f To wit, his Mouth. If it be open,none dareenter within it,as he now ſaid ; and here he adds, that if it be ſhut,none dare open it. £ This is true of ſome kinds of Whales, though others are ſaid to bave either none, or no terrible teeth : but it is more eminently and unqueſtionably true of the Crocodile, of which this very thing is oblerved by all Authors who write of it.
+ Heb: is His Þ {cales are his pride h, ſhut up together,” as
Srengpie- 24th a cloſe ſeal 3. ;
{ces of ſhield. |, 4. prides and pleaſeth himſelf in hisſtrong and mighty Scales.
I Heb: his frong ſhields ( 3. e. Scales ) are his pride» Or (as other, both
* ancient and modern Interpreters render it ) His body ( or, His back, as this word is uſed, 1ſa: 38; 17: which, if weant of the Crocodile, is emphatical, becauſe his ſcales and ſtrength is in his Back, where< as his Belly is very ſoft and eaſily pierced, ) 1s the firengrh of ſbielas,
2 e. fortified with Scales {trong as Shields. This 15 meant either,
2. of the Whaley, whoſe Skin, though ir be ſmooth and entire, and
withour Scales, may be ſaid to be, as (which Particle is oft under-
ſtood) ffrong ſhields, becauſe it is, as Galen reports, exceeding hard and ſtrong, and almoſt impenerrable, and like a ſhield, eſpecially then when Shields were made of Leather ; and ſo 1t 15 not only on the back as inthe Crocobile,bur alto in the belly all over.Or,2.of the
Crocodile,which hath Scales properly ſo called,and thoſe moſt rruly
ſuch as here deſcribed, as all Authors and Eye-witneſles conſent. þ
Cloſelycompadted together,as things thatare faſtaed together bya ſeal
16 One is ſo near to another & that no air can come
between them. - k Which plainly ſhews that the Shields or Scales are ſeveral ;
*Rom:11:
Phat 24; 18
[[Or,within
is all oneentire piece, unleſs there were a ſort of Whales having thick and ſtrong Scales, which ſome have affirmed, but is nor yer
known and proved, : 17 They are joined one to another ; they ſtick toge-
ther that they cannot be ſundred 7. 7 It is exceeding difficult, and almoſt impoſſible by any power of Art to ſever them one from another.
18 by his neeſings » alight doth ſhine, and his eyes
ere like the eye-lids of the morning ». = Which maybe underſtood, either 1. of any commotion or a- tation of the Body, like that which is in neezing, as when the hale ſtirreth himſelf, and caſteth or ſhooteth up great ſpouts of Water into the Air by the pipes which God hath planted in his Head for this uſe ; which water being thin and tranſparent, and illumi- nated by the Sun-beams, caſts forth a ſhining Iighr. Or, 2. of Reezing preperly ſo called, which the Crocodile is ſaid frequently to do, becauſe it commonly turneth its eyes to the Sun, as Strabs, and others note ; which when a Man doth, he is apt to neeze. n» To which they ſeem very fitly compared, becauſe the Eyes both of the Whale and Crocodile are dull and dark under the Water,but as ſoon as they appear above Water, they caſt forth immediately a bright and clear light, though ner like that of the Sun at noon day, which been too great an Hyperbole, yer like the Morning light, ſud-
denly breaking forth after the dark Night.
I9 Out ofhis mouth go burning lamps o, and ſparks
| offire leap out,
7 0 B.*
07,6, His breathings and blowings are very hot,or flam; | following verſes explains this. This alſo _ ſeem A to the Crocodile, which breaths (as Ariſtetle affirms ) like the Hippo potamws, of which ancient Authors affirm, that $:s woſtrils are —_— large, and he breaths farth a fiery ſmoak like that of a Furnace, than «4 the Whale, which rather caſts forrh ſtreams of Water, as was noted before, than flamesof Fire, there being no ſuch great heat obſerved in Whales, nor as far as I know, in any other fiſhes.
20 Out of his noſtrils goeth ſmoak, as ous of a ſeeth-.
ing pot or caldron p.
Þ Heb. Poe. So a great Caldron is called, becauſe it ſends forth
. great oi as : _— doth vapours ; as in like manner the great razen Laver in the Temple is called a Sea, for the great quanti
of Water which it held. i T p ne
21 His breath kindleth Coals q,
out ofhis mouth. 9 An Hyperbolical Exprefſion,noting only extraordinary Hear, 22 In his neck remaineth ſtrength r,and + ſorrow is fHeb: jw,
turned into joy before him 5. yOW rejojus
r His neck is exceeding ſtrong. This is meant, <ither 1! of the ©:
' Whale, who though he hath no Neck no more than other Fiſhes _
: have, yer he hatha part in ſome ſort anſwerable to it, where the
Head and Body are joyned together. Or,2. of the Crocodile, whom
Ariſtotle ( who made it his buſineſs to ſearch out the ſeveral Na. b 1
tures and Parts of all living Creatures, and had all the helps and
advantages which he deſired to find them out, ) and Scaliger, and
others, affirm to havea Neck, though ſome deny it. 57. e. The
approach of any Enemy, which uſually cauſeth fear and ſorrow in
othets, fills him with joy, as being deſirous of nothing more than
fighting. Or, ſorrow rejoyceth, or danceth, or triumpheth, &c. i.e. is
prevalent and viQorious, aid quickly invades and conquers all thoſe
Men, or other Creatures, which are in his way. Sorrow is his com«
panion, or Harbenger, which attends upon him whereſoever he
goes. This may be a Poetical Expreffion, like that of the Poets,
when they bring in Anger or Fear going along with or before Mars
into the battel. 23 | The flax # of his fleſh « are joined together : + Heb th
they are firm in themſelves, they connot x be moved 9 falling, | # Or, Parts, which ſtick out, or hang looſe, and are ready to :
fall from other Fiſhes, or Creatures. = The word Fl is uſed of
Fiſhes alſo, as Lev. 115 11: 2 Cor: 15: 39, x Without difficulty,
yTo wit,out of their place,or from the orher Members of the Body.
24 His heart & is as firm asa ſtone, yea, as hard as
a piece of the nether mil-/tone a.
and a flame goeth t Heb: J0
z Either, r. That part of the Body is moſt firm, and hard, and ſtrong. Or, 2. His Courage is invincible; he is void of fear for himſelf, and of Compaſſion to others, which is oft called hardneſs of - heart, a Which being to bear the weight of the upper, ought to be the harder and ſtronger of the two.
25 When he raiſeth up himſelf þ,the mighty e are a-
fraid: by reaſon of breakings 4 they purifie them-
ſelves e. | | & Shewing himſelf upon the top of the Waters. Or, becauſe of his Hight or Greatneſs, or Majeſty, for he is repreſented as a King, wv: