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 944
oynts>fome fewer and longer, fome there are that ling, others are filent? as the SeriphU: fome do noharm at all to tillage, fo that children may take them up in their hands without hurt: otherson the contrary are the peft and deftrudion of all that up growes through a whole Coun- And as there… … without wings. Of the winged, fomeare more common and ordinary, fomemore rare ; of the common fort, wehave feen fix kindes all green, and theleffer of many colours. The firft of the bigger, hath as it were a grafs cowle or hood which covers thehead, neck, and almoft half the body:the wings come…
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