ABSTRACT
So that the fable of Servius, which reporteth that in the furtheft place of Atlas, thefe Gorgons are bred, and that they have but one eye a piece, is not to be believed, except he mean, as elfewhere he confeffeth, that there were certain maids which were fillers, call Gorgons * and were fo beautiful, that all young men were amazed to behold them. Whereupon it was faid, that they were turned into ftones: meaning that their love bereft them of their wit and fenfe. They were called the daughters of Cetus, and three of them were made Nymphs, which were called fepbrcde, JLnyo, and the third Vinon: fo called as Geraldus faith, becaufe they were uld women fo foon as they were born, whereunto was affigned one eye and one tooth But to omit thele fables, it is certain that (harp poyfoned fights are called Gorgon Blepen, and therefore we will follow the authority of tliny and Atheneus. It is a Beaft all fet over with fcales like a Dragon, having no hair except on his HyginiiSo head, great teeth like Swine, having wings to fly, and hands to handle, in ftature betwixt a Bull and a Calf.
