o pardal_n have_v no_o mane_n and_o therefore_o they_o be_v call_v ignobiles_fw-la leones_n isidorus_n and_o solinus_n write_v in_o this_o manner_n pardus_n secundum_fw-la post_fw-la pantheram_n est_fw-la genus_fw-la varium_fw-la ac_fw-la velocissimum_fw-la &_o praeceps_fw-la ad_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la saltu_fw-la enim_fw-la ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la rvit_fw-la ex_fw-la ad_fw-la ulterio_fw-la pardi_n &_o leâ—nae_n leopardus_fw-la noscitur_fw-la &_o tertiam_fw-la originem_fw-la efficit_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o pardal_n be_v the_o next_o kind_n to_o a_o panther_n be_v divers_a colour_v and_o very_o swift_a greedy_a after_o blood_n and_o catch_v his_o prey_n by_o leap_v the_o leopard_n be_v breed_v betwixt_o the_o pardal_n and_o the_o lioness_n and_o so_o that_o make_v a_o three_o kind_n by_o which_o testimony_n it_o appear_v that_o these_o name_n make_v three_o several_a kind_n of_o beast_n not_o distinct_a in_o nature_n but_o in_o quantity_n through_o commixture_n of_o generation_n the_o great_a therefore_o they_o call_v panther_n as_o bellunensis_n write_v the_o second_o they_o call_v pardal_n and_o the_o three_o lest_o of_o all_o they_o call_v leopard_n which_o for_o the_o same_o cause_n in_o england_n be_v call_v a_o cat_n of_o the_o mountain_n and_o true_o in_o my_o opinion_n until_o some_o other_o can_v show_v i_o better_a reason_n i_o will_v subscribe_v hereunto_o namely_o that_o they_o be_v all_o one_o kind_n of_o beast_n and_o differ_v in_o quantity_n only_o through_o adulterous_a generation_n for_o in_o africa_n there_o be_v great_a want_n of_o water_n and_o therefore_o the_o lion_n panther_n boytius_n and_o other_o beast_n do_v assemble_v themselves_o in_o great_a number_n together_o at_o the_o run_a river_n where_o the_o pardal_n and_o the_o lion_n do_v engender_v one_o with_o another_o i_o mean_v the_o great_a panther_n with_o the_o lioness_n and_o the_o great_a lion_n with_o the_o panther_n and_o so_o likewise_o the_o small_a with_o the_o small_a and_o thereby_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o some_o of_o they_o be_v spot_v and_o some_o of_o they_o without_o spot_n the_o pardal_n be_v a_o fierce_a and_o cruel_a beast_n very_o violent_a have_v a_o body_n and_o mind_n like_o raven_a bird_n pliny_n and_o some_o say_v they_o be_v engender_v now_o and_o then_o betwixt_o dog_n and_o panther_n or_o betwixt_o leopard_n and_o dog_n even_o as_o the_o lycopanther_n be_v engender_v betwixt_o wolf_n and_o panther_n it_o be_v the_o nature_n of_o these_o pardal_n in_o africa_n to_o get_v up_o into_o the_o rough_a and_o thick_a tree_n where_o they_o hide_v themselves_o among_o the_o bough_n and_o leaf_n and_o do_v not_o only_o take_v bird_n but_o also_o from_o thence_o leap_v down_o upon_o beast_n and_o man_n when_o they_o espy_v their_o advantage_n and_o all_o these_o thing_n do_v belong_v unto_o the_o panther_n concern_v the_o leopard_n the_o word_n itself_o be_v new_a and_o late_o invent_v for_o it_o be_v never_o find_v among_o any_o of_o the_o ancient_n before_o julius_n capitolinus_n or_o spartianus_n sylvaticus_fw-la make_v no_o difference_n betwixt_o pardalis_n leopard_n and_o leopardus_fw-la and_o the_o italian_n general_o call_v a_o pardal_n leopardo_fw-la and_o never_o pardo_n except_o some_o of_o the_o poet_n for_o brevity_n sake_n in_o a_o verse_n the_o 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