P. _Pareas_ Serpent describ’d, 84 _Paper_, that is incombustible, 95 _Parrot_, a rational Dialogue betwixt it and Prince _Maurice_, 144, 5 _Parthians_, the best Fighters when retreating, 132 _Paradise_, Self-denial a Duty there, 180 —— Threatnings necessary there, 181 _Pagan_ Fables founded on the Writings of _Moses_, 182 _Persian_ Kings, their _Recipe_ for an easy Death, 70 _People_, without Fraud, 125 —— have no Name for it, _ibid._ _Pimbera_ Serpent, describ’d, 90 _Pluto_, his Attendants and Executioners cover’d with Snakes, as the _Harpies_, _Furies_, _Cerberus_, _Chimæra_, 47, 48, 49 _Poison_, vegetable Instances of it, 19, 20 —— Mineral, various Instances in Damps from Copper, Mercury, Tin, Lead, 22, 23 —— Animal, Debates about the Seat of it in Serpents, 26, 7 —— various Remedies for it, as Oil, experimented on one _William Oliver_, bit by a Serpent; _Lichen Cinereus Terrestris_, _Venice_ Treacle, and several Vegetables, _&c._, 29, 30, 31, 145 —— one Drop of it a Match for a Sea of Blood, 32 —— when not dangerous, 33 —— exhaustible in Serpents by quick repeated Acts, but soon recruited, 35 _Poetical_ Apology for a Sot, 73, 4 _Polonga_ Serpent, describ’d, 90 _Priests_, their Genius for Cruelty. See _Mexico_. _Prussians_ and _Lithuanians_, Serpent-Worshippers, 226 R. _Rattle_-Snake. _Vid._ Caudisonant. _Red_-belly Snake, 126 _Red_-back Snake, 127 _Rivers_ ador’d, 210 _Rubetarian_ Serpent, 143 —— —— loud and pretty, _ibid._