quin etiam gallum, noctem explaudentibus alis auroram clara consuetum voce vocare, noenu queunt rabidi contra constare leones inque tueri: ita continuo meminere fugai, nimirum quia sunt gallorum in corpore quaedam semina, quae cum sunt oculis inmissa leonum, pupillas interfodiunt acremque dolorem praebent, ut nequeant contra durare feroces; cum tamen haec nostras acies nil laedere possint, aut quia non penetrant aut quod penetrantibus illis exitus ex oculis liber datur, in remorando laedere ne possint ex ulla lumina parte.
Why, even the cock, clapping out the night with his wings, who is accustomed to summon the dawn with clear voice, is one before whom ravening lions dare not stand fast or stare: so surely do they think at once of flight, no doubt because there are certain seeds in the cocks body, which, when they are sped into the eyes of a lion, dig holes in the pupils and cause stinging pain, so that they cannot endure against it for all their courage; and yet these cannot hurt our sight at all, either because they do not penetrate, or because when they do penetrate they find a free exit from the eyes, that they may not in lingering hurt the eyes in any part.
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