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THe young Storke provides for the old which is disabled by age, and if any one * 1.1 of their equalls come to any mischance, that hee is not able to flie, they will give him their assistance, and beare him on their backes and wings. And there∣fore
this affection and piety towards the old ones, and as it were brotherly love towards their equalls, is commended in the Storke.
The Henne in any kinde of danger gathers her chickins under her wings, and as it were with that guard, defends them as well as shee can. For their sake shee exposeth her selfe to the crueltie of the fiercest beasts, and will flie in the eyes of a dogge, a Wolfe or a Beare, that by chance offers to meddle with her chickins.
But who is there that doth not admire the fidelitie and love of dogges towards their Masters, whereby they recompence them for their keeping? A dogge will * 1.2 never forsake his Master, no, if he be never so hardly used. For there is no man can finde a sticke hard enough to drive that dogge cleane away from him which hath once taken a love to him. There is no kinde of creature that doth more certaine∣ly and readily remember his master, hee will know the voice of all the house∣hold, and of those which frequent the house. There cannot bee a trustier keeper (as Cicero himselfe saith) than a Dogge is; I speake not of their faculty of smel∣ling, whereby they follow their Masters by the foote, and finde them, neither doe I speake of those infinite examples of the fidelity of Dogges, which were too long to rehearse.
Pidgeons, as well the Cocke as the Henne, although they are all very venereous, * 1.3 yet they know no adultery, yea and the Henne will beare with the frowardnesse of the Cocke, neither will she ever leave him, but reconciling him unto her by her officious diligence, bring him to his wonted dalliance and kisses, neither is the love of either of them lesse towards their young.
There is the like mutuallbond of love betweene Turtles, for if one of them die, the surviver never solicites Hymen more, neither will he ever chuse other seate than * 1.4 a dry withered bough.
The pietie of Storkes.
The fidelity of Dogg••.
Doves free from adultery
Turtles never couple twise.