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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 27

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nefle and (hape like a Man, for by his knees, fecret parts and face, you would judge him a wi-lde man, iuch as inhabit N^mic/ra. and the Lapones. for he is altogether overgrown with hair 5 no creature,His love. except a man can ftand fo long as he; he lovcth wo-men and children dearly, like other… … CTnccepMei,areakindof Apes, whofe heads are like Dogs, and their other parts like a mans;wherefore Gaza tranflateth them Canrcifites, (to wit) dog-heads. In the French, Gm??^andVliny. lUyrian tongues, they are called of fome Babion, and Babuino in Italian, is a fmall kind of Ape; but Defaiption.…

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