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mans waies pleafe the Lardy he maketh his very ene- 
mies to be at peace with him : and fo it happens a- 
mongft us, our greateft enemies fometimes being 
the occafions of our greateft good •• and thus much 
for this creature, which is hatched out of an egg. 
"Vixt Salamander {^Ein tj\flelch') is a kind of a 
white Liz,ardy being hatched of an Eg ^ ; it is very 
like the Liz,ardj having a long, crooked tail, and 
crookedj iliarp feet ; his skin is very rough, and 
rugged, and is faid to be of fo cold a nature, that 
he can even put out the fire ; but experience teach- 
eth us the contrary ; for if he be kept fome time in 
the fire, he is eafily burnt, although at the firft 
fight one would think otherwife. 
They fay, that if he get into a tree, he doth fo 
impoyfon the fruit, that it proveth mortal to thofe 
who fhall eat of it afterwards: andhisfpittle(as 
it were ) or that which cometh out of his mouth, is 
of fo venomous a quality, that if it chance to light 
■ on any one, it maketh the hair to come off; and 
yet, notwithftanding. Swine will eat it widiout any 
hutt to them at all ; which fitly refembles wicked 
men : for, the Salamander (as we faid before) is a 
kind of Liz^ard : fo wicked men likewife, are but 
the iffue and off-fpring of the Devil. 
And as its fpittle makes the hair to fall off ; fo, 
the reproaches vihich wicked men call on the god- 
ly, robs them of that honour and efteem which is 
due to, them. The Salamander is never feen abroad 
in fair weather : wicked men, in like manner, 
ought not to be fecn in a well-ordered Common- 
wealth, ' 
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