Curious Facts in the History of Insects; Including Spiders and Scorpions. / A Complete Collection of the Legends, Superstitions, Beliefs, and Ominous Signs Connected with Insects; Together with Their Uses in Medicine, Art, and as Food; and a Summary of Their Remarkable Injuries and Appearances.

by Frank Cowan

These are small things, but yet their wounds are great,

And in pure bodies lurking do most harm,

For when our senses inward do retreat,

And men are fast asleep, they need some charm,

The Spider and the cruel Scorpion

Are wont to sting, witnesse great Orion,

Slayn by a Scorpion, for poysons small

Have mighty force, and therefore presently

Lay on a Scorpion bruised, to recall

The venome, or sea-water to apply