Canes effugere cum iam non possit fiber (Graeci loquaces quem dixerunt castorem et indiderunt bestiae nomen dei, illi qui iactant sc verborum copia), abripere morsu fertur testiculos sibi, quia propter illos sentiat sese peti.
When the beaver finds himself unable to escape from the dogs they say that he bites off and casts aside his own testicles, because he is aware that it is on their account that he is pursued. (The Greeks, who have words for everything and take pride in their extensive vocabulary, call this animal castor, thereby giving it the name of a god.)
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