An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…

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.

1. 1Namque gravem gemino cornu sic extulit ursum, Jactat ut impositas taurus in astra pilas. Mart in suo Amphitheatro Epigram. 22.

What the shape or form of the Unicorn is, as ordinarily painted and set up with the Lion, as a supporter of the Royal Arms, and as a sign at many common mens doors, every one knows. Some Historians speaking of the Unico n, paint him out thus in their books and writing•. Pliny in his eig••• Book, at the one and twentieth Chapter saith,¹