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 898
abanus->but making not fo great a noife, or buzzing • he carries before him a very hard, ftifre, and wellcompacted fling, with which he ftrikes through the Oxe his hide; he is in fafhion like a greatFly, and forces the beafts for fear of him only to ftand up to the belly in water, or elfe to…
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