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to_o be_v always_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v that_o she_o shall_v not_o be_v far_o from_o her_o own_o house_n as_o it_o be_v a_o great_a commendation_n of_o a_o man_n when_o we_o can_v say_v of_o he_o as_o horace_n say_v out_o of_o homer_n mulâ—orum_fw-la mores_fw-la hominum_fw-la qui_fw-la videt_fw-la &_o urbes_fw-la to_o have_v see_v the_o custom_n of_o country_n and_o to_o be_v acquaint_v with_o the_o manner_n of_o man_n so_o be_v it_o on_o the_o contrary_a the_o great_a honour_n and_o glory_n of_o a_o woman_n to_o keep_v at_o home_n the_o hebrew_n do_v very_o fit_o call_v a_o woman_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d alma_fw-la quasi_fw-la occultata_fw-la signify_v that_o a_o woman_n shall_v not_o be_v much_o in_o the_o street_n but_o to_o mind_v she_o own_o houshold-affair_n and_o as_o it_o be_v dangerous_a for_o the_o snail_n to_o go_v from_o his_o house_n so_o it_o be_v not_o good_a for_o woman_n to_o go_v far_o from_o their_o own_o house_n we_o may_v remember_v sad_a example_n of_o it_o in_o dinah_n the_o snail_n use_v the_o herb_n call_v origanum_fw-la or_o wild_a marjoram_n against_o serpent_n and_o viper_n when_o he_o go_v along_o he_o put_v out_o his_o horn_n to_o see_v it_o the_o way_n be_v safe_a 3._o if_o he_o see_v no_o body_n near_o he_o he_o will_v creep_v out_o of_o his_o shell_n a_o little_a way_n but_o if_o he_o see_v any_o one_o come_v he_o present_o contract_v himself_o and_o get_v into_o his_o shell_n again_o we_o may_v learn_v thus_o much_o from_o it_o for_o our_o instruction_n that_o we_o shall_v be_v silent_a and_o say_v but_o little_a and_o thus_o much_o it_o may_v teach_v we_o for_o our_o caution_n to_o have_v a_o care_n of_o our_o enemy_n who_o do_v privy_o lay_v snare_n for_o we_o when_o we_o do_v not_o see_v they_o it_o be_v worth_a our_o observation_n which_o plutarch_n report_v of_o the_o sea-snail_n when_o she_o lay_v her_o egg_n she_o go_v out_o upon_o the_o sand_n and_o when_o she_o have_v cover_v they_o with_o the_o sand_n so_o that_o they_o can_v be_v see_v go_v again_o into_o the_o sea_n and_o make_v some_o private_a mark_n to_o find_v they_o again_o by_o thus_o we_o have_v set_v down_o the_o principal_a quality_n of_o this_o oviparous_a creature_n cover_v with_o a_o shell_n from_o whence_o it_o may_v have_v his_o name_n testudo_fw-la a_o testa_n beside_o these_o land-snail_n there_o be_v water-snail_n or_o sea-snail_n of_o the_o several_a kind_n of_o which_o the_o curious_a may_v satisfy_v themselves_o if_o they_o look_v into_o the_o treatise_n which_o several_a physician_n have_v write_v of_o the_o nature_n of_o this_o creature_n it_o be_v report_v that_o there_o be_v very_o large_a snail_n in_o the_o indian_a sea_n it_o be_v a_o know_a story_n of_o aeschilus_n the_o poet_n of_o athens_n who_o have_v a_o bald_a head_n a_o eagle_n see_v of_o it_o and_o take_v it_o for_o a_o stone_n let_v a_o shellfish_n fall_v upon_o it_o to_o break_v it_o which_o fall_v upon_o his_o head_n so_o high_a kill_v he_o and_o the_o apologue_n of_o the_o beast_n and_o other_o creature_n that_o be_v invite_v by_o jupiter_n to_o a_o feast_n be_v very_o well_o know_v all_o the_o creature_n come_v together_o but_o only_o the_o snail_n who_o make_v his_o excuse_n to_o jupiter_n in_o these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d propria_fw-la domus_fw-la carissima_fw-la domus_fw-la according_a to_o our_o english_a proverb_n home_n be_v home_o though_o never_o so_o homely_a the_o ape_n hate_v nothing_o more_o than_o the_o snail_n but_o i_o shall_v not_o dilate_v any_o further_a upon_o this_o creature_n chap._n xxxiii_o of_o the_o mouse_n the_o dormouse_n and_o the_o mole_n these_o be_v all_o