2 30 c^e pmw of i or^ 
CEA?,XXX. 
Of the Salamander, Lizard, and 
Stellio, &c. 
H E Liz>ard is a creature fo well known, that 
there are few better known. There is a cer- 
tain kind of Liz.ard in Egjfh which is called Sci- 
mcHs, or Sclnetis • but that which we have out of 
EgjpyCs[\tAScinetiSj\s not a true Liz^ard^hwi a 
kind oiland'Crocodile, (which is ufed, by foaie, to 
provoke lull:,) having his fcales growing towards 
his head ; as alfo, a very white, thin skin. 
Moreover, the Liz,ard hath a very great love to 
man, infomuch,that whenfoeyer he feeth any man, 
he exprelTeth it by feveral afi(h aftions, fawning, 
& wagging his tail like a dog - and when he feeth a 
ferpent to lye lurking under any herb, (as they of- 
ten do ) he is more a6l;ive and apifli, which he 
doth to give notice to any one; that is palling that 
I'^aies, that they may defend themfelves againft it .• 
which is a very fit refemblance of thofe men who 
are crafcy and mlfchlevtms^ and make it their bul]- 
nefs to do mifchief ; yet it ii fo ordered by divine 
Providence, that they do even betray themfelves • 
Viks Bdaam^ who was forced to blefs thofe whom 
he would have curfed and fo it was with Pharaoh, 
who was forced, againft his will, to let the people 
go ; fo thatic is verified which Solomon UvAtWhen a 
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