Deid. This little serpent too?

Ul.Nothing to thee:

But the Erechtheidæ use to fasten such

About their children’s necks. Nay, not a babe

Is born but they must don him one of these,

Or ever he be swaddled or have suck.

Deid. This blinking pygmy here, with a man’s body

And a dog’s head, squatting upon a button ...

What’s he?

Ul. ’Tis an Egyptian charm, to ban1020