Sed atrocissimum est monoceros, monstrum mugitu horrido, equino corpore, elephanti pedibus, cauda suilla, capite cervino. Cornu e media fronte ejus protenditur, splendore mirifico, ad longitudinem pedum quatuor, ita acutum, ut quidquid impetat, facile ictu ejus perforetur. Vivus non venit in hominum potestatem: et interimi quidem potest, capi non potest.

But the cruellest of all is the monoceros, a monster which roars horridly, has the body of a horse, the feet of an elephant, the tail of a pig, and the head of a deer. A horn of wonderful lustre sticks out of its forehead, to a length of four feet. It is so sharp that whatever it attacks is easily pierced by its blows. It does not come alive into the power of men. It may, indeed, be killed, but not captured.