. Natural history in Shakespeare's time; being extracts illustrative of the subject as he knew it. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Natural history. PANTHER.] NATURAL HISTORY. 231 eyes. And this beast whelpeth but once, and the cause thereof is openly known :—for when the whelps wax strong in the mother's womb, they hate the mother, and rend her womb with claws, and therefore the mother letteth pass and whelpeth them. The Panther hateth the dragon, and the dragon fleeth him. And when he hath eaten enough at full, he hideth him in his den, and sleepeth continually nigh three days, and riseth af
. Natural history in Shakespeare's time; being extracts illustrative of the subject as he knew it. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Natural history. PANTHER.] NATURAL HISTORY. 231 eyes. And this beast whelpeth but once, and the cause thereof is openly known :—for when the whelps wax strong in the mother's womb, they hate the mother, and rend her womb with claws, and therefore the mother letteth pass and whelpeth them. The Panther hateth the dragon, and the dragon fleeth him. And when he hath eaten enough at full, he hideth him in his den, and sleepeth continually nigh three days, and riseth after three days and crieth, and out of his mouth cometh right good air and savour, and is passing measure sweet ; and for the sweetness all beasts follow him ; and only the dragon is afeard when he heareth. his voice, and fleeth into a den, and may not suffer the smell thereof, and faileth in himself, and loseth his comfort, for he weeneth that his smell is very venom. And all four-footed beasts have liking to behold the diverse colours of the Panthers and tigers, but they be afeard of the horribleness of their heads; and therefore they hide their heads, and toll [, draw] the beasts to them with fairness of that other deal of the body, and take them when they come so tolled, and eat them. And though he be a right cruel beast, yet he is not unkind to them that help and succour him in any wise. Bartholomew (Bertheki), bk. xviii. § Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Seager, H. W. (Herbert West), b. 1848. London, E. Stock
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