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“But the cruellest is the Unicorne, a Monster that belloweth horriblie, bodyed like a Horse, footed like an Eliphant, tayled like a Swyne, and headed like a Stagge. His horne sticketh out of the midds of hys forehead, of a wonderful brightness about foure foote long, so sharp, that whatsoever he pusheth at, he striketh it through easily. He is never caught alive; kylled he may be, but taken he cannot bee.

-- from The Excellent and Pleasant Worke of Julius Solinus Polyhistor, translated by Arthur Golding, 1587”
― Arthur Golding