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The Satires of Juvenal, Persius, Sulpicia, and Lucilius

Note 954 — JUVENAL'S SATIRES. (continued 3)

Lewis Evans translation

Serpente. Pliny (H. N., x., 23) alludes to the same circumstance with regard to storks. "Illis in Thessaliâ tantus honos serpentum exitio habitus est, ut ciconiam occidere capitale sit, eadem legibus pœna, quâ in homicidas."

"Her progeny the stork with serpents feeds, And finds them lizards in the devious meads: The little storklings, when their wings are grown, Look out for snakes and lizards of their own." Badham.

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