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breed_v etc._n etc._n the_o viper_n have_v a_o body_n long_o and_o slender_a like_o a_o eel_n or_o snake_n a_o broad_a head_n with_o red_z flame_a eye_n as_o for_o his_o tooth_n they_o be_v enclose_v as_o it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d little_a bladder_n in_o which_o he_o carry_v his_o poison_n from_o thence_o infuse_v it_o into_o the_o wound_n 〈◊〉_d he_o have_v bite_v pliny_n lib._n 10._o ch_n 62._o write_v that_o when_o the_o viper_n engender_v â—he_n male_a put_v his_o head_n into_o the_o female_n mouth_n which_o â—he_v be_v overcome_v with_o the_o pleasure_n of_o copulation_n bit_v off_o affirm_v moreover_o that_o their_o young_a use_n to_o gnaw_v themselves_o out_o of_o their_o dam_n belly_n which_o put_v a_o end_n both_o to_o male_n and_o female_n the_o one_o â—n_v time_n of_o conception_n the_o other_o in_o time_n of_o birth_n and_o be_v therefore_o call_v viper_n a_o vi_o pa_n riendo_fw-la nevertheless_o aristotle_n hist._n animal_n lib._n â—_o cap._n ultim_a â—aith_o that_o the_o viper_n 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neopâ—olâ—mus_n now_o hermione_n the_o wife_n of_o this_o prince_n be_v enrage_v with_o jealousy_n against_o andromache_n determine_v to_o kill_v she_o whereupon_o menelaus_n father_n of_o hermione_n cause_v she_o with_o her_o son_n astyaâ—ax_n to_o be_v drag_v to_o execution_n and_o this_o be_v the_o result_n of_o the_o plot._n as_o for_o euripides_n he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o one_o mnesarchus_n and_o clito_n and_o have_v not_o as_o some_o have_v report_v a_o seller_n of_o herb_n for_o his_o mother_n suidas_n vindicate_v he_o from_o the_o disparagement_n of_o so_o mean_v a_o descent_n assert_v that_o he_o be_v of_o noble_a birth_n as_o philochorus_n well_o demonstrate_v he_o be_v bear_v on_o that_o very_a day_n wherein_o xerxes_n be_v defeat_v by_o the_o athenian_n he_o flourish_v in_o the_o time_n of_o archelaus_n king_n of_o macedon_n by_o who_o he_o be_v high_o esteem_v he_o be_v at_o first_o a_o painter_n but_o afterward_o become_v most_o eminent_a in_o write_v tragedy_n for_o 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