The English Parnassus, or, A helpe to English poesie containing a collection of all rhyming monosyllables, the choicest epithets, and phrases : with some general forms upon all occasions, subjects, and theams, alphabeticaly digested : together with a short institution to English poesie, by way of a preface / by Joshua Poole.

Snake. v. Serpent.

Two gliding snakes extending, Their speckled breasts, and flamie main all bending Above the main their ugly odious ••ail, And backs with fearfull folds do wrigling trail, Their gogling eyes flashing forth blood and fire, Their hissing mouths, sharp tongues do stench expire. The scaly monster roling on the sand Inspatious windings.

The severall snakes that out of Lyb••a's flime Are bred, might all have been combin'd in him, Nor could Medusa's head had all the blood, In one place faln produce a greater brood, Whose speckled belly with more spots is deckt, Than various Theban Marble takes. Ennamell'd skin, Which hissing from his den appears Amazing both at once, the eyes, and ears. Fire from his threatning eyes, like lightning sho••, And Stygian blasts exhal'd from his dire throat.