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9 from Comenius’ Orbis Pictus (The Visible World)

Wild Beasts have
sharp paws, and teeth,
and are flesh eaters.
Bestiæ habent
acutos ungues, & dentes,
suntque carnivoræ
As the Lyon,
the King of four-footed Beasts,
having a mane;
with the Lioness.
Ut Leo,
Rex quadrupedum,
jubatus;
cum Leænâ.
The spotted Panther, Maculosus, Pardo
(Panthera)
The Tyger,
the cruellest of all.
Tygris,
immanissima omnium.
The Shaggy Bear, Villosus Ursus,
The ravenous Wolf, Rapax Lupus,
The quick sighted Ounce, Lynx, visu pollens,
The tayled fox,
the craftiest of all.
Caudata Vulpes,
astutissima omnium.
The Hedge-hog,
is prickly.
Erinaceus,
est aculeatus.
The Badger,
delighteth in holes.
Melis,
gaudet latebris.

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