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Edward Topsell
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Edward Topsell (c. 1572 – 1625) was an English cleric and author best remembered for his bestiary.
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[S]ome learned writers...have compared a Scorpion to an Epigram...because as the sting of the Scorpion lyeth in the tayle, so the force and vertue of an Epigram is in the conclusion.
The Historie of Serpents (London: William Jaggard, 1608) p. 229
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Category:University of Cambridge alumni
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