The history of four-footed beasts and serpents. (1658)
Topsell, Edward, 1572-1625?, Gessner, Conrad, 1516-1565, Moffett, Thomas, 1553-1604, Rowland, John, M.D · London, Printed by E. Cotes, for G. Sawbridge [etc.] · leaf 1022
his *%?kw j Aetms cals rim i the0Latines call it Venator ; it makes a weak wound and without pain, but yet a little venomous:it is found amongft the Spiders webs, where (like hunters) it catcheth Flies, Bees, Horfe-flies,Oxe-flies,andWafpsalfo, and(unlefs you will not credit Lonkerns^) Hornets too,… … fion ; and there are bred three eminences about the mouth. There is another Phalangium whichNkander cals Aetizs p** i ^£/»W*^» (from the likenefs of it to the Itone of a blackGrape) it is round, and black, and fhinine, and globe-like, the feet are extreme more* as if theywere imperfe£,but it moves…
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