aai
ThcophiUct,
Ham.i isMarc
August inEpiiLad Ron
AsemanWOn'gincs,Diodorut,SiculusJib. z.e-t.
Scrabo.
Geoprax- l.iK
SolinuspoLy
fcist.c.43.
Soaliger exer«iwi yi,
Hieron.M«.curialk I,d.».rar.lcct.io.
Diodorual.j c«p j.
A|«karsit,
A Theatre of Political fifing l»se&s.
by otu^uAas, the bud* or tops of certain herbs, or some kindeof wilde fruics>in which number was Htrmolaus Barbarmy whofaith Cbryfoftme, and Aibanofus before him, were of the famejudgements but CbrjfeJtome denies it, and faith a Locust is asmall Creature, between a flying, and a creeping 5 of which inthe Desarts of Judea were great store, they were wont to boy lethem in oyle, and they were the food of the poorer fort.
Augufiint confirms it also , that John fed of Locusts.. And, TbeopbiUH witnesteth the fame, who doth also interpret theeating of Locusts allegorically, as also Oragen.
Die dor us faith that the *Acrid«fagi , or the Etbiepians bor-dering on the Desert that feed on Gralhoppers , are of lowerstature than other men » lean, and exceeding black ; So alsoStrabo-, and adds they are of a very Ihort life , feldouie excec dy-ing forty.
. And Solhus also takes notice that the borderers orC Mauritania in a certain leafon (the Spring) gather great quan-tities of Locusts which they salt, and live hereof all the* year, butnone out*live so, ty years.
The Pajtbians of old fed of them, as Pliny reports.. And' Scaligtr faith , the Snians and Ferstous eat them before theyhave wings, namely the young ones.
It is co bee observed-, that all Grafbopper-eaters are of ashort life A learned hvsitianenquiring what was the causethe people about the Red-fea arc troubled with boyls on theirlegs and armes, detrands if it bee from the aire, or the region, ortheir food,concludes peremptorily it was fiom their food. AndDiodorus affims that certain people with sequent eating ofLocusts were not onely short I ived, but much anguished, and atlast consumed, not onely with boyJs(mentioned before) but witha cruel kinde of winged lice, of which o e gives a full relation.Atthe FtrW tquiUiX when the South-wtst-winds blow froman uncertain place , an incredible number cf great Locusts arebrought, which in flying differ little from birds, but much in theshape of their bodies. With these Locusts salted and otherwayesprepared, the people live , they are excellent for footmaifhip,but feeding of so dry nourishment, they live not beyond thefortieth year, sot then they dye, if not-before, a miserable death,sor a certain kinde ok winged lice is bred in their bodies, like uny>.