The workes of that famous chirurgion Ambrose Parey translated out of Latin and compared with the French. by Tho: Johnson. Whereunto are added three tractates our of Adrianus Spigelius of the veines, arteries, & nerves, with large figures. Also a table of the bookes and chapters.

Of the Sympathy and Antipathy of Living Creatures amongst themselves.

HAving briefly described the understanding of brute Beasts, it seems not impertinent to set down some things more worthy of knowledg, happening unto them by reason of Sympathy and Antipathy; that is, mutual agreement and disagreement, which happens not only to them living, but also dead, by a certain hidden property, through occasion whereof some desire, other shun, and others prosecute one another even to death. In testimony whereof; The Lyon the King of Beasts excelling all other in courage and magnanimity, fears the Cock, for he is not only terrified by his presence; but also by his crowing being absent. So an Elephant fears an Hog; but he is so afraid of Mice and Rats, that he will not touch the meat that is given him, if he smell that it hath been defiled with such creatures. There is deadly hatred between the Elephant and Rhinocerot; yet when the Elephant is furious and angry, he becomes quiet and calm at the sight of a Ram. A Horse is so afraid of a Camel, that he cannot endure his sight. The Dog hates the Wolf, the Hart flies the Dog. The Snake flies from and fears a naked man, and follows him be∣ing clothed. There is deadly hatred between the Aspis and Ichneumon: for he when he hath rowled himself in the clay, dries himself in the Sun, and so being covered over (by doing thus di∣vers t••mes) as it were with shells, or armour, he enters into combat, stretching out his tail, and pre∣senting his back, until he get opportunity to choak his adversary, by leaping and fastening on her jaws, by which stratagem he also kils the Crocodile. The green Lizard is a capital enemy to the Ser∣pent, but most friendly to man, as Erasmus witnesseth by many Histories concerning that matter, in his Dialogue of Sympathy and Antipathy. There is a great deal of hatred between a Man and a

Wolf, which is most manifest by this, that if the Wolves first see a Man, his voice is taken away, and his intended cry hindered. If the Weasel intend to set upon the Aspis that most venemous Serpent, she arms her self by eating Rue, as a most certain Antidote. The Ape fears the Torpedo, as Erasmus manifests by a pleasant History in the forementioned Dialogue; where also he preti∣ly shews the deadly hatred between the Serpent called Areus and the Toad. The like hate is be∣tween the Owl and Crows, so that the Owl dares not go out, fly abroad, or seek her food unless by night. The Water or River-Fowl are afraid of the Falcon, that if they but hear her bels, they had rather be killed with staves and stones, than take wing to flie into the air. So the Lark yields her self to be taken by a man, lest she fall into the Talons of the Hobby. The Castril, or Merlin, is naturally a terror to Hauks, so that they both shun his voice and presence.

The Kites are all at perpetual enmity with the Crows, wherefore the Crow always gets away the Kites provision. All kind of Pullen fear the Fox. The chicken fears neither a Horse, nor an Ele∣phant; but, scarse hatched, it presently runs away at the voyce or sight of a Kite, and hides it self un∣der the hens wings. The Lamb and Kid flie from the Wolf when they first see him, neither doth death give an end to that hatred, but it supervives their funeral. An Experiment whereof (they say) is, that if one Drum be headed with Wolves skins & another with Sheeps, and beaten up together, you shall scarce hear the sound of the Drum covered with sheep skins. And besides, if you string one Harp with strings made of Sheeps-guts, and another with strings of Wolves-guts, you cannot bring it to pass, by any art, to make them agree and go in one tune. It is reported from the expe∣riments of many men, that if a Wolves head be hanged upon high in the place where Sheep are, that they will not touch the grass how good and fresh soever it be, nor rest quiet in any place, but tumultuoussy run up and down, until all such kind of terror be taken away. The hate be∣twixt Mice and Weasels appears by this, that if you mix never so little of the brains of a Weasel in the rennet, with which you crudle your Cheese, the Mice will never gnaw or touch that Cheese. The Linnet doth so hate the bird Florus, that both their bloods put into one vessel cannot be mix∣ed together. A Wolves head hung up in a Dove-house, drives away Poll-Cats and Weasels. The Panther and Hyaena burn with so great hatred, that if both their skins be laid one against the o∣ther, the Panthers will shed the hair, the hairs of the Hyena remaining entire and not moved; which thing, they say, happens to the feathers of other Birds, if any one chance to tye them up in a bundle with the Eagles. Let these suffice for some few examples of many, of the Antipathy a∣mongst Beasts. But of the Sympathy and consent of Beasts amongst themselves, I think needless to write any thing, being it is sufficiently known to all, that one Jay associates another, and the cruel Bears agree amongst themselves; and beasts of same species do wonderfully consent one with another.

Notes

• The Lion fears a Cock.
• A Horse fears a Camel.
• What foul fear the Falcon.
• The enmity between the Kites and Crows. The discord between the Lamb and Wolf, is not ended by death.
• How to make Cheese that Mice will not not gnaw.