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The Historie of Foure - Footed Beastes is a voluminous folio work describing " the true and liuely figure of euery Beast " and ... The epistle " To the Learned Readers " contains a " Catalogue of the Authors which haue wrote of Beasts ...
The Historie of Foure - Footed Beastes is a voluminous folio work describing " the true and liuely figure of euery Beast " and ... The epistle " To the Learned Readers " contains a " Catalogue of the Authors which haue wrote of Beasts ...
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ridiculous and unprofitable Beast . . . made for laughter " and " capable of all humaine actions , " a great imitator ... 30 31 Topsell likewise reviews the traditional lore concerning many other four - footed beasts- lion , 31 tiger ...
ridiculous and unprofitable Beast . . . made for laughter " and " capable of all humaine actions , " a great imitator ... 30 31 Topsell likewise reviews the traditional lore concerning many other four - footed beasts- lion , 31 tiger ...
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The Historie of Foure - Footed Beastes , p . 489. A marginal note accompanying the discussion of the lynx is as follows : " A story of a Linxe by D [ r ] . [ John ] Cay , taken in England by the sight of this beast in the Tower .
The Historie of Foure - Footed Beastes , p . 489. A marginal note accompanying the discussion of the lynx is as follows : " A story of a Linxe by D [ r ] . [ John ] Cay , taken in England by the sight of this beast in the Tower .
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