before that the real apes differ from the creature called Quoyas-
MorroWj though theçe is in all av fimilitude of' the human, -form)
I cannot fey' fbr certainty/ H iw^yécd I âm apt thitijc utlafrp :
if/a n d not without fome probability. In regard to fize^t leaft,
tjiey remarkabl y- differ ,everv..wher&. «alcordfksk to \opfi fifhermen,
from;the well-known fea:anirnal 'called 'Marmalè^dr Marmæte:
This Oiall be defcribed hereafter, and might feern to -be a dwarf in
this fpecies., ; That mentioned aboyp, in the paffage quoted from
Mr. Angel,, being three fathoms-long, might, in,the,fame manner>;
be called a ;^®nt among the r^ft. j
, Ip the -g^aç d é a ^ ia Mer-man, tk jrty -l^ fe e t longr was taken in
the Adriatic Sea ; according to Henry Seebald’s .BreyiarHi ftor.tfoi
this the laft-mentioned..was^lmt a dwarf. ; See,p. A-frA-arAs-. to their
form, i t ri§ feid that -feme have ' a fkin oyef^their“ head like a
monk’s,hood, which perhaps- fervesftheMfôr*the fame<; pujpofeà/
as dpes .t^e ildiHiyhood, which ta,cgrtain- focyof Sea-calves, jhg-ye
on their heads, which, from thence, are cajled Klap^mutzer, as
has been obferved in the defcription of that creature^ : Glaus t Mag;
nus Ipeaks, in Id b .x x i. cap. i^ o f feveml mhnAer's jnn,,the North
Sea, all which referable the human kind. , with a monk’syhood oni
the head. His words are, \ c Çucullati hominis fornia*” He.gdds,
that if .any of this company be catch’d,. a number of», them le tu p
a howl, put themfelves in violent agitations^ and-oblige the fifher-'
men to let the prifener at liberty. But-Jhis laft .article ,is! a meer
romance, -to, which this*tpj> credulqus^aütho'r ’yyel|, f s
feme other particulars, has given too much credit, without fuffi-
cient grounds. Of this Mer-man- with a hood Rondeletius writes
thus, in Gefner. de Aquatilibus, Lib iv. which! ought not,’to
omit. cc Inter marina monftra eft & illud, quod noftra ætate in
Norvegia captum eft, mari procellofo. Id quotquot - videront
ftatim Monachi nomen impofuerunt. Humana facie elle yideba-
turjTed ijxftica $ tag tefti, capite rafb & læyi. .Humeros conte-
gebat veluti Monachorum noftrorum çuçullus. | Pinnas duas lon-
gas pro brachiis habebat. Pars infima in caudam Ion gam define-
bat. | Media multo erat latior, jfegi militaris figura. Hanc effr-
giem mihidpno dedit illuftriflima Margareta Nayarrae regina, &c,
Ea a viro nobili ëffigjem hanc açceperat, qui fimilem àd Carolum.
V. imperatorem, in Hifpanià tunc agentem, deferebat. Illas re-
ginse afErmavit, fe monftrum hoc in Norvegia captum vidifle, poft
graviffimas tempeftates, undis & fluâribps in • fittus - ejeâum, lo-
çumque defignabat,, die.Zundt juxta oppidum den Ellepoch. Ejufe
dem monftri piàuram mibi oftendit GifWçp^ medicus ex eadem
Norvegia Romam ad le miffem, quæ pi&ura nonnihil a mea differebat.
..y ^ i^ d n k ff^ am .^ iao d
tavern j lut kè^miimhlKor hkberetnr &t
c j» d ife im r:i^ ^ jm an ê rn p a hocfcukariana fbrniam ea mpufo re*-
p f e a b i'x jp ttip te s capitis ranar||h, -quiaVpoft capnt partës erariV-Btfim
refpondentes; mufeulifque ;a£éve-
bafetni,2.qii cticuHi Monathorom j Egurafa tepfadefetant, djuaEs in
! «DttK%dd^8Sciiipv«h^t föücet
^m^rtimfSxk)fex.a^rih'ens^par.feinyfattoËsh^ cncnlli Monachorum
fcrma ap.tiffipa^tefe«©ns, -^f Ad^^Eöjkiiaiiq^iatoisfjfed *ikte!dura.t}*-
g d k ,waÉatói parties? cén^s(MmS puthBimp ^aÈi«iddjóda#n; de Lèöne
iharili»'>dicémos^hf'f
.,;As :tlfly te^aqt!cM&uhds-.Nor\vay wfth;ithë>^aiiMd, and Mak
mq&; wfiidÖ shèr'EAitekj^alh'itheïEilWwf, li-cpnclnds:Rthis 'iöïD^ngé
Fifti hecé /TfpotönnöÉ -É@0havei;Heeh jtiuft <tès ^twith^hhifi’wh^h
Aïild Hwtfddnón ®ita (Siciaf & a d wteèo fppaks; ü£, r He
wayéaught ifï qtefarid; and brought tó Copenhagen, and
there buried-byAis niajéftfs-'ordeKy/fecaufei the ihead mfëmbled
that o f:i ImrnartirfteafcMè/i with taropped faaifc, and ^e^me^iwiijh a
«rórik?s m m ' : T hete ris.', f é h :-a \ daftHlepce; dn i b h r Merr
man ; ©te Mer^niaidh*) krirer'part^ fand.ihé fe l j j
( è n ^ }-,imriM{bsa£'liiiQi2r8\^ g sy ;\7i v ^ fk ^ iik^btiifeteteift^aad
with a flafejaiM dhfidfad tid^-iifhifethidg Idte diktibf^ -thqFörpeffdhj
from Itlhs:.that;print fid a tS a r e^ }r fchich.t ÏÏh óm j SaahtsÊ* gives: bs
in ififli£»iiari:;AaatonM(a*»:-^&M*4 1:L,Ma,ix.- p* M & tpliflfenr ;efe
titely, for the lowsr exfEemity is thece reprefented with -:a, round
protuberance, without’-the leaft: fign; of a* fm,-Or teny; thing/rfekk'
theitail ©£ a -i+felTi. | ;;
T h e aiikomytSsJ^lMitatkiaiid’s haini, whieh’thhfatdiatftciB réf
prefents, k id which he >hhd in: Bis pofTeffion,. together with a A
of this creature, ’ are, Without donhtp the fame.thsU; f)l. Jacbbgsusj
iniha Miajh R e g d p -^ d a k ie s not«»’of, ahtd whete h e dm k ndt
qaeftion the exideRce ofuthis creature, any moNt than the, former
writer. Bart ho line,1 in tins before-meiitioiied; place,. quotes the
teftimonji of feveial ,foreign write!rs, and concludes the futn'ea in
p. I i p ï. with thefe w o r d s <£ Tarata d e Sirenum forma apud anti-j
qu©sSEecentiocefqu®;«fefferèntia eft, ut mirtwn non' fit, pro'
. for-ikin/
ïng it in that manner. Afatotofms P^mus. fcé¥xx»:^ PW-AA ar^lfe, 0 nfo,
paeftl:iK !tes lacemfital- hlbiyocktto a JfestilhOiigh^’tiefti in mstttorftilteak. ' In Ac
Gqnera(X^ajpn^of Yj^gas *gl TSwo,-^ J5Ö.-4. p. ^iif fereature
yeeanVAEatAe Cau«t h thnCkhb: oï Gooè- Hfep«. ■ It1«- figuïea M s ^»'^êtaomSkèn^ -'ite^iïlir-fnirai - wJÜ* idiBr^fe Üifi-
nrencfji'sn^^qiiif^i^i^^ Bg® I w* : .