or; 
dwelling chiefly amongft hedges ; haying a great 
enmity to the Crocodile^ as Solinas and Strabo do 
affirm. The TrochilusyOtWagtailf a creature that 
goeth into the CrocsAiks mouth , and eateth that 
which flicketh between his teeth, fo that he doth, 
as it were, fcour and cleanfe them. 
CHAP. XXIX, 
Of the Crocodile, Lizard, Salaman^ 
der, and Stellio, 
A lthough all the fore-mentioned creatures be 
but feverai forts of l>lz,aris^ yet they differ 
much as to their bignefs, and feverai properties. 
Of the Crocodile, 
The Crocodile is' a creature found only in Egypt j 
he is an ctcature , as are many others 
befldes; which are fit emblemes of the Popi(h 
which are converfant as much in Civil as 
in Ecclefiafiical affairs: it may refemble thofe 
men who are of all Religions ; when they are a- 
' mong Priefis, they will ieem to be Priefts - if in 
wicked and prophane company, they will be fo tO; 
ifinreligiouscompany, they will be religious: it 
is a four-footed creature, and bringeth forth eggs 
a little bigger than Goofe^eggSy which ihe hideth in 
the earth where they are hatched: there is no 
creafure 
