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THe Tiger is a beast of most swift foote, or flight, and of all beastes most fierce, named of the Persians arrowe, which they call Tiger, in their phrase of speche. Peraduenture for re∣semblaūce herein, their flight may be thought to be both a like. There is a certaine riuer also of that name, one of those foure riuers which
flowe forth out of Paradise called Gion, and passeth through Armenie & Mede. The best increase of the Tiger is in Hircanie & Indie. He is not onely of most swift pace, but also of smell. Wherefore saith Plinie, if that at anie time hir broode or litter (which is numerouse or many) be stolen away in hir absence (as then is the time when as the Huntesmen commeth by them) the hunter carying them neuer so fast away by horseback, & with neuer so much hast, yet at hir returning to hir Nest, when as shée espieth falshoode plaide, she flieth and strayeth abrode fiercely as she were mad, and with hir swifte pace and good Smell, she hitteth at the length into that waye that the Hunter betooke him, whome he hearing, not farre off, broyling fiercely, maketh awaye as hastilye as he can, he letteth one fall downe, and hastineth yet for all that away as fast as he can. The ••am in the way finding one of hir Litter, and broode, goeth with that one home backe againe, and conueyeth hir to the Nest: that being done, yet she leaueth not but pursueth after, & commeth by a nother after the same sorte, & like wise ta∣keth ••••ines with that one home againe. And so likewise is ye huntesman faine to do so more often, except he be past hir reach or out of perill of hir, as by ship taking, & the like. The Male
saith Plinie, hath no regard of his yong. And the same saith also, that there is another waye that some huntesmen beguile hir with, as so bestrew & spréede in the way Glasse, by ye which she comming and espying there ••ir owne sha∣dowe represented, we••eth through such sight, that there were of hir yong▪ and whilst she here thus tacieth long time, deceiuing hir selfe, the Huntesman hieth him away & so escapeth. Yet to speake a little of hir mildenesse sometime shewen, Diuus Augustus is reported to haue shewen in Rome a Tiger very well tamed and kept in a Caue or Cabbadge.