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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second, being the five last, chapters of the book of Job being the substance of fifty-two lectures or meditations / by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. and S. Simmons, 1666
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AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-eighth, T… › Chapter 39 › Verse 9-12
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First, That he is a mortal enemy to the Elephant,1 whom he assaults fiercely; and having sharpened, or as it were whetted his horn at a ragged rock, that his weapon may be fit for the bloody battle, he wounds him under the belly, where he knows the Elephant is most in danger, that being his softest part.
First, That he is a mortal enemy to the Elephant,1 whom he assaults fiercely; and having sharpen'd, or as it were whetted his horn at a ragged rock, that his weapon may be fit for the bloody battle, he wounds him under the belly, where he knows the Elephant is most in danger, that being his softest part.
- 1Cornu ad saxa limato, praeparat e pugnae. Plin. l. 8. c. 20.
Secondly, Some to carry the sense of the word Unicorn to this other creature, say, the Rhinoceros hath but one horn;1 whereas others affirm confidently, that the Rhinoceros hath two horns, one upon his Nose, and another upon his Brow, though not so big as that other. One of the old Poets speaking of the Roman sports, describes a Rhinoceros thus, He tossed the bear that was brought before him with his double horn. Sanctius (in his Comment upon this verse) saith he saw a Rhinoceros which was brought into Spain, in whom he observed all things answering the description given of him by the Ancients.
Secondly, Some to carry the sense of the word Vnicorn to this other creature, say, the Rhinoceros hath but one horn;1 whereas others affirm confidently, that the Rhinoceros hath two horns, one upon his Nose, and another upon his Brow, though not so big as that other. One of the old Poets speaking of the Roman sports, describes a Rhinoceros thus, He tossed the bear that was brought before him with his double horn. Sanctius (in his Comment upon this verse) saith he saw a Rhinoceros which was brought into Spain, in whom he observed all things answering the description given of him by the Ancients.