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 776
Of the Seps or Sepedon. 761 be no more harmfuIJ then the Conger or Lamprey; yet for fimilitude with other Serpents, I couldnot chufe but expreffe the fame in this place? There be alfointheSweWdtfOceanor Baltbicl^ fea, Serpents of thirty or forty foot in lengthywhofe pi&ureis thus defenbed, as… … The fame Author alfoexpreffethlikewife the figure of another Serpent, of a hundred and twen-ty foot long, appearing noW and then upon the coafts of Nirway, very dangerous and hurtfull tothe Sea-men in calms and ftiU weather, for they lift up themfelves above the hatches, and fudden-ly catch a man n…
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