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 731
not feen : howbeit, ibraethink that this filthy favour doth not proceed from any fume or fmoak coming out of their bodies,but rather from their motion, according to the opinion of Macer in thefe following verfes. Seu terga exf irant fpumantia VirusSeu terra fumatqua teter labitur AnguU.Which may be… … Of the Dryine. It is faid that thefe Dryines do live in the bottom or roots of Oaks, where they make their nefts,for which caufe they be called funiculi, as if they were derived from an Oak, which caufed theCountrcy people to call it VendrogaiUa) which fignifieth the male and female in this kinde:…
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