The historie of foure-footed beastes Describing the true and liuely figure of euery beast, with a discourse of their seuerall names, conditions, kindes, vertues (both naturall and medicinall) countries of their breed, their loue and hate to mankinde, and the wonderfull worke of God in their creation, preseruation, and destruction. Necessary for all diuines and students, because the story of euery beast is amplified with narrations out of Scriptures, fathers, phylosophers, physitians, and poets: wherein are declared diuers hyerogliphicks, emblems, epigrams, and other good histories, collected out of all the volumes of Conradus Gesner, and all other writers to this present day. By Edward Topsell.

Of the Tumbler.

Among hounds the Tumbler called in Latine Vertagus, which commeth of this word Tumbler, flowing first from the French fountaine. For as we say Tumble, so they Tum∣bier, reseruing our sence and signification, which the Latinnists comprehend vnder this word Vertere. So that we see thus much, that Tumbler commeth of Tumbier, the Vowell, I, changed into the Liquid, L, after the maner of our speech. Contrary to the French & [ 10] the Italian tongue. In which two languages. A Liquid before a Vowell for the most part is turned into another Vowell. As, may be perceiued in the example of these two words Im∣plere & plano, for Impiere & panio, L, before, E, changed into I, and L, before A, turned into I, also. This I thought conuenient for a tast.

After such as serue for hunting, orderly do follow such as serue for hawking and fow∣ling, Among which the principall and cheefest is the Spaniell, called in Latine Hispanio∣lus, borrowing his name of Hispania, wherein we Englishmen not pronouncing the A∣spiration H, nor the Vowell I, for quicknes and readinesse of speech say roundly a Spag∣nell.