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feri morsu. Nunquam inter [A: ita] mansueti, ut non sint magis ra\pidi.
Inter symias habentur et spinges, villose in armis\ ac dociles ad
feritatis oblivionem.\ De Satiris\ Sunt et quos vocant\ satiros
facie admodum\ grata, gesticulatis motibus\ inquiete. Callitrices
toto\ pene aspectu, a ceteris diffe\runt. In facie barba est lata\
cauda. Hos capere non est ardu\um. Sed proferre rarum. Neque vivunt
in altero quam in Ethio [excised, A: Ethiopico hoc est suo celo].\
De cervis\ Cervi dicti, apo ton\ ceraton, id est, a corni\bus,
cerata enim grece\ cornua dicuntur. Hii serpen\tium inimici, cum
se\ gravatos infirmita\te persenserint, spiritu na\rium eos extrahunt\
de cavernis et superata\ pernicie veneni eorum\ papulo reparantur.\
Ditampnum herbam\ [excised, A: ipsam prodiderunt eo nam pasci exc]utiunt
acceptas sa\gittas. Mirantur autem sibilum fistularum, rectis auribus\
accute audiunt, submissis nichil. Cervi eciam hanc\ naturam habent,
quod pro amore alterius patrie mutant pascua\ sua, et sese vicarie
sustentant, si quando immensa flumina\ |
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bite fiercely. They are never so tame, that their ferocity does
not increase. Sphynxes are also included among apes. They have shaggy
hair on their arms and are easily taught to forget their wild nature.
Of satyrs There are also apes that men call satyrs. They
have quite attractive faces, and are restless, making pantomimed
gestures. The apes called callitrices differ from the others
in almost every aspect of their appearance. They have bearded faces
and broad tails. It is not difficult to catch them but they rarely
survive in captivity. They do not live elsewhere than under the
Ethiopian sky, that is their native sky. Of deer The word
cervi (deer) comes from ceraton, 'horns', for horns are called cerata
in Greek. Deer are the enemies of snakes; when they feel weighed
down with weakness, they draw snakes from their holes with the breath
of their noses and, overcoming the fatal nature of their venom,
eat them and are restored. They have shown the value of the herb
dittany, for after feeding on it, they shake out the arrows which
have lodged in them. Deer are the enemies of snakes; when they feel
weighed down with weakness, they draw snakes from their holes with
the breath of their noses and, overcoming the fatal nature of their
venom, eat them and are restored. They have revealed the secret
of the herb dittany, for after feeding on it, they shake out the
arrows which have lodged in them. Deer marvel at the sound of the
pipes; their hearing is keen when their ears are pricked but they
hear nothing when their ears are lowered. Deer have this characteristic
also, that they change their feeding-ground for love of another
country, and in doing so, they support each other. When they cross
great rivers
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