Folio 69r Illustration detail

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f69 Text: The ydris kills crocodiles. Boas kill by sucking the life out of cows through their udders. The jaculus. Illustration: The boa is designed as a spiral coiled lizard, with wings and feet. The jaculus, which is a snake that flies from trees, is shown as a lifeless stick. The black and green whip snake climbs, jumps and swims. It is called a flying serpent although it merely leaps.