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Ortus Sanitatis, tractatus de animalibus, Ca. cxxvj.[]
Latin original[]
English translation (Laurence Andrew, 1491)[]
Monocheron yt is a unicorne, for it hath but one horne standinge in his forehede & it is so sharp yt what so euer it touchet wt his horn it tereth it a sonder or rõneth it thrugh & it is a beste wt iiij. fete feringe nothere yron nor stele & it feghteth oftentymes agaynst ye oliphant & thursteth hym in ye beli wt his sharpe horne & so ouercõmeth hym.
Ortus Sanitatis, tractatus de animalibus, Ca. clv.[]
Latin original[]
English translation (Laurence Andrew, 1491)[]
The Unycorne is a stronge beste and can nat lightely be taken be no meaners/ but yet some say yt they yt hũte him set maydẽs in the place that they hunt in & in the rhasinge whan it seeth the mayde to her it rõneth and layeth the hede in the maydens lappe forgetinge all yt chase & than come the hunters and take her withouten dred for she slepis in the maydens lappe for ioye of her virginite. And whan it wakeneth and fyndeth himselfe taken of the hunters than dyeth this beste for uery greate pride and the horne of htis beste is four fote longe and is uery costely & is a preseruacyon for many maner of poysons.
Ortus Sanitatis, tractatus de piscibus, Ca. lxij.[]
Latin original[]
Monoceron est monstrum marinum, habens in fronte cornu maximum, quo naues obuias penetrare possit ac destruere et hominum multitudinum perdere.
English translation (Laurence Andrew, 1491)[]
Monocheron is a monster wt a long horne in his hede wherwith he dothe great harme to suche shippes as he meteth.
Analysis[]
The author of the book is kind enough to cite Liber de natura rerum as its source.