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only in ^gyp( : when the Crocodile lyeth afleep 
with his mouth open on the fhore, he will go into 
his mouth > and^wn his throat into his belly ; and 
that he may the more eafily go down, he daubeth 
himfelf with mud : the Crocodile awaking, and per- 
ceiving the rat in his belly, runneth up and downy 
fometimes lying down upon the ground, and 
ftretching himfelt out, then he will go and plunge 
himfelf in the water ; ail this while this little Jfidi- 
a>}-Rat nevQt mindeth what he doth, but lyeth in 
his belly, gnawing of his bowels, ( which is very^ 
pleafant meat to him, ) where heftayeth untill he 
hath gnawed his way through the Crocodiles 
which killetb him; but he come th out alive, with- 
out any hurt at all : he is very diligent in feekingj 
out the Crocodiles eggs ( from whence fome are of 
opinion, that her name is derived- from 
vefiigoy to feek, ) and when he hath found them, he| 
breaketh them in pieces. j 
Moreover, it is exceeding ravenous and greedy,} 
and v;ants the ufe of his tongue} his fight is dull 
when in the water, but very quick on the land : it' 
exceedingly fears ferpents, for they will lye hid un- 1 
cer thofe herbs which they know the Crocodile moft 
loveth ; in all which he much refemblech the De- 
vil ; for, I . The Crocodile is a very great creature, 
amphlhioHs^ living either on the land, or in the wa- 
ter, a very cunning, crafty creature. 2 . TheCr^-i 
codile flyeth from thofe that purfue him, and pur- 
faeth thofe thatflye from him.- the Devil Iike-> 
wife dares not Hand to encounter with thofe that 
fefift him by th® word and pray^, but eagerly! 
