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 996
at hand; he wraps himfelf in a courfe web, andbeing fhut up in a red and green coverJie dieth in Winter. He hathbut ten feet, as all the reft that went before had. We call them yellowifh, that are moft part yellow: fuch thefeTellowifi figures prefent you with, which is kept, wherefoever they are… … Vimla is next in order; which is a moft delicate Catterpiller, and beautiful beyond belief, we VinttU*have found it on the Willow feeding greedily, the lips and mouth of it are a pale yellow, the eyesarc fiery, the forehead is purple, the feet and the lower body green, the tail is forked,…
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