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 55
yecicis cruly Place of tbcicand generally held for a kind ofwilde Ox, bred in che Northern parts of the World for chemoft breed,part, and never tamed, as in S(ytb:a,Mofcovia,Hercynia, Ihracia, and Prujjia. But thofe tall wilde Vhilofiephari.Oxen which are faid to be in Lapponia, and che Dukedom of… … Vatinus. Several kindest the great Bi-Jon. The feveralparts. The flrensthof this Beaft.The quantityoCBifens.The ft l ength was once called Bijlonia, and the people thereof Brjloncs, from Biftothe Son ofCkas and ferpfichoStePbanuf. re • and thereof came Bifioni* Grues, cranes of TkracU^ and…
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