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 746
nts, which of their color are called Grunling^nd I take themto be the fame which Hefycbiut called Saurite, and flmy by a kinde c^excellency.Snakes, of whomwe fhall fpeak afterwards, for I have no more to lay of them at this prefent, but that they are veryvenomous. And it may be that of thefe came… … THis Serpent hathfuch a name given unto it, as the effeft of his biting worketh in thebodies of men,for it is called in Latine, H*monbom,to fignifie unto us the male, and Rtmorrhoisto fignifie the female, both of them being derived from the Greek word Aima , which figuifiethblood, and Km, which…
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