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The history of four-footed beasts and serpents. (1658)

Topsell, Edward, 1572-1625?, Gessner, Conrad, 1516-1565, Moffett, Thomas, 1553-1604, Rowland, John, M.D · London, Printed by E. Cotes, for G. Sawbridge [etc.] · leaf 24

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ich Ockimjs interpreted Munkeys,but not generally;wherefore there is an opt- Ml trw-nion that this kind of Ape is generated of a wild Cat very like an Ape, and an Ape having two black Cfpots on the cheek?,a long tail,and black at the end thereofyt is called of the Italians Gam maimone, or a… … then an Apej of the Celts it is called Abr an as.They are very fportful, and given to imitate the actions Inclination olof men like Apes, it being a queftion, whether Dogs, Elephants, or Munkeys, have the moil under- Munktys,ftanding among Brutes, and as was faid before, when the Moon wanech, it is…

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