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GALEN in Jonflonushys, that In Ethiopia, India, and the 

 mountainous part oi Egypt, the Inhabitants were tormented with 

 Worms, that bred in their Legs and Arms, called Dracunculi^ 

 whofe Motion in the Flefh was confpicuous to the Eye. 



LUCIUS CORNELIVS STLLA, Conful znd Di6iatof 

 of Rome, (the Glories of whofe Valour were obfcured by barba- 

 rous Cruelties) died of a ^Sipjaa-jf a wormy or loufy Difeafe : Thus 

 Aliman *, a renowned Greek Poet, and Pherecydes the Philofo- 

 pher, and Mafter to Pythagoras, died of the fame loathfome 

 Diftemper. 



I N Perfia there are very 1 ong flender Worms bred in the Legs 

 and other Parts of Men's Bodies, fix or feven Yards long. Thofe 

 who live upon the Red-Sea, and feed upon Locufts, are, in the 

 laft Stage of Life, fubjedl to a fort of Flying-Worms, like what 

 is called a Tyke, fpread over all the Body, arifing at firft from a 

 Scab, by fcratching of which they tear their Flefli. Nieremherg. 



Some relate divers Examples of Worms taken out of the 

 Tongue, Gums, Nofe, and other Parts by a Woman at Leicejtery 

 which they were Eye-witneffes of. N. B. Mr. Dent and Mr. 

 Lewis, in the Philofoph. Tranf. in LowthorpV Abridg. niohere thefe 

 and divers others may be feen. 



I F it did not extend the Digreffion too far, I might add here. 

 That there are no Animals, as Sheep, Wolves, Goats, Deers, 

 Cows, Horfes, Swine ; yea, no Vegetables, as Trees, Herbs, 

 Plants, Flowers, but abound with Worms; and all thefe have 

 Worms peculiar to themfelves. By the help of microfcopical 

 Glaffes, we may difcover Legions of Worms in Vinegar, human 

 Blood, and other Liquids. 



CXV. The Ecafotl, Anguis-Venti, Serpenf-of-the-Wind, and 

 very innocent, and perhaps the Name may be borrowed from a 

 gentle falutary Gale ; it is about fix Spans long, and two Inches in 

 Craflitude; the Eyes are black, Teeth fmall, the Belly bright, 



like 



* Fliny. Part. i. 



Sed quis non paveat pherecydos fata tragcedi : 

 Qui nimio fudore fiuens, animalia tetra, 

 Eduxit turpi miferum qua morte tulerunt. 

 Sylla quoque infelix tali languore perefus 

 Corruir, & fcedo fe vidit ab agmine vinci. 



Sk teflatiir Serenus medkus. 



