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 459
relation of Straba, whoaffirmeth the Ethiopian Silli, do ufe the horns of thefe Beafts in wars infteadof fwords and fpears: for incredible is the hardnefs and (harpnefs of them, which caufedJuvenal to write thus: Et Getulm Oryx bebeti lautifima fernCaditur. For although of the own length they are… … 444 Of the OTTER. s THere is no doubt but this Beaft is of the kinde of Beavers, becaufe it liveth both on the waterand on the land, and the outward form of the parts beareth a fimilitude of that Beaft. TheOf the names Italians do vulgarly call this Beaft Lodra, and the Latines befides Lutra,…
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