LVII. _JACORE Lizard_; some of these Serpents are as big as Dogs, and resemble them in the Nose; their Teeth large and long, and their Skin impenetrable. They do no harm to their Neighbours, and therefore are generally allow’d to live. They make a loud Noise, by which their Haunts are discovered, and their Liberty hazarded. They lay Eggs as large as those of a Goose, of an elastick Nature, so hard, that when one is struck against another, they ring like Iron: they frequent both Land and Water. It’s observable here, that this Animal is obstreporous, and by its Noise invites Danger; whereas Silence would be his Security: yea, its Eggs are as so many roaring Bells. This may serve for a Document to the unruly Member: _Thersites_, in _Homer_, was counted a Fool for babbling. A talkative Tongue is the Spring, Ringleader, and Head of Faction in all places. The first Rudiments in _Pythagoras_’s School, was _Quinquennian_, _Silence_. The Scholars were not allow’d to talk for five Years, that is, till they had learned the _Art of Silence_. _Harpocrates_ was the _God of Silence_, therefore painted with his Finger on his Lip, and was worshipped in _Egypt_ with _Isis_ and _Serapis_. _ANGERONA_ was the Goddess of Silence at _Rome_, and painted with a Cloth about her Mouth. Nor is it less venerable at _Venice_, where after they come out of the Senate-house, they are as silent about what was said and done, as if they had power to forget all that was said and done. To the above-mention’d Serpents, the learned Mr. _Ray_ adds, by way of Supplement, a Catalogue of fifteen _East-Indian Serpents_, which he had from the Learned Dr. _Tancred Robinson_, whose Descriptions he had from the College at _Leyden_, which I shall annex to the foregoing[235]. Footnote 235: _Ray_’s _Synopsis Animalium_, p. 330. LVIII. _SERPENS Indicus Coronatus_, an _Indian_ Serpent, that makes its Appearance with a crowned Head, which it holds up on high, as if proud of the Honour. This is an Emblem of Pride, that Dropsy of the Mind; to yield to its Thirst, is to swallow the Bait, that turned the _Seraph_ into a _Devil_. The Remedy used by the _Indians_ for its Wounds, is what they call the _Serpent-Stone_, which, according to _Thevenot_ and others, is an artificial Composition, and not taken out of this Serpent’s Head. LIX. _VIPERA Indica tricolor major_, a Serpent remarkable for a Body decorated with three fine Colours, the Liveries of Summer’s Pride, but living much under ground, the Glories of its Attire are buried in the Earth, _the World’s material Mould_.