{ The shepherds dogge
{ The Mastiue or Bandogge,
which hath sundry names diriued frõ sundry circ[um]stances as
{ The keeper or watch man
{ The butchers dogge
{ The messinger or carrier
{ The Mooner
{ The water drawer
{ The Tinckers curr
{ The fencer,
called in Latine _Canes Rustici_.
(34) The fifth Section of this
_treatise_.
Containing Curres of the mungrell and rascall sort and
first of the Dogge called in Latine, _Admonitor_,
and of vs in Englishe VVappe
or VVarner.
Of such dogges as keepe not their kinde, of such as are mingled out of
sundry sortes not imitating the conditions of some one certaine spice,
because they res[em]ble no notable shape, nor exercise any worthy
property of the true perfect and gentle kind, it is not necessarye that
I write any more of them, but to banishe them as vnprofitable
implements, out of the boundes of my Booke, vnprofitable I say for any
vse that is commendable, except to intertaine stra[un]gers with their
barcking in the day time, giuyng warnyng to them of the house, that such
& such be newly come, wherevpon we call them admonishing Dogges, because
in that point they performe theyr office.
Of the Dogge called Turnespete in Latine _Veruuersator_.
There is comprehended, vnder the curres of the coursest kinde, a
certaine dogge in kytchen seruice excellent. For wh[en] any meate is to
bee roasted they go into a wheele which they turning rounde about with
the waight of their bodies, so (35) diligently looke to their businesse,
that no drudge nor skullion can doe the feate more cunningly. Whom the
popular sort herevpon call Turnespets, being the last of all those which
wee haue first mencioned.
Of the Dogge called the Daunser, in Latine _Saltator_ or _Tympanista_.
There be also dogges among vs of a mungrell kind which are taught and
exercised to daunce in measure at the musicall sounde of an instrument,
as, at the iust stroke of the drombe, at the sweete accent of the
Cyterne, & tuned strings of the harmonious Harpe showing many pretty
trickes by the gesture of their bodies. As to stand bolte upright, to
lye flat vpon the grounde, to turne rounde as a ringe holding their
tailes in their teeth, to begge for theyr meate, and sundry such
properties, which they learne of theyr vagabundicall masters, whose
instrumentes they are to gather gaine, withall in Citie, Country, Towne,
and Village. As some which carry olde apes on their shoulders in
coloured iackets to moue men to laughter for a litle lucre.
Of other Dogges, a short conclusion, wonderfully ingendred within the
coastes of this country.
Three sortes of them,
{ The first bred of a bytch and a wolfe, } In Latine _Lyciscus_.
{ The second of a bytche and a foxe, } In Latine _Lacæna_.
{ The third of a beare and a bandogge, } In Latine _Vrcanus_.
Of the first we haue none naturally bred within the borders of England.
The reason is for the want of wolfes, without whom no such kinde of
Dogge can bee ingendred. Againe (36) it is deliuered vnto thee in this
discourse, how and by what meanes, by whose benefite, and within what
circuite of tyme, this country was cleerely discharged of rauenyng
wolfes, and none at all left, no, not to the least number, or the
beginnyng of a number, which is an _Vnari_.
Of the second sort we are not vtterly voyde of some, because this our
Englishe soyle is not free from foxes (for in deede we are not without a
multitude of them in so much as diuerse keepe, foster, and feede them in
their houses among their houndes and dogges, eyther for some maladie of
mind, or for some sicknesse of body,) which peraduenture the savour of
that subtill beast would eyther mitigate or expell.
The thirde kinde which is bred of a Beare and a Bandogge we want not
heare in England, (A straunge & wonderfull effect, that cruell enimyes
should enter into y^e worke of copulation & bring forth so sauage a
curre.) Undoubtedly it is euen so as we haue reported, for the fyery
heate of theyr fleshe, or rather the pricking thorne, or most of all,
the tyckling lust of lechery, beareth such swinge and sway in them, that
there is no contrairietie for the time, but of constraint they must
ioyne to ingender. And why should not this bee consonant to truth? why
shoulde not these beastes breede in this lande, as well as in other
forreigne nations? For wee reede that Tigers and dogges in _Hircania_,
that Lyons and Dogges in _Arcadia_, and that wolfes and dogges in
_Francia_, couple and procreate. In men and women also lyghtened with
the lantarne of reason (but vtterly voide of vertue) that foolishe,
frantique, and fleshely action, (yet naturally sealed in vs) worketh so
effectuously, y^t many tymes it doth reconcile enimyes, set foes at
freendship, vnanimitie, & atonement, as _Moria_ mencioneth. The _Vrcane_
which is bred of a beare and a dogge,
Is fearce, is fell, is stoute and stronge,
And byteth sore to fleshe and bone,
His furious force indureth longe
In rage he will be rul'de of none.
That I may vse the wordes of the Poet _Gratius_, This (37) dogge
exceedeth all other in cruell conditions, his leering and fleering
lookes, his stearne and sauage vissage, maketh him in sight feareful and
terrible, he is violent in fighting, & wheresoeuer he setteth his
tenterhooke teeth, he taketh such sure & fast hold that a man may sooner
teare and rende him in sunder, then lose him and seperate his chappes.
He passeth not for the Wolfe, the Beare, the Lyon, nor the Bull, and may
wortherly (as I thinke) be companiõ with _Alexanders_ dogge which came
out of _India_. But of these, thus much, and thus farre may seeme
sufficient.
A starte to outlandishe Dogges in this conclusion, not impertinent to
the Authors purpose.
Vse and custome hath intertained other dogges of an outlandishe kinde,
but a fewe and the same beyng of a pretty bygnesse, I meane Iseland,
dogges curled & rough al ouer, which by reason of the lenght of their
heare make showe neither of face nor of body. And yet these curres,
forsoothe, because they are so straunge are greatly set by, esteemed,
taken vp, and made of many times in the roome of the Spaniell gentle
or comforter. The natures of men is so moued, nay rather marryed to
nouelties without all reason, wyt, iudgement or perseueraunce. #Erômen
allotriôn, parorômen sungeneis#.
Outlandishe toyes we take with delight,
Things of our owne nation we haue in despight.
Which fault remaineth not in vs concerning dogges only, but for
artificers also. And why? it is to manyfest that wee disdayne and
contempne our owne workmen, be they neuer so skilfull, be they neuer so
cunning, be they neuer so excellent. A beggerly beast brought out of
barbarous borders, frõ the vttermost countryes Northward, &c., we stare
at, we gase at, we muse, we maruaile at, like an asse of _Cumanum_, like
Thales with the brasen shancks, like the man in the Moone.
(38) The which default _Hippocrates_ marcked when he was alyue, as
euidently appeareth in the beginnyng of his booke #peri agmôn#, so
intituled and named:
And we in our worcke entituled _De Ephemera Britanica_, to the people of
England haue more plentifully expressed. In this kinde looke which is
most blockishe, and yet most waspishe, the same is most esteemed, and
not amonge Citizens onely and iolly gentlemen, but among lustie Lordes
also, and noble men, and daintie courtier ruffling in their ryotous
ragges. Further I am not to wade in the foorde of this discourse,
because it was my purpose to satisfie your expectation with a short
treatise (most learned _Conrade_) not wearysome for me to wryte, nor
tedious for you to peruse. Among other things which you haue receaued at
my handes heretofore, I remember that I wrote a seuerall description of
the Getulian Dogge, because there are but a fewe of them and therefore
very seldome scene. As touching Dogges of other kyndes you your selfe
haue taken earnest paine, in writing of them both lyuely, learnedly and
largely. But because wee haue drawne this libell more at length then the
former which I sent you (and yet briefer than the nature of the thing
myght well beare) regardyng your more earnest and necessary studdies. I
will conclude makyng a rehearsall notwithstanding (for memoryes sake) of
certaine specialties contayned in the whole body of this my breuiary.
And because you participate principall pleasure in the knowledge of the
common and vsuall names of Dogges (as I gather by the course of your
letters) I suppose it not amysse to deliuer vnto you a shorte table
contayning as well the Latine as the Englishe names, and to render a
reason of euery particular appellation, to th'intent that no scruple may
remaine in this point, but that euery thing may bee sifted to the bare
bottome.
A Diall pertaining to the
_fifte Section_.