The _Butts_ present to my view the _Bow and Arrows_ in the Hands of the _Parthians_, who were esteemed the best _Archers_ in the world, and very deservedly, _having the Art of shooting backwards_, and making their _Retreat more terrible than their Charge_: Whence that of _Seneca_[273], _The_ Parthians _Flight does most affright_. The manner of their Fight is describ’d by the Poet, who says, _They were better Soldiers when they run away, and fought best when furthest off, trusting most to the Bow_[274]. Footnote 273: Terga conversi metuenda Parthi. Footnote 274: Pugna levis, bellumque fugax, turmæque fugaces, Et melior cessisse loco quam pellere miles. _Lucan._ _M. CRASSUS_, in his Expedition against them, being told by an _Astrologer_ it would be unprosperous, because of some ill Aspect in _Scorpio_: _Hush Man_, quoth he, _I fear not_ Scorpio, _but_ Sagittarius.—But to return to the _Motherly Serpent_, which is about a Foot and a half long, the Body slender, adorn’d with red and white Streaks. Another Author says, ’tis of a red Colour, distinguish’d by black Lines, intermix’d with white Spots: The _Indians_ play with this Serpent (as _Ladies_ with their _Lap-dogs_) and for Diversion, wear this little innocent and pretty Animal (as a Necklace of Pearls) about their Necks[275]. Footnote 275: _Joan. Euseb. Nierembergii Historia Naturæ_, p. 272,-3. CX. The _Macacoatl_, or _Anguis Cervinus_, so called from its horned Head, which resembles that of a Deer, as thick as a Man’s Thigh, in length about twenty Foot, sprinkled with dusky Spots inclining to the black and yellow.—This seems to be a Member of the gigantick Family, already described. _Ibid._ 273. Therefore I dismiss it, and proceed to the CXI. _AQUASEN_ Serpent, which seems to be the Birth of the _Philippines_, and very venemous: Its Wound proves fatal in a few Minutes, which is preceded by the Putrefaction of the Flesh, next to the affected part. It is about two Spans long, of a brown Colour, and a large Head[276]. Footnote 276: _Nascitur in Philippicis._ ibid. p. 273. Nierembergius.