COIL III. 
“ Who was so firm, so constant, that this coil * 
Would not infect his reason ? ” 
Tempest, Act f. Scene 2. 
“ They continued to row on, till at length Eymer told Thor if they did 
not stop, they would be in danger from the great serpent of Midgard. 
* * * * * it is impossible to express the dreadful looks that the god 
darted at the serpent, while the monster, raising his head, spouted out 
venom upon him.” 
The Edda, XXVII. Fable. [The journey undertaken by Thor, to go to 
fish for the great serpent.] 
I. 
But e’er the Lieutenant tells his story, I ’ll 
tell you something he did not know : that two 
men, that day, in a little dory, had seen the ser¬ 
pent swim to and fro, between Nahant and the 
beach at Lynn, while two hundred men on the 
shore, at least, were ready at any court to go 
in, and swear that they had seen the beast. 
Quite an exciting scene took place, so I am told 
by those who saw it ; old and young in boats 
Bustle, tumult. 
