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hinder legs, and looketh directly in the face of him that 
hath stirred it, and so continueth till all the body be white, 
through a kind of white humour or poison, that it swelleth 
outward, to harm (if it were possible) the person that did 
provoke it. And by this is their venomous nature observed 
to be like the salamander, although their continual abode 
in the water maketh their poison the more weak. There 
be some Apothecaries which do use this Newt instead of 
skinks or crocodiles of the earth, but they are deceived in 
the virtues and operation, and do also deceive other, for 
. there is not in it any such wholesome properties, and there- 
fore not to be applied without singular danger. 
Topsell, *‘ History of Serpents,” pp. 744. 
Ewrs’ eggs be like to serpents’ eggs, but they be less 
in quantity, and more glimy [gluey]; and be venomous, 
but they be less venomous than serpents’ eggs. 
Bartholomew (Berthelet), bk. xix. § 101. 
VY, Lizard. 
Night-crow [=Night-heron]. 
iil, King Henry VL, v. 6, 45. 
Tue Night-crow loveth the night, and fleeth and seeketh 
his meat by night, and crieth in seeking, and their cry is 
hateful and odious to other birds. And they eat the eggs 
of doves and choughs, and fight with them. Also this bird 
hight Noctua [7.e., the owl ?]; by night she may see, and 
when shining of the sun cometh, her sight is dim. The 
Island of Crete hath not this bird; if he cometh thither 
out of other lands, he dieth anon. 
Bartholomew (Berthelet), bk. xii. § 27. 
Tuts kind of owl is dog-footed, and covered with hair; 
his eyes are like the glistering ice; against death he useth 
a strange whoop. Batman's addition to Bartholomew, ut supra. 
By night (as the vulgar think) the Night-crow seemeth 
with its hateful cry to portend the death of men. It is 
pleased with the human voice. The Night-crow is an anti- 
dote to bees, wasps, hornets and leeches. Its eggs given 
