Des bestes venimeuses:- Of bestes venemous:- Serpens, lasartz, scorpions, serpentes, lizarts, scorpions, 28 Mouches, veers; Flies, wormes; Qui de ces veers sera morse Who of thise wormes shall be byten Il luy fauldra triacle; He must have triacle; Se ce non, il en moroit.
"Dialogues in French and English"
William Caxton
serpentes haue shewed that fenel is good for the eye syght.
"The Education of Children"
Desiderius Erasmus
Yet the Adelantado being entysed by the pleasantnes of the king's sister, Anacaona, determined to taste the serpentes.
"The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Vol. II)"
Washington Irving