Germany, France and Switzerland, but also extending to the British Isles, North and South America, Scandinavia, Russia and other areas) and often improbable casts (e.g. the Cow, two Heifers, three sheep, and two Sows" on trial in one 1662 case) will have many contemporary readers filling in the numerous factual gaps with narrative scenarios that are equal parts Breughel and Gary Larson.