¶De Limace. cap. 70.
LImax is a worme of slyme, and hath that name Limax, for he bréedeth slime, or of slime, and is therefore alway foule and vncleane, as Isid. saith lib. 11. And it is a verye slowe worme in moo∣uing, and beareth an harde shell on his backe, and closeth him therein, and is an horned worme, & hath two small horns before the mouth, and when he féeleth a∣ny grieuous thing, he draweth the horns anone into his shell, and closeth himselfe in the shell, as it were within an house. And such wormes are gendered princi∣pally in corrupt aire and raine: and hée créepeth, though it be with slow pace, & commeth vp to the tops of trées, and bi∣teth and gnaweth the buds and fruite thereof, and where euer he créepeth or slydeth, he leueth after him a glemy froth and strake of vncleannesse.
(* 1.1In Italy they vse to eate Snailes, which custome is vsed in England (be∣cause as the Phisitions haue made ma∣ny beléeue) being well cleansed in salt & vineger, they be in Sallets restoratiue: Snakes be as good, for from whence they had the one, is the custome of the other to be eaten.)