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

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 the Monoc••ote or Unicorn (whom he there calls a most fierce savage beast) is in the general make or bulk of his body like a Horse, and in the shape of his head like a Hart or Stag, that in the fashion of his feet he is much like an Elephant, his tail resembling the tail of a Boar, that he hath a black horn in the midst of his fore-head two cub is in length, which say others, is not smooth, but wreathed, and somewhat ragged, and at the very top or point exceeding sharp. ²He is of so fierce a nature, that he will not be taken alive, as the same Author affi ms from hear-say.

What the shape or form of the Vnicorn 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 the Monoc••ote or Unicorn (whom he there calls a most fierce savage beast) is in the general make or bulk of his body like a Horse, and in the shape of his head like a Hart or Stag, that in the fashion of his feet he is much like an Elephant, his tail resembling the tail of a Boar, that he hath a black horn in the midst of his fore-head two cub is in length, which say others, is not smooth, but wreathed, and somewhat ragged, and at the very top or point exceeding sharp. ²He is of so fierce a nature, that he will not be taken alive, as the same Autho affi ms from hear-say.