A greene forest, or A naturall historie vvherein may bee seene first the most sufferaigne vertues in all the whole kinde of stones & mettals: next of plants, as of herbes, trees, [and] shrubs, lastly of brute beastes, foules, fishes, creeping wormes [and] serpents, and that alphabetically: so that a table shall not neede. Compiled by Iohn Maplet, M. of Arte, and student in Cambridge: entending hereby yt God might especially be glorified: and the people furdered. Anno 1567.

OfTaraxippus.

TAraxippus the stone as the name giueth, doth signifie the Horse his trouble and dis∣quietnesse. It is in colour verie fierie, and it so shimmereth especially by night, that the horse casting his eyes that way, espieth his like with a fearefull looke: whereat he stampeth and sta∣reth. Cardane him selfe recordeth, what as concerning this purpose, befell in his presence and companie, three yeares before he wrote his booke de Subtilitate. I was sayth he, in Ianua, whereas I supped with the worthie and renowmed man Francis Duarde y^e Em∣perours Lieutenaunt: when as I had sup∣ped it rayned great showres, I was readie to put on my Cloke, my Hat and such Uestu∣res, so to defend me from these showres. This Duarde perceyuing I should be wet or I got home (as he is verie ciuile and curteous) lent me certaine of the best Horse he had, and of his men as many, to accompanie me. There was also present with me, and who should also go my way Lodwick Ferrare. Preparance was made: we tooke our Horse and so departed. As we should go by a certaine way hard by a cer∣taine fornace, we saw in y^e verie walles therof a fierie colour, as it were of quick and burning

Coales, which thing the Horse hauing espied, would no furder, but drew backward, & wrast∣led with vs to haue gone back, so that we could not rule them. We at the length fearing dis∣pleasure such as might befall to vs, for feare of more daunger alighted, & hauing some there to stay them, went our selues nighe & appro∣ched to the Fornace, whither when we came, we might espie a fierie colour, but nothing burning or on fire, which also cōsidering what this should be, at the last perceiued wel inough that it was this Taraxippe, that had so fea∣red vs and our Horse, and so departing, being thus deceyued, we rid another way.