pt from one of the earliest editions of the abridgment
of our statutes:--'nul home pringe les oves dascu[n]
_faucon_, _goshawke_, _lan_, ou swan hors de le nyst sur
peyn de inprison p[our] vn an et vn iour et de faire fyn all
volunte le roy et que nul home puis le fest de paque
p[ro]chyn auenpart ascun _hawke_ de le brode dengl' appell
vne _nyesse_, _goshawke_, _lan_, ou _laneret_ sur sa mayn,
sur peyn de forfaiture son _hawke_, et que null enchasse
ascun hawke hors de c[ou]uerte sur peyne de forfaiture x li.
lun moyte al roy et lauter a celuy que voet sur.' Anno xi.
H. vij. ca. xvij. _Abbreviamentum Statutorum_; printed by
Pynson, 1499, 8vo., fol. lxxvij.]

There are other tastes of an equally strange, but more sombre,
character. DION will possess every work which has any connexion,
intimate or remote, with _Latimer_ and _Swedenborg_;[461] while
ANTIGONUS is resolved upon securing every lucubration of _Withers_ or
_Warburton_; whether grave or gay, lively or severe.

[Footnote 461: As I could not consistently give EMANUEL
SWEDENBORG a niche among the bibliomaniacal heroes noticed
towards the conclusion of Part V. of this work, I have
reserved, for the present place, a few extracts of the
titles of his works, from a catalogue of the same, published
in 1785; which I strenuously advise the curious to get
possession of--and for two reasons: first, if he be a
_Swedenborgian_, his happiness will be nearly complete, and
he will thank me for having pointed out such a source of
comfort to him: secondly, if he be _not_ a disciple of the
same master, he may be amused by meditating upon the strange
whims and fancies which possess certain individuals, and
which have sufficient attractions yet to make proselytes and
converts!! Written March 10, A.D. 1811. Now for the
extracts. '_A Catalogue of the printed and unprinted Works_
of the HON. EMANUEL SWEDENBORG, in chronological order. To
which are added some observations, recommending the perusal
of his Theological Writings. Together with a compendious
view of the Faith of a new Heaven and a new Church, in its
Universal and Particular Forms. London, printed by Robert
Hindmarsh, No. 32, Clerkenwell Close, MDCCLXXXV. Those
marked thus (*) are translated into English.'

NO. 18. _Regnum Animale_, or the Animal Kingdom