The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Caspar Barlaeus (1584 - 1648)
Caspar Barlaeus was a Dutch poet, historian, and philosopher. Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_Barlaeus References in Documents:
the Natives of
ARMADILLO; as Names common to the several
species. And by Latin
Authors, Echinus Brasiliensis. This
once belonged to the
of this Species in
Those Creatures which are cover'd with Feathers, Scales,
or
Shell, saith e) e)
Anim. lib. 1.
c. 11Auricula or outward
Ear. So that he never saw this
Animal; nor many others
now known, and some which he ventures
to describe;
as appears by those general Assertions, whereof
he is too
often guilty.
He gathers himself up, Head, Feet and Tail, within his
Shell,
as round as a ball: as
(f)
f)
8. 3
when he sleeps. Unless
he be ty'd, he will dig out his
way under the very walls of a
house. (g) g)
Septal
ture to dig himself Buries, as the Coney doth; which
he
doth with very great celerity. (h)h)
For the tenderness, whiteness and delicacy of his Flesh,
he is
reserved for Feasts; (i) i)
de Rebus
Bras. p. 222a)
a)
Piso
being powder'd and given in a draught of the Decoction
of Sage in the quantity of ʒj, provoketh sweat; and are
a singular remedy against the Lues
Venerea, saith
(b)
b)
out of Franc.
Ximines.
poses,
whether it cureth that Disease, or no.
kind. There are many of them in a)
Chin. Illustr
sesa)
mentions a Water-Bat, which the Natives of
Guacucua. (b) b)
sil
Bat, that as Men lie asleep with their Legs naked, will suck
their blood at a Wound so gently made, as not to awake
them: whereby they are oftentimes in danger of bleeding
to
death. (c) c)
Hist. N
c)
same length with that of a Mans, but thicker and
stronger; and nothing near so much bended. The Fish
to which it belonged, was taken near
ther with the Descriptions of several
Species. See also
a)
a)
c. 12
That in
Ypupiapra.
The Natives of Muscle-shells for Spoons and
Knives. (a) a)
de rebus
gestis in
BrasiliaThe ashes of Muscle-shells, saith are of a
Caustick-nature. As if it were peculiar to this shell.
Whereas
the shells of all sorts of Shell-Fish, being burnt, obtain the
like. Most of
them, being so order'd, and powder'd, make
excellent good Dentifrices.