Questions

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A62368	Vixerit aeternae tantum se pasta lucernae Flammula, an invisae larva sit illa rei?
A50576	It had no long and slender Neck like those Animals?
A46303	And why may not this be the Bark the Jesuits Powder was made of, that was so Famous not long since in England, for Agues?
A46231	But to what purpose?
A46231	If when half dead, and bloodlesse, hee bred such a terrour in the beholders, how dreadfull, think wee, was hee when loose?
A46231	Seed begets milk- nourshes; whereto serves this?
A46231	Swine eat all things, plants, fruits, roots, acorns, chestnuts, dates, grane, bran, what not?
A46231	What is it then?
A46231	What shall I say of their Dung?
A46231	the Gazella?
A40406	& c. Hast thou given the Horse strength, hast thou cloathed his neck with Thunder?
A40406	23. saying, Can the Leopard change his spots?
A40406	4. enquireth into the reason why a Panther of all other Creatures should smell the sweetest?
A40406	9. he concludes; he lay dew ● as a Lyon, and as a great Lyon, who shall stir him up?
A40406	9. seems to hint to us, saying, Will the Unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy Crib?
A40406	Can the Unicorn be tamed, or canst thou bind him?
A40406	Canst thou make him afraid as a Grass- hopper?
A40406	He was like that flatterer who applauded one for asking this Question; Which was the greatest Fool?
A40406	Will the Unicorn serve thee?
A40406	and how many cheats doth he put upon men dayly, but chiefly those that think themselves most secure?
A40406	how easily doth he deceive Witches and Inchanters?
A40406	with what subtilty did he tempt Christ himself?
A13821	Alma Venus quaenam hac facies quid denotat illa Testudo, molli quam pede diuapremis?
A13821	And he answered much greater, at which words she beganne to swell more, And asked him againe if the beast were so bigge?
A13821	And how base were those minded Graecians, which worshipped the Serpent for a God?
A13821	And therefore Cicero writeth most excellently, saying; Egyptiorum morem quis ignoret?
A13821	And when he had returned, he asked his ghest if hee did not heare the immoderate hyssing of the Serpents?
A13821	But let it be as it is, how doth he know that this euill doth more belong to the Turkes then to the Christians?
A13821	But then you wil say how comes it to passe that in mens stomacks there are sound frogs& toades?
A13821	But to what end( you will say) serueth their sting, against whose poyson Pliny knew no remedie?
A13821	But what is the cause of this hostilitie betwixt Harts and serpents?
A13821	But what should this poyson be?
A13821	But why proceeding from the mouth?
A13821	Cur Diuae comes hoc animal?
A13821	For shall we be so blind and flatter our selues so far, as not to acknowledge our sinnes, but to lay all the tokens of Iudgement vpon our aduersaries?
A13821	For what are the fiery- byting- Serpents, but sinnes arising out of the mortality of flesh?
A13821	Hath any Chaldaean Starre- gazer, or figure- flinger, by the sight and position of the starres shewed it vnto them?
A13821	How great sayd she?
A13821	Lucan writeth; Quid prodest miseri Basiliscus cuspide Mauri Transactus?
A13821	Maior dimidio: Num tanto?
A13821	Num tandem, se inflans, sic magnafuisset?
A13821	Or that there were no man in nature so wise as Serpents, or so innocent as Doues?
A13821	Or that wee be euer armed to defend our selues, as the Serpent is with poyson, neuer vnfurnished, and yet be without hart and courage, as is a Doue?
A13821	Sed quis erit nobis lucri pudor?
A13821	Shall I be scrupulous to say that, which my Lord did not disdaine to doe?
A13821	Shall not that be spoken which was to be done?
A13821	That is to say, Who is ignorant of the custome of the Egyptians?
A13821	That is to say; What shall I call?
A13821	Then the Foxe asked the man if this were the serpents case, from which he had deliuered him?
A13821	To what vse therefore serue they in hiues?
A13821	Topsell, Edward, 1572- 1625?
A13821	Topsell, Edward, 1572- 1625?
A13821	Was hee not life?
A13821	Was not Christ life?
A13821	What doth that Torteyse signifie in deede?
A13821	What is softer then a Caterpiller?
A13821	What is that same Serpent lifted vp?
A13821	What say you to this?
A13821	What should I say?
A13821	What should I talke of the white spots of the eyes, a most dangerous griefe?
A13821	Which may be englished thus; How can the Hare, the Serpent, and the Lyon bold, Both sleepe, and see together at one time?
A13821	Which may be englished thus; Loues holy God, what meanes that vgly face?
A13821	Which thou ô Goddesse vnder soft foote dooest pace, Declare what meanes the same to me with speede?
A13821	Who hath manifested and made knowne this vnto them?
A13821	and more Then other beasts more meeke, who neuer fades?
A13821	and then did swell, Greater by halfe, said he: then she swoll more, and said Thus bigge?
A13821	is it for meate, or for medicine and cure?
A13821	or how this Monster rightly name?
A13821	so bigge?
A13821	who will deny them( I say) either imagination, fantasie, iudgement, memorie, and some certaine glimse of reason?
A42668	& c. First, the Buyer saith, shall I buy these Sheep for thus much money?
A42668	& quis non audierit patres nostros dicere ignavum& sumptuosum esse, qui succidiam in carnario suspendit potius ab laniario quam ex domestico sundo?
A42668	& succumlactis ab are petis?
A42668	4. c. 27. yet what is there more slender than the opinion of them?
A42668	A Cybeles nunquio venerat ille jugis?
A42668	Again, what huge courage of the minde is there in so small a body?
A42668	Alma Venus, quaenam haec facies?
A42668	Also what shall I say?
A42668	Amongst the Spanish Pilots, how many tall Mariners there were?
A42668	An magis Hereulo Germanice misit ab astro Hanc tibi vel frater, vel pater ipse feram?
A42668	An quod ei natura sala 〈 … 〉,& multa libido est?
A42668	And John Baptist, Quis ves docuit ab ira ventura fugere?
A42668	And Livy to Gladiolus, Are they Fleas, Wood- lice, or Lice?
A42668	And certainly if there were not something of God in it, and of divine vertue, how could we finde so great force in so little and almost no body?
A42668	And he answered much greater, at which words she began to swel more, and asked him again if the Beast were so big?
A42668	And how base were those minded Grecians, which worshipped the Serpent for a God?
A42668	And if Animals and Plants be transmuted, why should that be denied to Metals?
A42668	And that of Theocritus is very like it: Doth he live on dew like a Grashopper?
A42668	And the writer of the Glosse upon the Prophet Amos, upon these words of the Prophet, Nunquid rugiet Leo in saliu, nisi habuerit praedam?
A42668	And therefore Cicero writeth most excellently, saying; Aegyptiorum morem quis ignoret?
A42668	And unless they had been bred there,( as I said before) how should they be able to live in such an extremity of flame?
A42668	And what King is not invited to clemency, and dehorted from tyranny, seeing the King of Bees hath a sting, but never useth the same?
A42668	And what use can we make of the invisible part of that Sacrament, where we know not the meaning of the visible?
A42668	And when any by chance comes to his lot, how vigilant is he and intent after his game?
A42668	And when he had returned, he asked his guess if he did not hear the immoderate hissing of the Serpents?
A42668	And why should not this be consonant to truth?
A42668	And why?
A42668	Anguibus exuitur tenui cum pelle vetustas: Cur uos angusta conditione sumus?
A42668	Are not these to be taken for those Wall- lice, which the Dutch call Knolsters and Qualsters?
A42668	Aristotle maketh the question, Whether in the sphere of the fire( which is next to the Moon) there be generated any living creatures?
A42668	Art thou troubled with pains in thy ears?
A42668	But I beseech those who believe nothing but what they see, to tell me, Have any one of the ancients found fault with this History, or confuted it?
A42668	But good God, what and how great justice is seen amongst Spiders?
A42668	But how I pray you, came Pliny to be assured that Fire- flies have four feet?
A42668	But how often hath the bloud run forth of the body most miserably by a fresh wound?
A42668	But how strongly do those infirm creatures demonstrate the great power of God?
A42668	But if they be not bred from them, whence have they matter that they breed of?
A42668	But in their ordinary work what labour and diligence do they use?
A42668	But let it be as it is, how doth he know that this evil doth more belong to the Turks then to the Christians?
A42668	But let it suffice, I began with a small pitcher, why should the wheel run till it fill an Amphora?
A42668	But some 〈 ◊ 〉 follow may say, what hath a 〈 ◊ 〉 to be compared with 〈 ◊ 〉 Commander in an Army?
A42668	But then you will say, how comes it to passe that in mens stomachs there are found Frogs and Toads?
A42668	But to what end( you will say) serveth their sting, against whose poyson Pliny knew no remedy?
A42668	But to what purpose is( will you say) that sting, against whose poyson and venome Pliny himself ● ● ew no remedy?
A42668	But what agreement is here with an egge?
A42668	But what hinders but that living creatures may be generated of matter ready for them, or what natural reason contradicteth it?
A42668	But what is the cause of this hostility betwixt Harts and Serpents?
A42668	But what pains do they take in labouring?
A42668	But what should this poyson be?
A42668	But who seeth not how absurd this yeelding is?
A42668	But why proceeding from the mouth?
A42668	But why should Vinegar kill them, a thing which they naturally desire and thirst after?
A42668	Canst thou binde the Unicorn with a halter to thy plough to make furrows, or will he make plain the clots of the Vallies?
A42668	Caprae, post?
A42668	Corpora, si tantum notas odor at ● ulit auras?
A42668	Cui enim ea res non est communis?
A42668	Cur Divae comes hoc animal?
A42668	Did any Chaldean teach them, by the situation and position of the Stars?
A42668	Do we not also daily see that Worms are voided by men that are in health?
A42668	Do you deny it?
A42668	Do you praise valour?
A42668	Do you require Prudence?
A42668	Dost thou look upon the face of that monster Medusa?
A42668	Doth a Feaver burn and scorch thee alive as it were in the Engine of Perillus?
A42668	Ecquid i d est?
A42668	Finally, what Pack- horse more patient?
A42668	Find thred this Silk- worm makes, why doth she labour thus?
A42668	For how commonly are they found in houses sleeping all the Winter like Serpents and Bears, in windowes, in chinks and corners?
A42668	For in these so small Insects and as good as none almost, what reason is there?
A42668	For shall we be so blinde and flatter our selves so far, as not to acknowledge our sins, but to lay all the tokens of judgement upon our adversaries?
A42668	For unless there were moisture in metals, they would not melt; what therefore should hinder nature, but that it may give this a form?
A42668	For what creature labours more chearfully, diets more moderately, or did nature ever produce that is more temperate in venery?
A42668	For what is there, whereunto Swine are not profitable?
A42668	For who first of all is able to describe so many colours in one body?
A42668	Go to, No living creature can produce so many young ones like Gourd- seeds: why not I pray?
A42668	Greater by half, said he: then she swoll more, and said Thus big?
A42668	Have not men by reason of hunger been compelled to feed on Horses, Wolves, Serpents, grasse, and dead bodies in time of narrow sieges?
A42668	Hence the diminutive muscula in Boethius, who thus elegantly cries out, Quid homine imbecillius quem morsus muscularum necat?
A42668	His Hoast replyed; But if there should be an adulterer there, what punishment would they appoint for him?
A42668	How dilgent are they?
A42668	How doth he out- ● ly a Fly of his own name ten times bigger then himself?
A42668	How great said she?
A42668	How highly then ought we to esteem of this History of Gesner and Muffet, which is inferiour to none but that?
A42668	I suppose it was brought thither out of Africk, for how should an Elephants bladder be had in Athens?
A42668	If you respect their houshold government, what is there more frugal, more laborious, or more cleanly to be seen in the whole world?
A42668	In English thus; What can more certain be then sense, Discerning truth from false pretence?
A42668	In mortem parvis concurrere frontibus audent, Vis Caesar damis parcere?
A42668	In the 39. of Job, the Lord speaketh in this manner to Job: Numquid acquiescet Monoc ● ros ut serviat tibi, aut ut moretur juxta praesepi ● tua?
A42668	In the day time they practise pilfering, picking, open robbing, and privie stealing, and what legerdemain lack they?
A42668	Is it because the flowers there growing and receiving the dew are better then in other places, and by that means cause it to be clearer and purer?
A42668	Is it enough for Matthiolus to say so, though he prove nothing?
A42668	Is it for meat, or for medicine and cure?
A42668	Is this the Greeks 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉?
A42668	Julius Scaliger will make answer, to what end should he repeat a thing known before?
A42668	Last of all, when as the Tipulae themselves come of the Ascarides, who can rightly say that Ascarides are the Tipulae?
A42668	Lastly, i ● a horse 〈 ◊ 〉 beautiful in his kindes, and a dog in his, why should not the Beetle be so in its kinde?
A42668	Lucan writeth; Quid prodest miseri Basiliscus cuspide Mauri Transactus?
A42668	Major dimidio: Num tanto?
A42668	Mantis, as I said, shewes travellers their right way; Ophiomachus kils Serpents, all Locusts foreshew the Spring, and what is more acceptable to us?
A42668	Mori scit, vinci nescit; and seeing the little Wren doth fight with an Eagle, contending for Soveraingty?
A42668	Negatis?
A42668	Now were it not a knowledge Divine, why should the holy Scriptures relate it, and divide the kinds?
A42668	Now whereas they are more melancholy and sullen then the Wasp, why should I not with Virgil say that they are produced of the Asse?
A42668	Num tandem, se inflans sic magna fuisset?
A42668	Numquid ligabis Monocerotem fune suo pro salco faciendo, aut complanabit glebas vallium post te?
A42668	O ye Persians, why do you sit here?
A42668	Of what use then are they of in the Hives?
A42668	Oh what a shame, of wicked gain must we then undergo, Which Lybian deaths and Aspish wares have brought into our lands?
A42668	Or do you imagine that they jump over, or convey themselves over in a leap?
A42668	Or else because it contains in it much earth, and so it is drier and thicker?
A42668	Or is it because of the North winds which are most frequent in those parts, which do purge the air?
A42668	Ore exit, tradunt sic quosdam enitier angues, An quia sic Pallas de capite orta Jovis?
A42668	Ornat Romanas an quia pelle nurus?
A42668	Perhaps he beleeved it not; is it therefore false?
A42668	Quasque suo dictet signo nascentibus artes?
A42668	Qui ludus Siculis: quid tum si turpia colla, Aut tenuis dorso curvatur spina?
A42668	Quid ille gannit?
A42668	Quid te frena juvant temeraria?
A42668	Quid vult?
A42668	Sed contra Eutychidem nobis lis: proinde quid hic mi Aut Xerxes facit, aut quid Lacedaemont ● i?
A42668	Sed foeminis quis insitam, Vincant dolis astutiam?
A42668	Sed quis erit nobis lucri pudor?
A42668	Since his death, shall I speak of Kings or Princes?
A42668	So that: — Quid nobis certius ipsis Sensibus esse potest, quo vera ac falsa notemus?
A42668	That is to say, Who is ignorant of the custom of the Egyptians?
A42668	That is to say, will the Unicorn rest and serve thee, or tarry beside thy cratches?
A42668	That is to say; What shall I call?
A42668	The which if it be true, what shall become of that pipe in the belly of them which Scaliger saith doth cause the sound?
A42668	Then the Fox asked the Man if this were the Serpents case, from which he had delivered him?
A42668	They grow fat by sleeping, and therefore Ausonius hath an elegant verse; Dic, cessante cibo, somno quis opimior est?
A42668	Thus they move upwards and downwards, when as in the twinkling of an eye, and while you can say, what''s this?
A42668	To what use therefore serve they in Hives?
A42668	Topsell, Edward, 1572- 1625?
A42668	VVhat so frail as man whom the smallest Fly is able to bite to death?
A42668	Vnde leves animae tanto caluere furore?
A42668	Vnde tuis Lybie tam felix gloria sylvis?
A42668	Were not this a good perswasion against murder, to see all Beasts so to maintain their natures, that they kill not their own kind?
A42668	What Messenger more speedy?
A42668	What Watchman more vigilent?
A42668	What Water- bearer more painful?
A42668	What companion more trusty?
A42668	What do you conclude, Erastus, from thence, that the History is false?
A42668	What doth that Tortoise signifie indeed, Which thou ô God ● desse under soft foot dost pace?
A42668	What flegm is there in the earth?
A42668	What have we then to do?
A42668	What is more soft than the Silk- worm?
A42668	What is softer then a Caterpiller?
A42668	What man is so void of compassion, that hearing the bounty of the Bone- breaker Bird to the young Eagles, will not become more liberal?
A42668	What manner of Beast stronger?
A42668	What now shall we say, where Authors are of so many different opinions?
A42668	What punishment?
A42668	What revenger more constant?
A42668	What say you to this?
A42668	What servant to his Master more loving?
A42668	What shall I say?
A42668	What should I here mention their swift walking, and their equall motion when they goe?
A42668	What should I say?
A42668	What should I speak of the Albugo of the eye, a most hurtfull disease?
A42668	What should I talke of the white spots of the eyes, a most dangerous grief?
A42668	What then remains?
A42668	What then should hinder fire from having the power of generating, so it be in a fit and convenient matter?
A42668	What will you say if in the most effectual and incredible remedies almost,( for Pliny is the Author of it) it hath equal force with 〈 ◊ 〉?
A42668	What would the World now give for that Book of Solomons, which by the negligence of ungrateful men and length of time is utterly lost?
A42668	Where shall you not finde these Spiders that bite without doing hurt?
A42668	Wherefore then should ● ● ve be of ● ended with the Pi 〈 … 〉 rli, who hath so many good properties, for one smal inconvenience?
A42668	Whereupon Martial made this verse; Quis labor in Phiala?
A42668	Which may be Englished thus; How can the Hare, the Serpent, and the Lion bold, Both sleep, and see together at one time?
A42668	Which may be Englished thus; Loves holy God, what means that ugly face?
A42668	Who I say will deny them to have fantasie, memory, and some kinde of reason?
A42668	Who doth not see the courage of the Beetle?
A42668	Who hath manifested and made known this unto them?
A42668	Who is there now,( if age will let him) who will be content with the love of one?
A42668	Who taught them to know this?
A42668	Who them can despise the Beetle, whose very image engraven upon stones hath so great vertue?
A42668	Who would not then utterly abhorre the Diobysian Tyrants in Sicily, Clearchus in Heraclea, Apollodorus the Cassandrian Robber?
A42668	Why are thy eyes now become so bloudy, which even now were as white as light?
A42668	Why doth he translate the Empides Muliones, who are said not to live above a day, and feed only upon honey?
A42668	Why should any man living fall to do evill against his Conscience, or at the temptation of the Devill, seeing a Lion will never yeeld?
A42668	Why wilt thou geld this our young one which nature hath given unto us both by procreation?
A42668	Will the Lion roar except he have a prey?
A42668	Will you give me leave to reckon up the infinite benefits you may receive from them, for this small detriment you accuse them for?
A42668	With what a fiercenesse did they charge the Army of Julian the Apostate?
A42668	Would you allure fish to your hook, and catch them?
A42668	Would you have a Musician?
A42668	Would you hear a Trumpeter?
A42668	Wouldst thou praise Nature, Gods ordinary hand?
A42668	an empty hollow place for a belly which causeth such a thirst after bloud, of mens especially?
A42668	and doth not deliver up himself body and soul to wandring lust?
A42668	and if they were bred of the air, wherefore do they copulate?
A42668	and more Then other beasts more meek, who never fades?
A42668	and what is there more contemptible than a Horsleech?
A42668	and who would blame a man if he drunk in such a cup till he were drunk?
A42668	anne Myronis?
A42668	but their dart wherewith they pierce the skin, how sharp is it?
A42668	docti Myos?
A42668	doth he not excell all other Flies in running?
A42668	doth he not pierce deeper with his snout, and draws out whole vessels of wine?
A42668	for in great bodies the workmanship is easie, the matter being ductile; but in these that are so small and despicable, and almost nothing, what care?
A42668	for where hath he planted so many senses in a Gnat?
A42668	from Whence wouldst thou take thy beginning better than from Insects?
A42668	how civill is their conversation?
A42668	how complementally do they salute one the other?
A42668	how did they make him turn his back, and fall down dead?
A42668	how diligently do they seem as it were to talk together, and to make enquiry?
A42668	how great is the effect of it?
A42668	how unspeakable is the perfection?
A42668	is the Drone altogether unprofitable, good for nothing, idle, without sting, fit for no service, no way helpful to the publick?
A42668	or how this Monster rightly name?
A42668	quid denotat illa Testudo, molli quam pede diva premis?
A42668	quis enim nostrum fundum colit quin sues habet?
A42668	regard the Ant; Do you desire Justice?
A42668	regard the Bee; Do you commend Temperance?
A42668	saith the Comedian, what a miserable thing it is for a man to have had a great estate formerly, and to have nothing now?
A42668	shall we say that female Fern will kill all Worms in the belly?
A42668	so big?
A42668	that to say, O fair Menippus, beloved of beautiful women, art thou a Serpent and dost nourish a Serpent?
A42668	then said Geradas, and where can you finde an adulterer in Lacedemon?
A42668	to write this verse: Quid tibi vis mulier nigris dignissima barris?
A42668	what a force it hath in battel?
A42668	what an heroical magnanimit ●?
A42668	what force?
A42668	what hath a Dog to do in a Bath?
A42668	what inextrieable perfection?
A42668	when as one maid that took physick to kill Worms, as Gabucinus affirms, voided 177 round Worms?
A42668	where hath nature placed so many senses in the Gnat?
A42668	where his sight, where his tâste, where his smelling?
A42668	where is begotten that terrible and great sound which that little body makes?
A42668	where the smelling?
A42668	where( saith Pliny) hath he set the eyes?
A42668	wherefore art thou proud in decking thy self, and takest so much delight in thy own beauty?
A42668	wherefore do they thrust forth little worms and eggs?
A42668	which turneth men into stones; or dost thou look upon some new hatched horrible Dragon, or the whelp of some Lion lately littered?
A42668	who tilleth land, and keepeth not hogs?
A42668	who will deny them( I say) either imagination, fantasie, judgement, memory, and some certain glimpse of reason?
A42668	why dost thou seek after the stars?
A42668	why should not these Beasts breed in this land, as well as in other forein Nations?
A42668	will you lay on them an imputation of fear and ignorance?
A42668	with what curiosity are the wings fastened, and the shanks and legs to the body?
A42668	with what curiosity hath he fastned the wings?
A42668	with what great art hath he extended the small legs?
A42668	〈 … 〉 pus in this manner: O formose,& a formosis expetite mulieribus, ophin thalpeis, cai su ophis?
A42668	〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉, i. c. Why like a Dog- fly dost thou contend with the gods?