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qui par illec sont ilz neschaperoient jamais de la
se par la voie ou ilz vont ilz ne semoient myroirs
de voire. Car les tigres sont de telle nature que
quant ilz voient leur samblanche ilz cuident que
che soient leurs faons. Lors vont tant alentour du
myroir quilz rompent la glace si que plus ny voient
riens. Et par che moien eschappent les veneurs qui
la sont. Si est aucune foiz advenu de ches tigres
que elles pensent tant a leurs figures remyrer et
en sont telles foiz tant emprises que de legier seroi
ent prises toutes vives. Ancores y ra daultres be
stes que len appelle castoires si ont telle nature en
elles que quant lun les chasse pour prendre ilz
coppent a leurs dens leurs genitors et les laissent
cheoir a terre et ainsi se chastrent eulx meismes
car ilz scevent que ilz ne sont chassiez pour aultre
chose. Aussi y naist une petite beste comme une
souriz. elle a une petite bouche et est nommee
musqualiet. Celle part sont les arbres secs qui
parlerent a Alexandre le puissant roy. Une
aultre beste ya que len appelle salemandre qui

these hunters never escape from there
unless they scatter mirrors on the ground
where they are running. For the tigers are of such a nature that
when they see their own image they protect it
as if it were their offspring. When they are surrounded
by mirrors they break the glass, and as a result they
cannot see anything. By this means the hunters escape.
Sometimes it happens that the tigers are so entranced with
looking at themselves that they are easily
captured alive. And there are other beasts
there that are called castors [beavers], which are of such a nature
that when they are hunted, in order to escape they
bite off their own genitals and let them fall to the ground,
castrating themselves because they know
that they have not been hunted for any other purpose.
Another small beast is born there that is like
a mouse. It has a small mouth and is called a
musqualiet. In this place there are dry trees
that spoke to Alexander, the powerful king.
There is also another beast that is called a salamander, which

qui par illec sont ilz neschaperoient jamais de la
se par la voie ou ilz vont ilz ne semoient myroirs
de voire. Car les tigres sont de telle nature que
quant ilz voient leur samblanche ilz cuident que
che soient leurs faons. Lors vont tant alentour du
myroir quilz rompent la glace si que plus ny voient
riens. Et par che moien eschappent les veneurs qui
la sont. Si est aucune foiz advenu de ches tigres
que elles pensent tant a leurs figures remyrer et
en sont telles foiz tant emprises que de legier seroi
ent prises toutes vives. Ancores y ra daultres be
stes que len appelle castoires si ont telle nature en
elles que quant lun les chasse pour prendre ilz
coppent a leurs dens leurs genitors et les laissent
cheoir a terre et ainsi se chastrent eulx meismes
car ilz scevent que ilz ne sont chassiez pour aultre
chose. Aussi y naist une petite beste comme une
souriz. elle a une petite bouche et est nommee
musqualiet. Celle part sont les arbres secs qui
parlerent a Alexandre le puissant roy. Une
aultre beste ya que len appelle salemandre qui

these hunters never escape from there
unless they throw mirrors on the ground
where they are running. For the tigers are of such a nature that
when they see their own image they protect it
as if it were their offspring. When they are surrounded
by mirrors they break the glass, and as a result they
cannot see anything. By this means the hunters escape.
Sometimes it happens that the lions are so entranced with
looking at themselves that they are easily
captured alive. And there are other beasts
there that are called castors, which are of such a nature
that when they are hunted, in order to escape they
bite off their own genitals and leave them on the ground,
castrating themselves because they know
that they have not been hunted for any other purpose.
Another small beast is born there that is like
a mouse. It has a small mouth and is called a
musqualiet. In this place there are dry trees
that spoke to Alexander, the powerful king.
There is also another beast that is called a salamander, which