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which eat thereof. The lion's breath stinketh, and is 

 right infectious and contagious, and infecteth other things, 

 and his biting is deadly and venomous, and namely when 

 he is wood. For the lion waxeth wood, as the hound 

 doth. Bartholomew (Berthelet\ bk. xviii. 66. 



STRANGE it is that a Lioness, by showing her hinder 

 parts to the male, should make him run away. 



Purcbas' "Pilgrims," p. 557 (ed. 1616). 



Lizard. 



Venom toads, or lizards' dreadful stings. 



iii. KING HENRY VI., ii. 2, 138. 



THE Lizard is a little beast painted on the back with 

 lining specks as it were stars. The Lizard is so contrary 

 :o scorpions that the scorpions dread and lose comfort 

 rhen they see the Lizard. The Lizard liveth most by 

 lew ; and though he be a fair beast and fair painted, yet 

 ie is right venomous ; for the worst medicine is made of 

 le Lizard, for when he is dead in wine, he covereth their 

 ices that drink thereof with vile scabs ; therefore they 

 :hew [? ensue. Bartholomew has " for this ointment 

 ley who envy the fairness of strumpets kill the Lizard "] 

 put him in medicine and ointment that have envy 

 to fairness of strumpets. His remedy is the yolk of 

 egg, honey and glass. And the gall of a Lizard stamped 

 water assembleth together weasels. And the Lizard 

 lurketh in winter in dens and chines, and his sight 

 limmeth ; and in springing time he cometh out of his den, 

 id feeleth that his sight faileth, and changeth his place, 

 id seeketh him a place toward the East, and openeth 

 >ntinually his eyes toward the rising of the sun, until the 

 tumour in the eye be full dried, and the mist wasted that 

 cause of dimness in the eye. 



Bartholomew (Berthe/et], bk. xviii. 94. 



A GREEN Lizard hath a great delight to behold a man 

 the face, for he will lovingly fawn upon him as a dog 

 dth the moving of his tail. And as much as in him lies, 

 rill defend him from a serpent that lies lurking in the 

 icaths to hurt him. 



Lupton, "Notable Things," bk. vi. 73. 



