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 751
of Chrijiendome, do direftly go forward without Humbling in thofe vile courfes,and odious cry-ing fins, for which God hath fet up the Tu\s againft former ages, and therefore we have no caufe tohope that ever this rod fhallbe caft into the fire, untill the chaftifement of Gods children haveprocured… … To turn again to the ftory of theHydra,I havealfo heard,that in Venice in the Dukes treafury, a-niong the rare Monuments of that City,there is preferved a Serpent with ftven heads, which if it betrue, it is the more probable that there is a Hydra, and then the Poets were not altogether…
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