To the extent possible under law, the Text Creation Partnership has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above, according to the terms of the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). This waiver does not extend to any page images or other supplementary files associated with this work, which may be protected by copyright or other license restrictions. Please go to http://www.textcreationpartnership.org/ for more information.
TAxus, of some Melus, of Melos one of the Iles called Ciclades, which for full & plen∣tifull fléese of wooll, is called Melota. This saith Plinie, hath a certaine wilie heade to de∣ceiue, and daunt his enimies, the Spannell, & Fox, for béeing in daunger to be taken in hun∣ting, kéepeth in his breath with constraint had thereof, and in so doing, his flesh and skin puf∣feth
vp, and swelleth so, that he being thereby bi••ten, féeleth no sore▪ He is a good prouider for himself also, and hath a forecast in time & wea∣ther. His house is some hollow Caue in the earth, in diuers sorts diuersly wrought: so that on whatsoeuer side thereof the winde is blus∣tring, he turneth his taile and kéepeth off cold, so from the rest of his bodie, and at the other contrarie hole, he taketh both ayre and breath. It is also carefull in laying vp store for Win∣ter, both the Hee and Shee: Insomuch that when the nipping cold Frosts come (at which time al liuing things are most hungrie) he fea∣ring the Female to lauish and to be no sparer of such vitta••••es as they haue, and fearing least (if they should so be spent) they should both fa∣mish, stenteth the Female, and giueth hir hir task, wherewith she being moued and as craf∣tie as he, espying hir time when and how she may come to the Lawder or Uittailehouse, he not espieng hir, finding such opportunitie as she looketh for, goeth another way to the Ui∣ander and vittailes, and there eateth hir fyll, and commeth againe stealing and s••inketh in∣to his companie without any surmise or sus∣pect had of his part of any such kind of deceipt. The craftie Foxe also is his naturall enimie, who espying him to come forth of his Den or
Cabbadge, hasteneth thither and annoieth the place with filthie excrements.