"[S]ome learned writers...have compared a Scorpion to an Epigram...because as the sting of the Scorpion lyeth in the tayle, so the force and vertue of an Epigram is in the conclusion."
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The Historie of Serpents (London: William Jaggard, 1608) p. 229
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Edward Topsell
1572 – 1625
Edward Topsell (c. 1572 – 1625) was an English cleric and author best remembered for his bestiary.
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