The Christian disputations, by Master Peter Viret. Divided into three parts, dialogue wiseThe Christian disputations, by Master Peter Viret. Deuided into three partes, dialogue wise

For y• may very well sometime happen unto man, which we have proved in some beasts, namely in the Dormouse, which have been ¹found so fast of sleep in the Winter, that it is not possible to awake them: As it hath ben many times proved in some of them, who although they were cut a sunder in the middle did not wag nor stir until such time as they are put into hot seething water. And to that end and purpose many ²Historiographers and namely Pliny maketh mention of one Attilius Aviola, & Lucius Lamia, that after that their bodies were cast upon the wood for to be burned after the custom of the ancient Romans, did stand right up when they felt the heat of the fire, and there tarried still. For none could succour & help them because y• fire was kindled about them, but were burned all alive.

For y• may very well sometime happen vnto man, which we haue proued in some beastes, namely in the Dormouse, which haue bene ¹found so fast of sléepe in the Winter, that it is not possible to awake them: As it hath ben many times proued in some of them, who although they were cut a sunder in the middle did not wag nor stur vntill such time as they are put into hot sething water. And to that ende and pourpose many ²Historiographers and namely Pliny maketh mention of one Attilius Auiola, & Lucius Lamia, that after that their bodies were cast vpon the woode for to be burned after the custome of the auncient Romaines, did stand right vp when they felt the heate of the fire, and there taried stil. For none could succour & helpe them bicause y• fire was kindled about them, but were burned all aliue.

1. 1The Dormouse.
2. 2Pliny. Nat hist. li. 7. cap. 52. Val. Max. li. 1. cap. 8 A. Aviola L. Lama.