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Keywords: Curious creatures in zoology (15382511878).jpg 3 i8 CURIOUS CREATURES <br> by the Graecian Basiliscos and by the Latine Regnlns <br> because he seemeth to be the King of Serpents not <br> for his magnitude or greatnesse For there are many <br> Serpents bigger than he as there be many foure-footed <br> Beastes bigger than the Lyon but because of his stately <br> pace and magnanimious mind for hee creepeth not on <br> the earth like other Serpents but goeth halfe upright <br> for which occasion all other Serpentes avoyde his sight <br> And it seemeth nature hath ordayned him for that pur- <br> pose ; for besides the strength of his poyson which is <br> uncurablc he hath a certain combe or Corronet uppon <br> his head as shall be shewed in due place <br> Pliny thus describes The Serpents called Basilisks <br> There is the same power also in the serpent called the <br> Alluding to the Catoblepon see ante p 85 and its power of killing <br> animals and human beings with its eye This power does not seem confined <br> to animals for Sir John Mandeville says An other yle there is northward <br> where there are many evill and fell women and they have precious stones in <br> their eies and they have such kinde y l if they behold any man with wrath they <br> slcy them of the beholding as the Basalisk docth 23575073 76213 32031 Page 318 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/23575073 1890 10 5962/bhl title 32031 Ashton John NameFound Serpentes NameConfirmed Serpentes EOLID 2815988 NameBankID 2549786 Biodiversity Heritage Library Curious creatures in zoology; with 130 illus throughout the text Sea Serpents Monsters Are Real Animals University of California Libraries archive org bhl page 23575073 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/23575073 bhlMonstersRreal Halloween sea serpent university of california libraries archive org bhlmonstersrreal Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-10-19 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/15382511878 2015-08-25 20 56 54 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 sea serpent Curious creatures in zoology Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script
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