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 526
en by him from one of them alive, which a Marchant of Londonbrought out of Bar bay. They are very pleafant and tame, and it is very likely that it is a kinde of Egyptian or AfricanMoufe, whereof there are three forts defcribed by Herodotus, the firft called Bipedei, the fecondZegeries, and the… … THere is a Region in the New-found World, Walled Gigcntes, and the Inhabitants thereof arecalled Pantagones; now becaufe their Countrey is cold, being far in the South , they clothetbemfelves with the skins of a Beaft called in their own tongue Su, for by reafonthat this Beadliveth for the moft…
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