Joh. Amos Commenii Orbis sensualium pictus, hoc est, Omnium fundamentalium in mundo rerum, & in vita actionum, pictura & nomenclatura Joh. Amos Commenius's Visible world, or, A picture and nomenclature of all the chief things that are in the world, and of mens employments therein / a work newly written by the author in Latine and High-Dutch ... ; & translated into English by Charles Hoole ... for the use of young Latine-scholars.

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Joh. Amos Commenii Orbis sensualium pictus, hoc est, Omnium fundamentalium in mundo rerum, & in vita actionum, pictura & nomenclatura Joh. Amos Commenius's Visible world, or, A picture and nomenclature of all the chief things that are in the world, and of mens employments therein / a work newly written by the author in Latine and High-Dutch ... ; & translated into English by Charles Hoole ... for the use of young Latine-scholars.
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Comenius, Johann Amos, 1592-1670.
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London :: Printed for J. Kirton ...,
1659.
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Latin language -- Readers.
Natural history -- Juvenile literature.
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XXX. (Book 30)

[illustration]
30

Ferae Bestiae.

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Bestiae habent acutos Ungues & dentes, suntque carnivorae.

Ut, Leo, 1. Rex Qnadrupedum, jubatus, cum Leaenâ;

Maculosus Pardus (Panthera) 2.

Tygris 3. immanissima omnium;

Villosus Ʋrsus 4.

Rapax Lupus 5.

Lynx 6. visu pollens.

Caudata Vulpes 7. omnium astutissima.

Erinaceus 8. est aculeatus.

Melis 9. latebris gaudet.

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Wilde Beasts.

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Wilde Beasts have sharp paws, and teeth, and are flesh-eaters.

As the Lyon 1. the king of four-footed beasts, having a main, with the Lioness;

The spotted Panther 2.

The Tygre 3. the cruellest of all;

The shaggy Bear 4.

The ravenous Wolf 5.

The quick fighted Ounce 6.

The tayled Fox 7. the craftiest of all.

The Hedge-hog 8. is prickly.

The Badger 9. delighteth in holes.

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