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So great and so inaccessible deedsIt hath proclaim'd to men; bound hand and foot,The vast Enceladus; and rac't by th'rootThe race of vpland Gyants. This speech past;Saturnius, a smoking lightening castAmongst the armies; thundring then so sore,That with a rapting circumflexe, he boreAll huge heauen ouer. But the terrible ire,Of his dart, sent abroad, all wrapt in fire,(Which certainely, his very finger was)Amazde both Mise and Froggs. Yet soone let passeWas all this by the Mise: who, much the more;Burnd in desire t'exterminate the storeOf all those lance-lou'd souldiers. Which, had beene;If, from Olympus, Ioues eye had not seeneThe Froggs with pittie; and with instant speedeSent them assistents. Who (ere any heedeWas giuen to their approch) came crawling onWith ^[1]Anuiles on their backs; that (beat vponNeuer so much) are neuer wearied, yet:Crook-pawd; and wrested on, with foule clouen feet:^[2]Tongues in their mouths: Brick-backt, all ouer bone,Broade-shoulderd; whence a ruddie yellow shone.Distorted, and small thigh'd: had eyes that sawOut at their bosomes. Twice foure feet did draw$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$About their bodies. Strong neckt; whence did riseTwo heads; nor could to any hand be Prise.They call them Lobsters; that eat from the Mise,

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1. Νωτακμονες Incudes ferentes, or anvil backed. Α᾿κμωε. Incus, dicta per sycopen, quasi nullis ictibus fatigetur.
2. Ψαλιδοστμοις Forcipem in ore habens.