. Natural history in Shakespeare's time; being extracts illustrative of the subject as he knew it. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Natural history. 92 SHAKESPEARE'S [dragon. the air is moved by him ; and also the sea swelleth against his venom. And he hath a crest with a little mouth, and draweth breath at small pipes and strait, and reareth his tongue, and hath teeth like a saw. And hath strength, and not only in teeth, but also in his tail, and grieveth both with biting and with stinging, and hath not so much venom as other serpents ; for to the end to slay any thing, to him venom is not ne
. Natural history in Shakespeare's time; being extracts illustrative of the subject as he knew it. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Natural history. 92 SHAKESPEARE'S [dragon. the air is moved by him ; and also the sea swelleth against his venom. And he hath a crest with a little mouth, and draweth breath at small pipes and strait, and reareth his tongue, and hath teeth like a saw. And hath strength, and not only in teeth, but also in his tail, and grieveth both with biting and with stinging, and hath not so much venom as other serpents ; for to the end to slay any thing, to him venom is not needful ; for whom he findeth he slayeth, and the elephant is not sicher of him [safe from him] for all his greatness of body, for he lurketh. in the way where the elephant goeth, and bindeth and spanneth his legs, and strangleth and slayeth him. The Dragon breedeth in Ind and in Ethiopia, there as is great burning of continual heat. The Dragon is twenty cubits great. Oft four or five of them fasten their tails together, and reareth up the heads, and sail over sea and over rivers to get good meat. The cause why the Dragon desireth his blood is coldness of the elephant's blood, by the which the Dragon desireth to cool himself The Dragon is a full thirsty beast, insomuch that unneath [hardly] he may have. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Seager, H. W. (Herbert West), b. 1848. London, E. Stock
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