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 Claudius Aelianus (Aelian). His Various History. Rendered into English by Thomas Stanley. London, printed for Thomas Dring, 1665. Claudius Aelianus (Aelian). His Various History. Rendered into English by Thomas Stanley. London, printed for Thomas Dring, 1665.
  
-====== Various History Book 1: Aelian ======+====== Aelian: Various History Book 1 ======
  
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 Of Spiders. Of Spiders.
  
-The art of weaving and the gifts of the goddess 2 Ergane, Spiders neither know nor require: for what should such a Creature doe with woven garments ? The web is onely spred as a net for such things as fall into it, whilest she standing still, immovable, keeps watch : whatsoever falls in she eats ; it being as much as the web can hold, is enough to satisfie her hunger.+The art of weaving and the gifts of the goddess **2** Ergane, Spiders neither know nor require: for what should such a Creature doe with woven garments ? The web is onely spred as a net for such things as fall into it, whilest she standing still, immovable, keeps watch : whatsoever falls in she eats ; it being as much as the web can hold, is enough to satisfie her hunger.
  
 ===== CHAP. III. ===== ===== CHAP. III. =====
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