{ 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_.
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.
[Ex degeneribus.] De degeneribus, & ex horum diverso genere mixtis,
quòd nullam insignem veri generis qualitatem formamque referant, non
est quod velim plura scribere, sed ut inutiles ablegare, nisi quòd
vel advenas latratu excipiant, etiam luce, & eorum adventus
domesticos commonefaciant,
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,
[Admonitor.] unde canes admonitores appellamus:
wherevpon we call them admonishing Dogges, because in that point
they performe theyr office.
Of the Dogge called Turnespete in Latine _Veruuersator_.
vel quòd in officio culinario, cum assandum est, inserviant, & rota
minore gradiendo, verua circumagant, pondereque suo æquabiliter
versent, ut ne calo aut lixa quidem artificiosius;
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 diligently looke to their
businesse, that no drudge nor skullion can doe the feate more
cunningly.
[Versator.] quos hinc canes versatores, seu veruversatores nostrum
vulgus nominat: postremos omnium generum, quæ primo memoravimus.
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_.
[Tympanista.] Sunt etiam canes nostri degeneres & ad tympanum
saltare, & ad lyræ modos se movere docti, multaque alia erecti
pronique facere, quæ à vagis quæstuosisque heris exequi didicerunt.
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_.
[Lyciscus.] Lyciscum nullum istic in Anglia habemus nativum, ut ne
lupum quidem ut est ante comprehensum, nec aliud genus ullum præter
Lacænam & Urcanum:
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 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_.
[Lacæna.] illam ex cane & vulpe (quam multam habet Anglia, & domi
inter canes vel animi vel morbi causa sæpè alit)
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.
[Urcanus.] hunc ex urso & cane catenario; quos licet inimicos,
pruriens tamen libido sæpè ita hic conjungit, ut alibi solet.
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?
Nam cum tigride Hircanos, cum leone Arcadicos, cum lupo Gallicos
commiscuisse legimus. In hominibus quoque quibus ratio est, inimicos
animos conciliat stulta illa res & naturalis, ut Moria loquitur.
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.
Est hic urcanus, sæva bestia, & intractabilis iræ (ut Gratii poetæ
verbis utar) cæteros canes nostros omnes feroci crudelitate
superans, vel aspectus torvitate terribilis, in pugna acris &
vehemens, tantaque mordacitate, ut citius discerpas quàm dissolvas;
nec lupum nec taurum, ursum aut leonem reformidat: vel cum cane illo
Alexandri Indico certe conferendus. Sed de his hactenus ut de
Britannicis verba fecimus.
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 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.
[Externi canes.] Externos aliquos & eos majusculos, Islandicos dico
& Littuanicos, usus dudum recepit: quibus toto corpore hirtis, ob
promissum longumque pilum, nec vultus est, nec figura corporis.
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.
[Externa prælata.] Multis tamen quòd peregrini sunt, & grati sunt,
& in Melitæorum locum assumpti sunt: usque adeo deditum est humanum
genus etiam sine ratione novitatibus. #erômen allotriôn, parorômen
sungeneis#, miramur aliena, nostra non diligimus.
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.
Neque hoc in canibus solum, sed in artificibus quoque usu venit.
Nostros enim licet doctos & peritos fastidimus, belluam è longinqua
barbarie alienoque solo profectam tanquam asinum Cumani, aut hominem
Thalem, nostri suspiciunt.
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.
Id quod Hippocrates sub initio libri sui #peri agmôn# recte sua ætate
observavit, & nos libello nostro seu consilio de Ephemera Britannica
ad populum Britannicum copiosius explicuimus.
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.
Atque in hoc genere quo quisque indoctior, audacior, incogitantior,
hoc pluris fit apud nostros, atque etiam apud torquatos istos
principes atque proceres. Cæterum de externis canibus nihil dico,
quòd de Britannicis tantum voto tuo satisfacere studeo, Conrade vir
doctissime.
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.
[Canis Getulus.] Inter ea tamen quæ aliàs ad te dedi, de cane Getulo
seorsum scripsi, quòd rara species ejus videbatur. De cætero genere,
ipse plenissimè scribis. Verum cum longius jam produximus hunc
libellum quàm priorem ad te, brevius tamen quam pro natura rei, quòd
habuimus rationem studiorum tuorum, memoriæ causa quæ de canibus
Britannicis diximus, in diagramma reducemus.
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.
Et quia vulgaribus nominibus delectaris, ut ex literis tuis didici,
ea quoque Latinis apponemus, & singulorum rationes exponemus, quo
nihil tibi sit incognitum aut desideratum.
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.