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or being from a dew, that in the spring falls upon 

 the leaves of trees ; and that some kinds of them 

 are from a dew left upon herbs or flowers ; and 

 others from a dew left upon coleworts or cabbages : 

 all which kinds of dews being thickened and con- 

 densed, are by the sun's generative heat most of 

 them hatched, and in three days made living crea- 

 tures : and these of several shapes and colours ; 

 some being hard and tough, some smooth and 

 soft ; some are horned in their head, some in their 

 tail, some have none : some have hair, some 

 none : some have sixteen feet, some less, and some 



have none : but, as our Topsel hath, 



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with great diligence, observed, those f serpents. 



which have none, move upon the 

 earth, or upon broad leaves, their motion being not 

 unlike to the waves of the sea. Some of them he 

 also observes to be bred of the eggs of other cater- 

 pillars, and that those in their time, turn to be 

 butterflies ; and again, that their eggs turn the 

 following year to be caterpillars. And some affirm, 

 that every plant has his particular fly or caterpillar, 

 which it breeds and feeds. I have seen, and may 

 therefore affirm it, a green caterpillar, or worm, as 

 big as a small peascod, which had fourteen legs ; 

 eight on the belly, four under the neck, and two 

 near the tail. It was found on a hedge of privet ; 

 and was taken thence, and put into a large box, and 

 a little branch or two of privet put to it, on which 

 I saw it feed as sharply as a dog gnaws a bone : it 



