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serpent_n and_o the_o caspian_o be_v so_o annoy_v by_o serpent_n which_o come_v swym_v in_o the_o flood_n that_o man_n can_v sail_v that_o way_n but_o in_o the_o wintertime_n for_o from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o spring_n or_o equinoctial_a they_o seem_v for_o their_o number_n to_o approach_v faven_a like_a troop_n and_o army_n there_o be_v also_o certain_a land_n call_v ophiusae_fw-la insulae_fw-la name_v after_o aelianus_n ophis_n a_o serpent_n for_o the_o multitude_n breed_v therein_o and_o there_o be_v serpent_n in_o candy_n ephesus_n and_o all_o hot_a country_n for_o this_o privilege_n have_v god_n in_o nature_n give_v to_o the_o cold_a country_n that_o they_o be_v less_o annoy_v with_o serpent_n and_o their_o serpent_n also_o less_o nocent_a and_o hurtful_a and_o therefore_o the_o serpent_n of_o europe_n be_v few_o in_o number_n lesser_a in_o quantity_n pierius_n and_o more_o resistable_a for_o their_o weakness_n and_o strength_n there_o be_v a_o people_n in_o campania_n call_v 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reason_n whereof_o they_o can_v receive_v no_o poison_n from_o they_o the_o poison_n of_o asp_n say_v moses_n deut._n 32._o be_v crudele_fw-la venenum_fw-la a_o cruel_a poison_n and_o job._n 20._o cap._n express_v the_o wicked_a man_n delight_n in_o evil_a say_v that_o he_o shall_v suck_v the_o poison_n of_o asp_n for_o which_o cause_n as_o we_o have_v show_v already_o the_o harm_n of_o this_o be_v not_o easy_o cure_v we_o read_v that_o canopus_n the_o master_n of_o menelaus_n ship_n to_o be_v bite_v to_o death_n by_o a_o toxtor_n asp_n at_o canopus_n in_o egypt_n so_o also_o be_v demetrius_n phalareus_n a_o scholar_n of_o theophrastus_n &_o keeper_n of_o the_o famous_a library_n of_o ptolomaeus_n soter_n cleopatra_z likewise_o to_o avoid_v the_o triumph_n that_o augustus_n will_v have_v make_v of_o she_o suffer_v herself_o willing_o to_o be_v bite_v to_o death_n by_o a_o asp_n whereupon_o properitius_n write_v thus_o brachia_n spect_v avi_fw-la sacris_fw-la admorsa_fw-la colubris_fw-la et_fw-la trachere_n occultum_fw-la membra_fw-la soporis_fw-la iter_fw-la in_o english_a thus_o thus_o i_o have_v see_v those_o wound_a arm_n with_o sacred_a snake_n bite_v deep_o and_o member_n draw_v their_o poison_a harm_n tread_v the_o way_n of_o death_n sound_a sleep_n we_o read_v also_o of_o certain_a mountebank_n and_o cunning_a juggler_n in_o italy_n call_v circulatores_fw-la to_o perish_v by_o their_o own_o device_n through_o the_o eat_n of_o serpent_n and_o asp_n which_o aelianus_n they_o carry_v about_o in_o box_n as_o tame_v use_v they_o for_o ostentation_n to_o get_v money_n or_o to_o sell_v away_o their_o antidote_n when_o pompeius_fw-la rufus_n be_v the_o great_a master_n of_o the_o temple-work_n at_o rome_n there_o be_v a_o certain_a circulator_n or_o quacksalver_n to_o show_v his_o great_a cunning_n in_o the_o presence_n of_o many_o other_o of_o his_o own_o trade_n which_o set_v to_o his_o arm_n a_o asp_n present_o he_o suck_v out_o the_o poison_n out_o 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yet_o galen_n write_v to_o piso_n affirm_v otherwise_o of_o the_o wound_n of_o cleopatra_n but_o because_o drowsiness_n and_o sleep_n follow_v that_o poison_n i_o rather_o believe_v the_o former_a opinion_n and_o therefore_o lucan_n call_v the_o asp_n somnifera_n that_o be_v a_o sleepe-bringing_a serpent_n and_o pictorius_n also_o subscribe_v hereunto_o aspidis_fw-la et_fw-la morsu_fw-la laesum_fw-la dormire_fw-la fatentur_fw-la in_o mortem_fw-la antidotum_fw-la nec_fw-la valuisse_fw-la ferunt_fw-la which_o may_v be_v english_v thus_o he_o that_o by_o rage_n of_o asp_n tooth_n be_v bite_v or_o be_v wound_v they_o say_v do_v sleep_n until_o his_o death_n cureless_a he_o be_v confound_v the_o prick_v of_o the_o asp_n tooth_n be_v in_o appearance_n not_o much_o great_a than_o the_o pricking_n of_o a_o needle_n without_o all_o swell_a and_o very_o little_a blood_n issue_v forth_o and_o that_o be_v black_a in_o colour_n straight_o way_n the_o eye_n grow_v dark_a &_o heavy_a and_o a_o manifold_a pain_n arise_v all_o over_o the_o body_n yet_o such_o as_o be_v mix_v with_o some_o sense_n of_o pleasure_n which_o cause_v nicander_n to_o cry_v out_o perimitque_fw-la virum_fw-la absque_fw-la dolore_fw-la it_o kill_v a_o man_n without_o pain_n his_o colour_n be_v all_o change_v &_o appear_v greenish_a like_o grass_n his_o face_n or_o forehead_n be_v bend_v continual_o frown_v and_o his_o eye_n or_o eyelidde_n move_v up_o and_o down_o in_o drowsiness_n without_o sense_n according_a to_o these_o verse_n follow_v nec_fw-la tamen_fw-la ulla_fw-la vides_fw-la impressi_fw-la ulnera_fw-la morsus_fw-la nec_fw-la dignus_fw-la fatu_fw-la tumour_n ictum_fw-la corpus_fw-la adurit_fw-la sed_fw-la qui_fw-la laesus_fw-la homo_fw-la est_fw-la citra_fw-la omnem_fw-la fata_fw-la dolorem_fw-la claudit_fw-la &_o ignano_n moriens_fw-la torpore_fw-la fatiscit_fw-la which_o i_o translate_v thus_o wound_n of_o impress_a tooth_n none_o can_v thou_o see_v nor_o tumour_n worth_a the_o name_n smite_a 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