ABSTRACT
Stob£U4 in his wicked difcourfe or difpraife of W o m e n affirmeth, that the curft , i ha rp , f m a r t ,
curious, dainty, clamorous,implacable and wanton-rowling-eyed Women ,were derived f rom D o g s : and Hefiode t o amend the mat ter fai th, when Jupiter had fafhioned Man out of the ear th , he commanded Mercury t o infufe into him a Canine minde, a n d a clamorous inclination: but the P roverb of Solomon Chap . 3 o. concludeth the excellency of a D o g faying, There be three things which go pleafantly, and the fourth ordereth his pace aright: The Lion which is the ftrongefi among beaft, and fearetb
Munflcrus. not the ft^bt of any bod): a hunting Dog ftrong in his kins, 4 Goat, anda King againft whom there is no rifmgup: by all which is deciphered a good K i n g ; for the Lion rifeth not againft beafts,except he be p rovoked ; the D o g rifeth not againft his friends, but wilde beafts ; and the He-goat goeth be - fore his flock like a guide and keeper.
