conception_n and_o child_n within_o the_o womb_n the_o sign_n how_o to_o know_v whether_o a_o woman_n go_v with_o a_o son_n or_o a_o daughter_n before_o she_o be_v deliver_v 7._o of_o the_o conception_n and_o generation_n of_o man_n 8._o of_o agrippae_fw-la i._o those_o who_o be_v bear_v with_o the_o foot_n forward_o 9_o of_o strange_a birth_n namely_o by_o mean_n of_o incision_n when_o child_n be_v cut_v out_o of_o their_o mother_n womb_n 10._o of_o vopisci_n i._o such_o as_o be_v twin_n be_v bear_v alive_a notwithstanding_o the_o one_o of_o they_o be_v dead_a before_o 11._o history_n of_o many_o child_n bear_v at_o one_o burden_n 12._o example_n of_o those_o that_o be_v like_o one_o to_o another_o 13._o the_o cause_n and_o manner_n of_o generation_n 14._o more_o of_o the_o same_o matter_n and_o argument_n 15._o of_o woman_n monthly_a term_n 16._o the_o manner_n of_o sundry_a birth_n 17._o the_o proportion_n of_o the_o part_n of_o man_n body_n and_o notable_a thing_n therein_o observe_v 18._o example_n of_o extraordinary_a shape_n 19_o strange_a nature_n of_o man_n 20._o of_o bodily_a strength_n and_o swiftness_n 21._o of_o excellent_a sight_n 22._o who_o excel_v in_o hear_v 23._o example_n of_o patience_n 24._o who_o be_v singular_a for_o good_a memory_n 25._o the_o praise_n of_o c._n julius_n caesar._n 26._o the_o commendation_n of_o pompey_n the_o great_a 27._o the_o praise_n of_o cato_n the_o first_o of_o that_o name_n 28._o of_o valour_n and_o fortitude_n 29._o of_o notable_a wit_n or_o the_o praise_n of_o some_o for_o their_o singular_a wit_n 30._o of_o plato_n ennius_n virgil_n m._n varro_n and_o m._n cicero_n 31._o of_o such_o as_o carry_v a_o majesty_n in_o their_o behaviour_n 32._o of_o man_n of_o great_a authority_n and_o reputation_n 33._o of_o certain_a divine_a and_o heavenly_a person_n 34._o of_o scipio_n nasica_n 35._o of_o chastity_n 36._o of_o piety_n and_o natural_a kindness_n 37._o of_o excellent_a man_n in_o diverse_a science_n and_o namely_o in_o astrology_n grammar_n and_o geometry_n etc._n etc._n 38._o item_n rare_a piece_n of_o work_n make_v by_o sundry_a artificer_n 39_o of_o servant_n and_o slave_n 40._o the_o excellency_n of_o diverse_a nation_n 41._o of_o perfect_a contentment_n and_o felicity_n 42._o example_n of_o the_o variety_n and_o mutability_n of_o fortune_n 43._o of_o those_o that_o be_v twice_o outlaw_v and_o banish_v of_o l._n sylla_n and_o q._n metellus_n 44._o of_o another_o metellus_n 45._o of_o the_o emperor_n augustus_n 46._o of_o man_n deem_v most_o happy_a above_o all_o other_o by_o the_o oracle_n of_o the_o god_n 47._o who_o be_v canonize_v a_o god_n while_o he_o live_v upon_o the_o earth_n 48._o of_o those_o that_o live_v long_o than_o other_o 49._o of_o diverse_a nativity_n of_o man_n 50._o many_o example_n of_o strange_a accident_n in_o malady_n 51._o of_o the_o sign_n of_o death_n 52._o of_o those_o that_o revive_v when_o they_o be_v carry_v forth_o to_o be_v bury_v 53._o of_o sudden_a death_n 54._o of_o sepulcher_n and_o burial_n 55._o of_o the_o soul_n of_o ghost_n and_o spirit_n 56._o the_o first_o inventor_n of_o many_o thing_n 57_o wherein_o all_o nation_n first_o agree_v 58._o of_o antique_a letter_n 59_o the_o beginning_n of_o barber_n first_o at_o rome_n 60._o the_o first_o deviser_n of_o dial_n and_o clock_n in_o sum_n there_o be_v in_o this_o book_n of_o story_n strange_a accident_n and_o matter_n memorable_a 747._o latin_a author_n allege_v varrius_z flaccus_n cn._n gellius_n licinius_n mutianus_n mutius_n massurius_n agrippina_n wife_n of_o claudius_n m._n cicero_n asinius_n pollio_n messala_n rufus_n cornelius_n nepos_n virgil_n livy_n cordus_n melissus_n sebosus_n cernelius_n celsus_n maximus_n valerius_n trogus_n nigidius_n figulus_n pomponius_n atticus_n pedianus_n asconius_n sabinus_n cato_n censorius_n fabius_n vestalis_fw-la foreign_a writer_n herodotus_n aristeus_n beto_n isigonus_n crates_n agatharcides_n calliphanes_n aristotle_n nymphodorus_n apollonides_n philarchus_n damon_n megasthenes_n ctesias_n tauron_n eudoxus_n onesicratus_n clitarchus_n duris_n artemidorus_n hypocrates_n the_o physician_n asclepiander_n the_o physician_n hesiodus_n anacreon_n theopompus_n hellanicus_n damasthes_n ephorus_n epigenes_n berosus_n pessiris_n necepsus_fw-la alexander_n polyhistor_n xenophon_n callimachus_n democritus_n duillius_fw-la polyhistor_n the_o historian_n strato_n who_o write_v against_o the_o proposition_n and_o theorem_n of_o ephorus_n heraclides_fw-la ponticus_n asclepiades_n who_o write_v tragodamena_n philostephanus_n hegesias_n archimachus_n thucydides_n mnesigiton_n xenagoras_n metrodorus_n scepsius_n anticlides_n and_o critodemus_n ¶_o in_o the_o eight_o book_n be_v contain_v the_o nature_n of_o land_n beast_n that_o go_v on_o foot_n chap._n 1._o of_o land_n creature_n the_o good_a and_o commendable_a part_n in_o elephant_n their_o capacity_n and_o understanding_n 2._o when_o elephant_n be_v first_o yoke_v and_o put_v to_o draw_v 3._o the_o docilitie_n of_o elephant_n and_o their_o aptness_n to_o learn_v 4._o the_o clemency_n of_o elephant_n that_o they_o know_v their_o own_o danger_n also_o of_o the_o felnesse_n of_o the_o tiger_n 5._o the_o perceivance_n and_o memory_n of_o elephant_n 6._o when_o elephant_n be_v first_o see_v in_o italy_n 7._o the_o combat_n perform_v by_o elephant_n 8._o the_o manner_n of_o take_v elephant_n 9_o the_o manner_n how_o elephant_n be_v tame_v 10._o how_o long_o a_o elephant_n go_v with_o young_a and_o of_o their_o nature_n 11._o the_o country_n be_v elephant_n breed_v the_o discord_n and_o war_n between_o elephant_n and_o dragon_n 12._o the_o industry_n and_o subtle_a wit_n of_o dragon_n and_o elephant_n 13._o of_o dragon_n 14._o serpent_n of_o prodigious_a bigness_n of_o serpent_n name_v boae_n 15._o of_o beast_n engender_v in_o scythia_n and_o the_o north_n country_n 16._o of_o lion_n 17._o of_o panther_n 18._o the_o nature_n of_o the_o tiger_n of_o camel_n and_o the_o pard-cammell_n when_o it_o be_v first_o see_v at_o rome_n 19_o of_o the_o stag-wolfe_n name_v chaus_n and_o the_o cephus_n 20._o of_o rhincceros_n 21._o of_o once_z marmoset_n call_v sphinx_n of_o the_o crocute_v of_o common_a marmoset_n of_o indian_a boeufe_n of_o leucrocute_v of_o eale_n of_o the_o aethiopian_a bull_n of_o the_o best_a mantichora_n of_o the_o sicorne_n or_o unicorn_n of_o the_o catoblepa_n and_o the_o basilisk_n 22._o of_o wolf_n 23._o of_o serpent_n 24._o of_o the_o rat_n of_o india_n call_v ichneumon_a 25._o of_o the_o crocodile_n and_o skink_v and_o the_o river-horse_n 26._o who_o show_v first_o at_o rome_n the_o water-horse_n and_o the_o crocodile_n diverse_a reason_n in_o physic_n find_v out_o by_o dumb_a creature_n 27._o of_o beast_n and_o other_o such_o creature_n which_o have_v teach_v we_o certain_a herb_n to_o wit_n the_o red_a deer_n lizard_n swallow_n tortoise_n the_o weasel_n the_o stork_n the_o boar_n the_o snake_n the_o panther_n the_o elephant_n bear_n stocke-dove_n house-dove_n crane_n and_o raven_n 28._o prognostication_n of_o thing_n to_o come_v take_v from_o beast_n 29._o what_o city_n and_o nation_n have_v be_v destroy_v by_o small_a creature_n 30._o of_o the_o hiaena_fw-la the_o crocuta_n and_o mantichora_n of_o biever_n and_o otter_n 31._o of_o frog_n sea_n or_o sea-calue_n and_o stellion_n 32._o of_o dear_a both_o red_a and_o fallow_a 33._o of_o the_o tragelaphis_n of_o the_o chamaeleon_n and_o other_o beast_n that_o change_v colour_n 34._o of_o the_o tarand_n the_o lycaon_n and_o the_o wolf_n call_v thoes_n 35._o of_o the_o porc-espines_a 36._o of_o bear_n and_o how_o they_o bring_v forth_o their_o whelp_n 37._o the_o rat_n and_o mouse_n of_o pontus_n and_o the_o alps_o also_o of_o hedgehog_n 38._o of_o the_o leontophones_n the_o once_z gray_n badger_n and_o sqirril_n 39_o of_o viper_n snail_n in_o shell_n and_o lizard_n 40._o of_o dog_n 41._o against_o the_o bite_n of_o a_o mad_a dog_n 42._o the_o nature_n of_o horse_n 43._o of_o ass_n 44._o of_o mule_n 45._o of_o cow_n bull_n and_o oxen._n 46._o of_o the_o boeufe_n name_v apis._n 47._o the_o nature_n of_o sheep_n their_o breed_n and_o generation_n 48._o sundry_a kind_n of_o wool_n and_o clothes_n 49._o of_o sheep_n call_v musmone_n 50._o of_o goat_n and_o their_o generation_n 51._o of_o swine_n and_o their_o nature_n 52._o of_o park_n and_o warren_n for_o beast_n 53._o of_o beast_n half_o tame_a and_o wild_a 54._o of_o ape_n and_o monkey_n 55._o of_o hare_n and_o coney_n 56._o of_o beast_n half_o savage_a 57_o of_o rat_n and_o mouse_n of_o dormouse_n 58._o of_o beast_n that_o live_v not_o in_o some_o place_n 59_o of_o beast_n hurtful_a to_o stranger_n in_o sum_n there_o be_v in_o this_o book_n principal_a matter_n story_n and_o observation_n worth_a the_o remembrance_n 788._o latin_a author_n allege_v mutianus_n procilius_n verrius_n flaccus_n l._n piso_n cornelius_n valerianus_n cato_n censorius_n fenestella_n trogus_n actius_n columella_n virgil_n varro_n lu._n metellus_n scipio_n cornelius_n
to_o make_v another_o fire_n hard_o by_o of_o dry_a vine_n cut_n and_o such_o like_a stick_n and_o so_o he_o be_v burn_v bare_a and_o naked_a as_o he_o be_v chap._n liiii_o ¶_o of_o burial_n or_o sepulture_n to_o burn_v the_o body_n of_o the_o dead_a have_v be_v no_o ancient_a custom_n among_o the_o roman_n the_o manner_n be_v in_o old_a time_n to_o inter_v they_o but_o after_o they_o be_v give_v once_o to_o understand_v that_o the_o corpse_n of_o man_n slay_v in_o the_o war_n afar_o off_o and_o bury_v in_o those_o part_n be_v take_v forth_o of_o the_o earth_n again_o ordain_v it_o be_v to_o burn_v they_o and_o yet_o many_o family_n keep_v they_o still_o to_o the_o old_a guise_n and_o ceremony_n of_o commit_v their_o dead_a to_o the_o earth_n as_o namely_o the_o house_n of_o the_o cornelij_n whereof_o there_o be_v not_o one_o by_o report_n burn_v before_o l._n sylla_n the_o dictator_n and_o he_o will_v it_o express_o and_o provide_v for_o it_o before_o hand_n for_o fear_v himself_o 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never_o rise_v again_o and_o what_o a_o folly_n be_v this_o of_o all_o folly_n to_o think_v in_o a_o mischief_n that_o death_n shall_v be_v the_o way_n to_o a_o second_o life_n what_o repose_n and_o rest_n shall_v ever_o man_n have_v that_o be_v bear_v of_o a_o woman_n if_o their_o soul_n shall_v remain_v in_o heaven_n above_o with_o sense_n while_o their_o shadow_n tarry_v beneath_o among_o the_o infernal_a wight_n certes_o these_o sweet_a inducement_n and_o please_a persuasion_n this_o foolish_a credulity_n and_o light_a belief_n mar_v the_o benefit_n of_o the_o best_a gift_n of_o nature_n to_o wit_n death_n it_o double_v beside_o the_o pain_n of_o a_o man_n that_o be_v to_o die_v if_o he_o happen_v to_o think_v and_o consider_v what_o shall_v betide_v he_o the_o time_n to_o come_v for_o if_o it_o be_v sweet_a and_o pleasant_a to_o live_v what_o pleasure_n and_o contentment_n can_v one_o have_v that_o have_v once_o live_v and_o now_o do_v not_o but_o how_o much_o more_o ease_n and_o great_a security_n be_v it_o for_o each_o man_n to_o believe_v himself_o in_o this_o point_n to_o gather_v reason_n and_o to_o ground_v his_o resolution_n and_o assurance_n upon_o the_o experience_n that_o he_o have_v before_o he_o be_v bear_v chap._n lvi_o ¶_o the_o first_o inventor_n of_o diverse_a thing_n before_o we_o depart_v from_o this_o discourse_n of_o man_n nature_n i_o think_v it_o be_v meet_v and_o convenient_a to_o show_v their_o sundry_a invention_n and_o what_o each_o man_n have_v devise_v in_o this_o world_n in_o the_o first_o place_n prince_n bacchus_n bring_v up_o buy_v and_o sell_v he_o it_o be_v also_o that_o devise_v the_o diadem_n that_o royal_a ensign_n and_o ornament_n and_o the_o manner_n of_o triumph_n dame_n ceres_n be_v the_o first_o that_o show_v the_o way_n of_o sow_a corn_n whereas_o beforetime_n man_n live_v of_o mast_n she_o teach_v also_o how_o to_o grind_v corn_n to_o knead_v dough_n and_o make_v bread_n thereof_o in_o the_o land_n of_o attica_n 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famish_v and_o pine_v himself_o to_o death_n have_v to_o that_o end_n fast_v 4_o day_n and_o 4_o night_n and_o in_o that_o time_n receive_v into_o his_o body_n the_o great_a part_n of_o his_o own_o death_n beside_o the_o overthrow_n and_o rout_n of_o varius_n his_o force_n the_o foul_a stain_n and_o blemish_n to_o the_o touch_n of_o his_o honour_n and_o majesty_n very_o near_o the_o put_v away_o of_o posthumius_fw-la agrippa_n after_o his_o adoption_n and_o the_o miss_n that_o he_o have_v of_o he_o after_o his_o banishment_n then_o the_o suspicion_n that_o he_o conceive_v of_o fabius_n for_o disclose_v his_o secret_n add_v hereto_o the_o opinion_n and_o conceit_n be_v take_v of_o his_o own_o wife_n and_o tiberius_n which_o surpass_v all_o his_o other_o care_n to_o conclude_v that_o god_n and_o he_o who_o i_o wot_v not_o whether_o obtain_v heaven_n or_o deserve_v it_o more_o depart_v this_o life_n and_o leave_v behind_o he_o as_o heir_n to_o the_o crown_n his_o enemy_n son_n chap._n xlvi_o ¶_o who_o the_o god_n judge_v most_o happy_a i_o can_v overpasse_v in_o this_o discourse_n and_o consideration_n the_o oracle_n of_o delphos_n deliver_v from_o that_o heavenly_a god_n to_o chastise_v and_o repress_v as_o it_o be_v the_o folly_n and_o vanity_n of_o man_n and_o two_o there_o be_v which_o give_v answer_v to_o the_o point_n in_o question_n after_o this_o manner_n first_o that_o phedius_n who_o but_o a_o while_n before_o die_v in_o the_o service_n of_o his_o country_n be_v most_o happy_a moreover_o gyges_n the_o most_o puissant_a king_n in_o those_o day_n of_o all_o the_o earth_n send_v a_o second_o time_n to_o know_v of_o the_o oracle_n who_o be_v the_o happy_a man_n next_o he_o and_o answer_n be_v make_v that_o aglaus_n psophidius_n be_v happy_a than_o the_o former_a now_o this_o aglaus_n be_v a_o good_a honest_a man_n well_o step_v in_o year_n dwell_v in_o a_o very_a narrow_a corner_n of_o arcadia_n where_o he_o have_v a_o little_a house_n and_o land_n of_o his_o 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be_v both_o in_o one_o day_n strike_v with_o lightning_n whereat_o i_o see_v callimachus_n wonder_v as_o if_o nothing_o else_o be_v worthy_a admiration_n and_o give_v order_n that_o he_o shall_v be_v sacrifice_v unto_o as_o a_o god_n which_o be_v perform_v according_o both_a while_o he_o live_v and_o after_o he_o be_v dead_a a_o thing_n that_o i_o marvel_v more_o at_o than_o any_o thing_n else_o that_o the_o god_n be_v therewith_o content_v and_o will_v permit_v such_o a_o dishonour_n to_o their_o majesty_n chap._n xlviii_o ¶_o of_o the_o long_a life_n the_o term_n and_o length_n of_o man_n life_n be_v uncertain_a not_o only_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o diversity_n of_o climate_n but_o also_o because_o historian_n have_v deliver_v such_o variety_n of_o man_n age_n and_o every_o man_n by_o himself_o have_v a_o several_a time_n limit_v unto_o he_o at_o the_o very_a day_n of_o his_o birth_n hesiod_n the_o first_o writer_n as_o i_o take_v it_o who_o have_v treat_v of_o this_o argument_n and_o yet_o like_o a_o poet_n in_o his_o fabulous_a discourse_n touch_v the_o age_n of_o man_n say_v forsooth_o that_o a_o crow_n live_v nine_o time_n as_o long_o as_o we_o and_o heart_n or_o stag_n 4_o time_n as_o long_o as_o he_o but_o raven_n thrice_o as_o long_o as_o they_o as_o for_o his_o other_o report_n touch_v the_o nymph_n and_o the_o bird_n phoenix_n they_o be_v more_o like_a poetical_a tale_n than_o true_a relation_n anacreon_n the_o poet_n make_v mention_v that_o arganthonius_n king_n of_o the_o tartessian_o live_v 150_o year_n and_o cynaras_n likewise_o king_n of_o the_o cyprian_n ten_o year_n long_o theopompus_n affirm_v that_o epimenides_n the_o gnossian_a die_v when_o he_o be_v 157_o year_n old_a hellanicus_n have_v write_v that_o among_o the_o epian_o in_o aetolia_n there_o be_v some_o that_o continue_v full_a two_o hundred_o year_n and_o with_o he_o accord_v damase_n add_v moreover_o that_o there_o be_v one_o pictoreus_fw-la among_o they_o a_o man_n of_o exceed_a stature_n mighty_a and_o strong_a withal_o who_o livedthree_a hundred_o year_n ephorus_n testify_v that_o ordinary_o the_o king_n of_o arcadia_n be_v 300_o year_n old_a ere_o they_o die_v alexander_n cornelius_n write_v of_o one_o dando_n a_o sclavonian_a who_o live_v 500_o year_n xenophon_n in_o his_o treatise_n of_o old_a age_n make_v mention_n of_o a_o king_n of_o the_o latin_n or_o as_o some_o say_v over_o a_o people_n upon_o the_o sea_n coast_n who_o live_v 600_o year_n and_o because_o he_o have_v not_o lie_v loud_o enough_o already_o he_o go_v on_o still_o and_o say_v that_o his_o son_n come_v to_o 800._o all_o these_o strange_a report_n proceed_v from_o the_o ignorance_n of_o the_o time_n past_a and_o for_o want_v of_o knowledge_n how_o they_o make_v their_o account_n for_o some_o
be_v some_o water_n will_v engender_v this_o vermin_n if_o we_o do_v but_o wash_v therein_o for_o even_o in_o wax_n there_o will_v breed_v mite_n which_o be_v think_v to_o be_v of_o all_o creature_n that_o have_v life_n the_o very_a least_n also_o you_o shall_v have_v other_o again_o engender_v of_o filthy_a dry_a dust_n namely_o flea_n which_o use_v to_o skip_v and_o hop_v with_o their_o hinder_a foot_n lusty_o like_o these_o tumbler_n and_o vautor_n last_o of_o all_o there_o be_v that_o come_v of_o a_o certain_a moist_a powder_n in_o câ—…anies_n of_o the_o ground_n and_o those_o be_v our_o ordinary_a little_a fly_n chap._n xxxiv_o ¶_o of_o one_o kind_n of_o creature_n that_o have_v no_o passage_n to_o void_a excrement_n there_o be_v a_o creature_n as_o foul_a and_o ill-favoured_a as_o the_o rest_n which_o have_v evermore_o the_o head_n fast_o stick_v within_o the_o skin_n of_o a_o beast_n and_o so_o by_o suck_v of_o blood_n live_v and_o swell_v withal_o the_o only_a live_a creature_n 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their_o ear_n where_o they_o will_v bite_v and_o sting_v they_o shrewd_o for_o there_o they_o can_v come_v by_o they_o with_o their_o tooth_n to_o snap_v and_o kill_v they_o chap._n xxxv_o ¶_o of_o moth_n and_o gnat_n wool_n and_o cloth_n when_o they_o be_v dusty_a breed_n moth_n especial_o if_o a_o spider_n also_o be_v get_v within_o they_o for_o the_o spider_n be_v very_o thirsty_a and_o by_o reason_n that_o he_o drink_v up_o all_o the_o moisture_n of_o the_o cloth_n or_o wool_n he_o increase_v the_o dryness_n much_o more_o in_o paper_n also_o they_o will_v engender_v a_o kind_n of_o they_o there_o be_v which_o carry_v their_o coat_n and_o case_n with_o they_o as_o cockle_n and_o snail_n do_v but_o they_o have_v foot_n to_o be_v see_v if_o they_o be_v turn_v out_o of_o their_o coat_n or_o husk_n they_o present_o die_v if_o they_o grow_v still_o they_o will_v prove_v to_o be_v chrysalis_n the_o wild_a fig_n tree_n breed_v certain_a gnat_n call_v ficarij_fw-la as_o for_o the_o cantharides_n or_o french_a green_a fly_n they_o be_v breed_v of_o little_a worm_n in_o fig_n tree_n pear_n tree_n wild_a pine_n or_o pitch_n tree_n the_o eglantine_n brier_n and_o rose_n a_o venomous_a vermin_n this_o be_v howbeit_o medicinable_a in_o some_o sort_n the_o wing_n be_v they_o that_o be_v good_a in_o physic_n cast_v they_o away_o &_o the_o rest_n be_v deadly_a moreover_o there_o be_v other_o gnat_n that_o sour_a thing_n will_v engender_v and_o no_o marvel_n see_v there_o be_v some_o worm_n find_v in_o snow_n which_o be_v white_a if_o the_o snow_n be_v but_o thin_a and_o new_a fall_v but_o in_o case_n it_o have_v lie_v long_o and_o be_v deep_a a_o man_n shall_v find_v in_o the_o mid_n within_o those_o which_o be_v red_a for_o snow_n also_o if_o it_o be_v old_a wax_v red_a rough_a and_o hairy_a great_a also_o than_o the_o rest_n and_o dull_a of_o motion_n chap._n xxxvi_o ¶_o of_o the_o fire-f_o call_v pyralis_n or_o pyrausta_n the_o fire_n also_o a_o contrary_a element_n to_o generation_n be_v not_o without_o some_o live_a creature_n engender_v therein_o for_o in_o cypress_n among_o the_o forge_n and_o furnace_n of_o copper_n there_o be_v to_o be_v see_v a_o kind_n of_o fourfooted_a creature_n and_o yet_o wing_v as_o big_a as_o the_o great_a kind_n of_o fly_n to_o fly_v out_o of_o the_o very_a midst_n of_o the_o fire_n and_o call_v it_o be_v of_o some_o pyralis_n of_o other_o pyrausta_n the_o nature_n oâ—…_n it_o be_v this_o so_o long_o as_o it_o remain_v in_o the_o fire_n it_o live_v but_o if_o it_o chance_v to_o leap_v forth_o of_o the_o furnace_n and_o fly_v any_o thing_n far_o into_o the_o air_n it_o die_v there_o be_v a_o river_n in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o pontus_n call_v hypanis_n which_o about_o the_o summer_n sunstead_n use_v to_o bring_v down_o the_o stream_n thin_a pellicle_n or_o bladder_n like_v to_o grape_n kernel_n out_o of_o which_o there_o break_v forth_o and_o issue_v a_o four_o footed_a fly_n like_v unto_o those_o above_o name_v and_o it_o live_v not_o above_o one_o day_n whereupon_o it_o be_v call_v hemerobion_n i._o a_o day-f_o all_o other_o infect_v of_o like_a sort_n may_v continue_v and_o live_v a_o seven-night_n the_o gnat_n and_o the_o little_a worm_n three_o week_n but_o such_o as_o bring_v forth_o their_o young_a alive_a may_v endure_v a_o full_a month_n as_o for_o the_o metamorphosis_n of_o these_o creature_n from_o one_o form_n to_o another_o it_o be_v most_o common_o perform_v in_o three_o day_n or_o four_o at_o the_o most_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o wing_a kind_n light_o die_v in_o autumn_n among_o which_o the_o breeze_n and_o horsefly_n be_v ordinary_o blind_a first_o to_o be_v short_a those_o fly_n which_o have_v be_v drown_v and_o so_o come_v to_o their_o death_n if_o they_o be_v lay_v and_o keep_v in_o hot_a cinder_n or_o ash_n will_v come_v again_o to_o themselves_o and_o revive_v chap._n xxxvii_o ¶_o a_o discourse_n anatomicall_a of_o the_o nature_n of_o live_a creature_n part_v by_o part_n according_a to_o their_o particular_a member_n it_o remain_v now_o to_o treat_v of_o the_o several_a part_n of_o the_o body_n and_o over_o and_o above_o the_o former_a descriâ—…ion_n to_o particularize_v and_o set_v down_o the_o story_n of_o one_o member_n after_o another_o first_o therefore_o head_n this_o be_v general_a that_o all_o live_a creature_n whatsoever_o have_v blood_n have_v also_o head_n and_o few_o of_o they_o have_v cop_n or_o crest_a tuft_n upon_o their_o head_n unless_o it_o be_v bird_n and_o those_o be_v of_o diverse_a form_n and_o fashion_n the_o phoenix_n be_v adorn_v with_o a_o round_a plume_n of_o feather_n out_o of_o the_o comb_n midst_n of_o which_o grow_v another_o little_a pennache_n peacock_n carry_v upon_o their_o head_n a_o tuft_n as_o it_o be_v of_o little_a hairy_a tree_n and_o the_o stymphalides_n a_o lock_n of_o crisp_a and_o curl_a hair_n feasant_n have_v feather_n stand_v up_o like_o horn_n the_o pretty_a titmouse_n or_o nonett_n be_v fillet_v or_o 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