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 741
fides, the belly exceeding all other parts of the body, (landing out in fuch manner, that be-ing fmitten with a ftaffe, it yeeldeth a found as it were from a vault or hollow place. The head isbroad and thick, and the colour thereof on the neather part about the neck is white, that is, fome-what… … Of the Toad. called Apoqnon. The whole afped of this Toad is ugly and unpleafant. Some Authors affirm thatit carryeth the heart in the neck) and therefore it cannot eafily be killed, except the throat thereofbe cut in the middle. Their liver is very vitious, and caufeth the whole body to be of ill…
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