1 74 Of Infeitfi Part I. 
downward, above * an inch long by the bow. Thefe 
OOPtf»,Hift. Teeth being fet in Gold, are ufed (a) by fome for Tootb- 
N. 1. 5. Pickers. Being vexed, they ftrike with a Sting fo very 
c^ibid. fmall, as it is hardly vifible. .(b) They will live feveral 
Months without eating any thing. 
CO Bartei The Nhanduguacu, a great Spider in Brafile (c) fo called, 
p ls probably of the fame Species. 
The TOOTH of the NHANDUGUACU or Bahama- 
Spider. 
The WEB of a Bermuda-Spider. It is fo ftrong, as to 
(d) Phiiof. fnare a Bird as big as a Thrufh. (d) Tis here wound upon 
traf N.40. a p ap£r Raw „ Silt 
CO Hift.An. Spiders, faith Arifiotle, (<?)caft their Threads, not from 
lib. p. c. 3?. within,as an Excrement #s Democritus would have it$but from 
without, as the Hiftrix doth his Quills. Of the fpining of 
Spiders, and the reft of their Hiftory, fee the curious Ob- 
(f) Lib. de fcrvations of Mr. Lyfter. (f) 
Am The CLAW of a SCORPION. 'Tis long and {lender, 
and belongs to the firft Species defcribed by Moufet. 
A thick and lhort CLAW qf a Scorpion, belonging to 
the third Species in Moufet. 
The TAIL of another, with the Sting at the end, 
which is a little crooked, and as fharp as that of a Bee. 
The other parts of all three are broken off and loft. 
In the Mufaum Cofpian : is the Figure of a very large 
Scorpion, three times as big as I find any where, yet faid by 
Lorenzo Legati, to be drawn after the life. 
This Infett aboundeth in Brafile. Thofe that are ftung 
with them, fuffer extraordinary pains for about twenty four 
( g ) joh. de hours, but feldom die upon it. (g) 
c^f.'oMof Of Scorpions are prepared, Oleum Combos. Magnum, i. e. 
Lerius. Mattbioli, Sanguineum (b) Magni Vuc 'vs, is 01. Scorp. pur- 
(b) Schrod. / .\ 
Pharm. gatum. (l) 
(0 Foterius. The GRFAT GALLY-WORME. Scolopendra. De- 
fcribed both by Moufet and Aldrovandus : but yet imper- 
fectly. Neither is this here entire. Yet thus much remains 
Obfervable of the Feet 3 That each of them is armed, in 
the room of Claws, with three, four, or five Needles, of 
different thicknefs and length 5 fome of them above * of 
an inch long 5 of a black fhining colour like the Sting 
of a Bee , and equally fharp 5 in refpecT to which the 
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